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Marseille鈥檚 Narco Wars

Ashley visits Marseille to meet police, street dealers and hitmen, all caught up in bloody drug wars that are ravaging France鈥檚 second-largest city.

Marseille has been France鈥檚 drug capital for over 50 years, but the violence of the city's drug war is escalating as rival gangs kidnap, torture, kill and even set one another on fire.

Ashley spends time in the notorious northern suburbs known as the 'cit茅s', meeting young men involved in fighting the bloody drug war. He also rides along with the police on a night-time patrol.

To understand the present, Ashley needs to learn of Marseille鈥檚 past, so he meets a former gangster who was part of the city鈥檚 infamous French Connection drugs trade in the 1970s and 80s.

Ashley also meets people trying to steer young men away from gang life, video calls a gang boss behind bars and meets a small-time dealer who became a deadly hitman.

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Presenter Ashley Cain
Editor John Readman
Executive Producer Christian Hills
Executive Producer Katy Thorogood
Production Manager Jay Petherbridge
Series Producer Minna Sedmakov

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