Common
Organized crime in France
Organized crime in France is primarily based in major cities in France like Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon. It is often referred to in France as grand banditisme or milieu. From the 1900s to the late 1930s, le milieu primarily engaged in prostitution, bookmaking, fencing, and hijacking. The favored criminal activity in France turned to bank robbery, drug trafficking, and smuggling from 1940 to the late 1970s. The 1980s saw a resurgence of large-scale bank robberies and heists. From 1990 to 2000, criminal organizations established complex extortion rings in Marseille extending to Aix-en-Provence and the greater French Riviera. Since 2002, Le Milieu is known for, in addition to its extortion rings, large counterfeiting and white-collar crime operations. Due to increased financial regulation, Le Milieu has collectively pushed to integrate their crime profits into the legal economy. France's geographical location makes it an attractive venue for trafficking (i.e. smuggling) and counterfeiting...
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