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Karim Achoui
Karim Achoui (born 1967) is a French-Algerian lawyer. He is notable for his alleged connections with the French milieu, the French mafia, and for his involvement in several significant cases, which have earned him the nickname "avocat des voyous," or ''advocate of thugs'' in the media.Mathieu Grégoire« Karim Achoui, l'avocat des voyous, une image qui lui coûte cher », '' 20 Minutes.fr'', 15 December 2008. He is the founder of the League of Judicial Defense of Muslims (Ligue de défense judiciaire des musulmans in French). Boulogne-Billancourt Early life and education Karim Achoui was born in Boulogne-Billancourt into a modest home. His mother was a wet nurse or nanny, and his father was an employee at Renault, an automobile company. Both his parents were from Algeria. He studied medicine and law simultaneously before choosing to pursue law and prepare for a career as an attorney. He began practicing as a criminal defense lawyer in 1993 in Paris. Career Karim Achoui bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milieu (organized Crime In France)
Organized crime in France is primarily based in major cities like Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon. It is often referred to as in France.Lalam, Nacer"How organised is organised crime in France?"in ''Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the European Union and Beyond'' From the 1900s to the late 1930s, ''le milieu'' primarily engaged in prostitution, bookmaking, fencing, and hijacking. 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 integrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romane Bohringer
Romane Bohringer (; born 14 August 1973) is a French actress, film director, screenwriter, and costume designer. She is the daughter of Richard Bohringer and sister of Lou Bohringer. Her parents named her after Roman Polanski. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in '' Savage Nights''. Filmography Actress Director Voice External links * Romane Bohringert the Yahoo Movies Yahoo! Movies (formerly Upcoming Movies), provided by the Yahoo! network, was home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new releases, trailers and clips, box office information, and showtimes and movie theater information. Ya ... 1973 births Living people People from Oise Actresses from Hauts-de-France French film actresses French film directors French costume designers French voice actresses French women film directors 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French women screenwriters French screenwriters Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts, in an attempt to eliminate the Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 15 – Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. * January 23 ** In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison. ** Milton Keynes in England is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Defense Lawyers
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane and Conoghan (editors), '' The New Oxford Companion to Law'', Oxford University Press, 2008 (), p. 263Google Books). though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law; in other words, something is a crime if declared as such by the relevant and applicable law. One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state ("a public wrong"). Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law. The notion that acts such as murder, rape, and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by the criminal law of each r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organized Crime In France
Organized crime in France is primarily based in major cities like Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon. It is often referred to as in France.Lalam, Nacer"How organised is organised crime in France?"in ''Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the European Union and Beyond'' From the 1900s to the late 1930s, ''le milieu'' primarily engaged in prostitution, bookmaking, fencing, and hijacking. 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century French Lawyers
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La Chaîne Info
La Chaîne Info (LCI; English: "The News Channel") is a French free-to-air news channel. It is part of TF1 Group. History TF1 had shown intentions of launching a news channel in 1991, which was one of the potential candidates for a new Astra satellite. LCI was launched on 24 June 1994 by Christian Dutoit on behalf of the media group TF1 as a pay television channel. Its launch was also simulcast on TF1. The broadcast began at 8:30 pm with the live TV news programme presented by Françoise-Marie Morel. The first guest was the CEO of the channel, Étienne Mougeotte. The channel was also broadcast in Italy alongside TF1 on digital terrestrial television from 2004 to December 2006 on ''Dfree'' multiplex. In 2006, the channel's website appeared twice in the James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Express
(, stylized in all caps) is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre-right in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''Réussir''. Founded in 1953 by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Françoise Giroud, ''L'Express'' would be considered France's first American-style news weekly. ''L'Express'' is one of the three major French news weeklies alongside '' Le Nouvel Obs'' and '' Le Point''. History and profile was co-founded in 1953 by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, future president of the Radical Party, and Françoise Giroud, who had earlier edited '' Elle'' and went on to become France's first minister of women's affairs in 1974 and minister of culture in 1976. ''L'Express'' first issue was released on Saturday 16 May 1953, at the corner of the end of the Indochina War and the Algerian War which was about to break out. It was founded as a weekly supplem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bâtonnier
In some legal systems, the bâtonnier is the head of the legal profession (the bar). Jersey In Jersey, the Bâtonnier is head of the profession of advocate. The role includes administering the legal aid system for the island (the day-to-day administration is carried out by an Acting Bâtonnier, while the Bâtonnier decides appeals against the decision of the Acting Bâtonnier). The Bâtonnier formerly had a role in dealing with disciplinary matters involving advocates, but that role was removed in 2005. France In France, the role is ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). Election and function Elected by the members of the bar for a term of two years, the Bâtonnier is the spokesman for lawyers registered in his bar. But in addition, it has a real function of arbitration between lawyers and a function as mediator when a dispute arises between a lawyer and his client. He is also the one who appoints lawyers for the court. The successor of the Bâtonnier is elected be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samy Naceri
Saïd Naceri (; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri (), is a French actor known for his work in the four '' Taxi'' films and '' The Code'' (''La Mentale''). Early life and career Naceri was born to an Algerian Berber Kabyle father and a French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois. His brother is Bibi Naceri, who co-wrote and co-starred in international hit film '' District 13''. He shared the award for '' Best Actor'' for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. He grown up in the suburb of Paris, at Fontenay-sous-Bois. He has a son, Julian, born in 1994. Since 2024, he reveals to the public his relationship with Sofia Athéna, young actress born in 1994. Legal issues Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Naceri was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornec Gang
The Hornec brothers gang, also called "the H", "the Montreuil gang" or Hornec family, is a Gitanes criminal group from the region of Paris. It is the most influential gang in the French capital. They control many criminal activities (racket, drug dealing, illegal slot machines) in the Parisian region, and they have also good connections with the Corsican mafia, and the Maghrebian gangs. The Hornec clan is led by three brothers, born in the Parisian suburb city of Montreuil. They took the succession of the crime boss, Claude Genova, after his assassination in 1994. Then, the "H" gang has got a great ascension. They invested money from hold-ups in night-clubs, illegal slots machines and prostitution bars, they recruited in the gang many young boys from the suburb's ghettos, principally gipsys and maghrebians, and became the most important gang of Paris. The Hornec brothers had invested in building speculation in Paris, they also invested in a luxury villa in the French Riviera. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
