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The BBC has published an investigation into drug gangs in Marseille that recruit children to carry out killings. The report, published on 9 November 2026, describes young people being trapped, brutalised and exploited within the city's underworld. The BBC's reporting enters Marseille's dangerous criminal networks to show how minors are drawn into gang work. The published excerpt provides only a brief overview, so further details of specific cases or official responses were not available in the source material.