Frédéric PLOQUIN - Godfathers and Criminal Bosses : The Inexhaustible French Pool

Pouvoirs n°132 - Le crime organisé - janvier 2010 - p.91-102

The Milieu is to France what wine is to Burgundy : a tradition solidly planted in the scenery with which the detective division of the French police has had to deal since its foundation one hundred years ago. Constantly changing, it has recently witnessed the emergence of young criminals coming from the Maghreb and African immigration. However, the elders have not yet said their last word and Corsica, whence one out of two gangsters originates, remains a fertile breeding ground. The sources of financing have also changed a lot : drugs have replaced hustling and kidnapping, which now belong to history. Résumé

Référence électonique : Frédéric PLOQUIN, "Godfathers and Criminal Bosses : The Inexhaustible French Pool", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°132, 2010, p.91-1. Consulté le 18-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Godfathers-and-Criminal-Bosses-The.html