At the Bouches-du-Rhône assizes court, Amine Oualane, described as a presumed leader of the DZ Mafia, returned Tuesday to the trial for the murder of Farid Tir after several days of boycott. Alone in the dock, escorted by hooded gendarmes and police, he recounted his early life as a delinquent and denied the charges against him.
Amine Oualane broke the boycott pact observed since the previous Friday by the defendants in the trial for the murders of Farid Tir and Mohamed Bendjaghlouli. On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the court heard via videoconference from “Tatoo,” an anonymous Marseille narcotrafficker who accused several suspects in this sensitive case.
With a weary look, Oualane dismissed the statements of this informant described by police. “He’s a madman who only tells bullshit,” he said. He added that “Tatoo” was clearing himself this way, while Oualane was on trial “for trifles.”
During his questioning, Oualane spoke of his past as an early delinquent imprisoned young and portrayed himself as the victim of “persecution.” “Even if you give me 50 years in prison, it goes over my head,” he told the court during a tense face-to-face with “Tatoo.”
This return to the dock marks a crucial day for the accused, surrounded by heightened security measures.
