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Watch: "It destroys people, but we all make our own choices" - Marseille drug-gang members talk to BBC

ByJames WaterhouseParis correspondent
  • Published18 minutes ago

Warning: Strong language and descriptions of sexual violence

Although she had just bought hashish from a drug dealer, the woman decided to call the police.

It was because, along with the illegal drugs, she had been handed a note by the young seller during their brief meeting on a Marseille housing estate in 2022.

"We're being held captive and need help. We are 15-years-old," it read.