All language subtitles for Enquête sur un Scandale dEtat

MARBELLA, MARCH 2012

I saw your partner in Montreuil.

Julian?

To the bald man.
Not Julian, the other older one.

He asked me how you were doing.

I don't know who he is.

Maybe he's the boss.
I don't know. Whatever.

That is not the boss, but a colleague.

- Yes.
- Yes. That's right.

When are you coming back?

I do not know.

This is a horror, seriously.

I should not have accepted it.

Are you ok?

Yes. It's just that...

I do not know.

Well, this place gives me a bad feeling.

People around here are really weird.

- Really?
- Yes.

Rare why?

There are a lot of guys
hanging around at night.

I don't know. I think one came in last night.

- How?
- Yes.

It seemed to me that they had
I went downstairs and... I went downstairs and...

Fuck. Do you know who it might have been?

I don't like to hear you like this.

I don't like your voice.

Hubert?

Do you hear?

Yes.

The traffickers have crossed the border.

This was to be expected.

What do we do?

I think we should work together.

MARSEILLE. 3 YEARS LATER

It is the least we can do.

I would even go so far as to say that it is a basic
in a self-respecting anti-drug policy.

Well...

I ask Jean Yves
to stop taking pictures.

Thank you.

We have given him
a camera and a video camera

for retirement to pass

filming and photographing people.

To everything that moves.

Where was I?

It is known that what happens in Spain

cannot be explained without taking into account
what is happening on our land,

here in Marseille,

in Paris, where I come from,

in the Rif Mountains
in your country, Khaled,

and elsewhere.

It is known that if we try to arrest
a smuggler at the border...

What are you going to do?

Crossing through another, and another and another...

This way continuously.

What should we do?

So we let the traffickers
the traffickers cross the border.

We let them cross and track the drugs.

Well...

Well, I'm not trying to be a flower,

but I'm going to confess something:

the shipment tracking operation
Ithaque delivers results.

PARIS, RESIDENCE OF KARIM FASSI,
LORD BYRON STREET

We are far from winning the war,
but we have made progress.

We are creating maps,
gathering information,

and discovering new paths
that will allow us to uncover its network.

We are following the drug.

Discover these paths

will not only allow us to get to know them
to get to know them from the inside,

but I hope that in the future we will use them
use them to our advantage.

Why is sabotaging those roads so important to us?
is so important to us?

Because, as you all know,

to take down
a drug trafficking gang

it is not enough
to seize a shipment,

neither small nor large,

because what will happen the next day?

They will send the same amount,
by the same means

with the same people.

Therefore,
if we really want to sink them,

we have to aim for the heart,
to the logistics.

That's where it hurts.

And my job is to hurt them.

And your job
is to hurt them.

The struggle...

The struggle...

The fight against trafficking

is developed at all levels.

That is all.

Thank you.

Thank you very much

Wait... Just a second.

What does this mean?

Let's go. Let's go.

Let's go. Quickly.

PARIS, CENTRAL ANTI-DRUG OFFICE

More than 7 tons
of Cannabis resin

in what the agents call "Moroccan
called "Moroccan suitcases".

François Hollande congratulated
the team that carried out the seizure,

whose director spoke with us

on the condition
not to disclose his name.

Technical and scientific
technical and scientific tests

in the vehicles
and in the "Moroccan suitcases".

to find connections
with previous research.

The 7 tons of Cannabis
is a large quantity,

although, according to experts, it is only the tip of the iceberg.
is just the tip of the iceberg.

The population consumes
250 to 300 tons

of Moroccan hashish per year,

so 7 tons
only represent a slight problem

for a few big shots.
Nothing beyond that.

It is interesting that their path to political emancipation
for political emancipation

includes the last 10 years of political and
of political and social unrest.

Speakers at COP 21

to train
as experienced militants,

they talk about the refugees,
they go to Ventimiglia, to Eole...

They are very active.

And well, besides,
they are young, some of them anti-fascists,

there are precarious workers,
there are unemployed...

And they carry out their training and their actions

thanks to the fact that they have
a large network of solidarity support.

To fill their asses with shrapnel
and have the police beat them up

radicalize them.

They are an organized group.

They distribute pamphlets
from their "legal teams

with telephone numbers of lawyers
to call if they are arrested

to know your rights.

They have "street doctors
to attend to the wounded

in the demonstrations.

The content seems very clear to me,

but why this cover?

Yes, that is their approach.

It is a change in the way we approach
to the media,

something different.

No, I mean that it is
an extreme left-wing grouping

You have explained it very well.

We are not alone in this.

But having the headquarters in Marseille
seems to me not very serious.

You know that Cazeneuve is going to call me,

I can see it in your faces.

I think we should focus
on those homes

since it is a well-founded and consistent
and with consistency.

I am in favor, Arnaud.

Okay. Okay. Thank you.

Stay tuned for more news.

Taking care of our website
is like taking care of our readers.

Stéphane, Alexis, can you come?

Have you read the article
about Byron?

- Yes.
- Of course.

I am telling them about the article.

In short, they have said that...

the dealer who owned that drug
may have been a snitch

of the Central Office,
so they play both sides.

Are we sure?

We have read the article,

and Alexis and I have identified it.

Agreed.

This guy is a big shot
of hashish in Strasbourg.

Moves tons.

Okay.

Rumor has it that he is
Jacques Billard's informant.

Jacques Billard?

The director of the Anti-Drug Office.

- Is he your whistleblower?
- Yes.

Be prepared. She is very angry.

But what happened?

The press does not stop hounding her.
She is fuming.

You and the Prosecutor's Office were aware of this.

Jacques, don't go that way.

And there is someone
who is going to make it difficult for us.

Hubert Antoine.

What does he want now?

You know him.

I find it amazing
that you followed the research.

No, no.

And that the drug belongs to your informant.

It is not what it seems.

I did not know the details of the operation

and, even if I knew them,
could not disclose certain information

without endangering my source.

And for my part, Madam Attorney General,
it is unthinkable.

Didn't know the details?

Your informant had
7 tons of drugs

in unlocked vans
in the center of Paris,

in Lord Byron Street,
and you had no idea?

Does he do what he wants
and you make way for him?

Shipment tracking" means
implies "tracking".

Is that clear?

Of course.

But the drug did not belong to him.

They were about to
to make the delivery and distribute it.

Would you mind explaining it to me?

Yes.

In fact, this operation involved
the tracking of numerous orders.

Our number 1 objective,

or one of our objectives,

was the network of a very important Franco-Algerian
French-Algerian trafficker

which my insider entered
a few months ago

with the help of SAI agents.

As for Lord Byron...

For this reason
even risked his life.

The drug of Lord Byron Street.
Don't change the subject.

You have lost sight of
7 and a half tons of drugs.

For a short period of time, yes.

And you have not thought that your informant,

one of Europe's big fish,

has snuck up on you right under your nose.

No.

So much confidence.

Why would I do that?

Don't take me for a fool, Director.

- Madam...
- Please.

If you want me to tell you that my informant

to get me relevant information

must continue to be
one of the heads of its network,

and that is why he has to
that he has to record that he traffics,

my answer is "yes".
What can I do?

But if you do not respect the procedure,
your case will be dismissed.

Not only does it break the law,

but loses
control of the situation.

Anything goes in the fight against drugs,

but prefers to look the other way.

I will not allow you to tell me that.

- You do not...
- Justice.

I will not allow you to talk to me like that.

Justice...

That may work
with journalists

and the judges
you want to impress,

but not here and not with me.

The end justifies the means?

- Justice...
- Blah, blah, blah. Not with me.

This is a state under the rule of law.
Exactly, Director.

Justice has obtained
a lot of information

and has advanced to a level
that was impossible

without Operation Ithaque
neither in quantity nor in quality.

- It's over.
- I am not finished.

I admit that I am guilty
of the forms, all right.

I should have reported it earlier,

I understand.

But to my regret I must remind you
that we have nothing to hide.

- We do not traffic.
- Are you sure?

I return the question.

Let's turn it around.

One of Europe's largest networks
one of the largest European networks

and reward them?

Let me ask you:

whose side are you on?

Hello, Hubert Antoine.

Stéphane Vilner: Shall we sit here?

- Yes, I do.
- Would you like a drink?

A latte, please.

- Fred, 2 lattes, please.
- Yes.

Do you live around here?

Yes. Nearby.

Are you a friend of Karine's?

Yes, always.
We both studied political science.

- Do you know his father?
- Do you know his father?

- Do you know the father?
- Yes, I do.

From the General Directorate
of External Security.

Well, what do we do?
Shall we get down to business?

Is that okay with you?

I brought the letter I told you about.

Here it is.

This is the letter to the Prosecutor's Office.

Did you choose 19 tons for the Office?

19 tons, yes. 3 years ago.

They never showed up.

After this letter,

I was interrogated twice
internal affairs

and began legal proceedings in my name.
proceedings began in my name.

I have all the documents
corroborating my testimony.

How did you meet Jacques Billard?

Jacques Billard,
or Jacky as he likes to be called,

hired me in 2007
and became my agent in charge.

I was hired
as a police informant.

- Managed by the UPS.
- Exactly.

At the time when our friend
was in charge of the Informant Service,

I approached the treasurer
of a Mexican drug cartel,

the Sinaloa cartel.

I guess you know him.

- Chapo Guzman's cartel?
- Chapo Guzman's, exactly.

I have worked
with the Department of Justice

and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

I was sent
to quite a few important missions,

so to speak,

infiltrator.

I have worked for the French police

as well as for Jacques.

Over time we became close friends,
almost close friends.

I am going to show you some conversations,

messages we sent each other.

I have witnessed
how it grew and how it evolved.

I know him perfectly.
I know what he is like.

And more than anything else I have witnessed
how it behaves

and how he betrays
those who work with him.

To put it bluntly:
he played me.

He played it to everyone.

Converted the Office
of the Republic of France,

the country's largest dealer.

I have seen it all.

I have seen organized traffic
from the highest levels.

I am going to clarify something.
A small parenthesis:

I am neither on one side nor the other.

I am neither a policeman
much less a drug dealer.

- Yes.
- Nor a whistleblower.

I am telling you this
because if we are going to see each other,

if we are going to work together
and collaborate,

I want this distinction to be made.

I want to be absolutely clear.

Exactly,
how is your status in the eyes of the law?

My status?
Jacques was getting me false documents

such as payroll, tax returns,

fake passports...

All in the name of Nicolas Gémeaux.

That is my state.

Infiltrated.

Is it okay to be on a first-name basis?

I can't promise you anything.

I have to check a few things,
but I don't doubt your word.

No problem.
I want everything to be clear.

If all goes well,
it will be perfect for Libération.

Great.

Before you continue,
you should know something important.

If we publish a bombshell like this,
there will be a lot of buzz.

If something has to come out,
it will come out.

So I want to know everything.

Understood.

Check this out.

Who is Salimi?

A guy I used to work for.

Look at the mail he sent me. Come to me.

Check this out.

This is...

2 days ago.

- Okay.
- This.

My contact has confirmed

who are investigating Hubert.

They have taken their warning seriously.

Okay.

What do you think of Hubert?

What makes me side with you
is that your story is solid,

in detail.

He is still sending me more documents.

The messages with Jacques Billard
that he showed me on his phone

leave you speechless.

- He is not lying.
- Of course he is.

No. Can you imagine him lying?

Why take the risk
that we uncover it?

Yes, it's silly.

Besides, you know I'm not going to do anything until you give me what I ask
nothing until you give me what I ask for:

Billard's e-mails,
those of the police director

and other agents of the Office.

If this guy says he has them, I believe him.

Don't you?

Besides, I'm not going to lie to you,
I am going to prepare a strategy

because he has none.

So we need something
to serve as our input.

What are you thinking about?

We have two key elements.
One is Karim Fassi.

We will check your relationship with Billard:

your accounts during the seizure
and your history.

And another is Marbella.

Hubert had 19 tons of hashish
for 3 weeks in Marbella.

19 tons that have not yet appeared.

Marbella and Lord Byron Street
are our key elements.

I think that Lord Byron's
was a way of recreating

about Marbella
when Hubert was there.

It is systemic.

At this time
we are going to mutate from one system to another.

In the classic system

the producers
were located in Morocco

and had carriers
arriving in Spain,

to France and the Netherlands,

from where they distributed
to the rest of Europe.

Although it fell apart
a few years ago.

We are not only fighting against drugs,
but against the mafia.

You can say yes.

Because it goes after
of murderers and traffickers.

That's right.

I have asked
Billard's colleagues

for its trajectory.

Everyone idolizes this guy.

He has an exceptional track record.

They say he is an excellent policeman,

workaholic,
committed, intelligent...

But also,
that it is complicated to get close to him.

He has contacts
in the Ministry of the Interior.

Works with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

and Homeland Security
provides you with technical content,

The Office is so powerful
because of its ties to the United States.

They thought they were untouchable.
Invincible.

Everyone was happy.

They leave their whores
in Tangier and Marbella

and the ministers do not speak
because they like the results.

"I am untouchable."

Seizures go up
and the jackpot arrives.

It's a quick thing. It's all yours.

Then I take care of the
the police report

to clean up loose ends.

They can't find fault
because I investigate my crimes.

He's a genius, isn't he?

Put yourself there.

At Libération,
we were a little out of place,

in the seizure of Lord Byron.

In fact, it was
it was something exceptional.

According to my source,
we should revisit it.

Suggests that we have
a more global vision

to treat subjects and information
and information

with a broader perspective.

That is more than scandalous.

This is a state matter.

It is not corruption, nor police abuse,

but we turn to the State.

In other words, right now
according to criminal and police policy

nothing can be done
without political approval.

What we need to keep in mind.

It is the government that orders these large seizures.
these large seizures.

This is how the Ministry of the Interior

has addressed
this fight against drugs.

Success is measured
by the number of gangs dismantled

and all the statements they say:

"Look at those numbers."

This performance model

was set in motion
especially with Sarkozy

and thus presented positive balance sheets
before the elections.

Once again it was Sarkozy

who drove
the optimization of seizures.

- And it's a very insignificant thing.
- Yes, it is.

Compared to all the contraband,

to get those numbers up
a lot of drugs have to come in.

On the other hand, Billard and Fassi

have created a drug highway.

Karim Fassi is
Europe's largest drug trafficker.

900 million in assets abroad.
abroad.

On your highway and with your informant,

can achieve
a record number of seizures

and arrest traffickers of all kinds.

So in the end the objective
is that every interior minister

give numbers every six months.

We will follow
the Central Office model.

This is where the debate comes in
what is moral and what is not.

I think it's funny.

The quintessence of cynicism.

I think it's nice that these operations
are from Operation Ithaque.

What is it?

Shipment tracking, "Ithaque".

- Ithaque...
- From Homer.

Not bad.

These operations must be
must be thoroughly tracked,

that's why this is a disaster.

I will explain it in more detail:

the authorities located
along the path of the merchandise

should know
that it is controlled by the Office,

but they didn't know it.

The authorities at the point of arrival
should also be aware of this.

Thus, under normal conditions,
drugs are not seized.

This was not the case this time.

What is Jacques Billard looking for?

As he imports the drug,

in a case like this
can carry about 40 tons.

Arrests are made,
but of minor traffickers.

The majority of the product
is still in circulation.

That is the problem.

It's a ticking time bomb:

when it explodes, it splashes everyone.

Exactly.

- Mr. Billard.
- Hello, Mr. Billard.

- Everything OK?
- Yes, we are.

The Byron Street thing... That sucks.

Yes.

I know it's none of my business,
but how did you manage this time?

Do you have the documents I sent you?

Sure, I have them.

I'd like us to talk about something,
some questions...

and other things.

Well, what can I tell you, honey?

You meet a lot of people.
Everything you hear, you tell.

It is difficult
if you go around blabbing to everyone.

It's the only language you understand.

Besides, I need my money.

I know. Mylène said
you had money problems.

I don't know how you manage.

Have you seen it?

Yes, I have seen it.

I am trying to organize everything.

Will you meet my girl
and organize my stuff?

I'm not seeing your girl,
she called me.

And you allow it?

He says that you are not well
and that he's afraid of you.

Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about?

That I scare Mylène?

- Why?
- Just a moment.

No. No way. Billard.

I don't give you a second.

That I am afraid of Mylène?
What's this about?

- Are you nuts?
- Am I?

Are you going to send your agents to me?

Or are you finally going to do it?

You're out of your mind, honey.

Didn't you have me deliver
1 kilo of coke 6 months ago?

It wasn't you?
Billard, you're a dealer.

A possible headline is "Investigation
of a state scandal".

- Or "Revelations".
- "Revelations", yes.

- "Revelations."
- Yes, "Revelations".

It imposes more.

I read it to you.

"In our revelations
3 questions emerge.

First: to end international drug trafficking
international drug trafficking,

do you have to break the law?

Police do not always
do not always comply with the law.

But which paths do they take?

How many traffickers and criminals

need
for so many tons of cannabis?

French police are on the job

to recover the drug from Africa.

Trafficking, organized crime and terrorism

fought by French soldiers
and that raises questions for us".

- Not bad.
- It is strong.

"We know the relationship

between crime and terrorism
and terrorism in Europe,

from Buttes-Chaumont to Molenbeek,

and we think
that we must demand accountability

The second is more philosophical:

should we act outside the law to combat illegalities?
to combat illegalities?

Effective methods
how to forge documents

to make a seizure

or to take down
drug gangs, or to take down a drug gang

are prohibited by law.

We know
that the mafias and drug traffickers have been

are not fought with water guns.

The State must provide the police with
the police what it needs

following the law.

Here is our third question,
the one we put to the State:

how can they run a drug gang
a gang of drug traffickers

right under your nose

of French judges, politicians and policemen
and French police officers

from Guéant to Cazeneuve?

Through complicity,
complacency or incompetence?"

I want to address the viewers.

On the one hand,
there are the bad guys, the dealers,

and on the other,
the good guys, the police who protect us.

But your article changes everything.

Not at all. Sorry.

- It's a caricature.
- I want to understand it.

- Is it corrupted?
- Not at all.

So how do we fight?

Okay. How?

That's my only question.

A war is never clean,
so we don't have to fool ourselves.

You are absolutely right.

Achieving good results does not
does not always justify...

Where is the limit?

Yes, where is the limit?
Where is the limit?

Listen, no.
I don't think it's that way.

It is a very complicated issue.

Being a good policeman
or to be a good judge is difficult.

Why? Because they want results.

They have to meet their goals
because it is their passion.

They always want to win.

They need to, pardon the expression,
eliminate the enemy.

And that's where the problem arises.

I would like viewers to understand
to understand that sometimes,

the good policeman or the good magistrate,

need to venture into
in somewhat complicated areas

to achieve specific objectives.

Excuse me? How?

Opinion demands it.

The opinion claims it at the time

and they have to take risks that...
How can I put it?

- What do they compensate?
- Exactly.

I am amused to hear
the minister who drafted the law,

regulating the regime of informants,

to say on this set
that we can go against the system.

I did not say that. Stop with the numbers.

This is what he said.

You have said nothing of the sort.
Stop playing games.

I did not come here to fight.
His speech is enlightening.

Let the viewers be the judge.

Do not be angry.

Spare us your excessive ego.

I have only said
that, in a moment of turmoil,

limits can be exceeded.

It is not the same thing.

I am just going to ask you the following question:

what is the limit
to combat illegality?

Do we have to be criminals?

I will tell you one thing:

after appearing in the press,

many colleagues
and especially knowledgeable people

they said to me:
"Stéphane, what are you talking about?

We are talking about the system.

That's just plain stupidity in capital letters.

- I'll let you in on a secret.
- What a crock of shit.

The head of the anti-drug team
brags and boasts to my colleagues

of having taken down
40 drug lords.

I have a very simple question

and I want to know the minister's response:

is it necessary to create
a French Pablo Escobar

to take down 40 capos?

Sounds like a problem to me.

What's up? I'll talk to you tonight.

I have been talking to Billard for a few days,

but since the article
I haven't heard from him

and suddenly all the messages I had with him
all the messages I had with him

under my nose.

What? How?

I have nothing, everything is gone.

Dominique, this is Stéphane.

Dominique Sanchez.

As I told you, I am a liaison officer

between the Spanish and French
and French service in Malaga.

Working with the Spanish authorities

in investigations
or French clients.

As in the case of Karim Fassi.

One night they called me and said:

"We need you on the beach."
It was Ithaque's first operation.

The Guardia Civil caught them
unloading the merchandise on the beach

and one of them
claimed to be a French policeman.

Imagine that:

on the beach,
at night, all in silence

and suddenly a giant speedboat arrives.

Guys come out of the woodwork
to unload cannabis

and in the midst of them all is Jacques.

He stands there with his arms crossed.

Jacques with Fassi's men who were unloading?
who were unloading?

Fassi leads them from jail.
Karim and Jacques have made a pact.

"If you tell me what I want to know,
I'll get you out of jail.

It is like this.

Billard has killed
cooperation between France and Spain.

They will never regain confidence.

It's not difficult, Hubert.

Fassi will have received 20 years.

So what? Not enough?

What do we want? To make a profit?

Our mission is to do things right.

We dismantle a gang
and we leave. The end.

We do not dismantle anything.

We just took the competition away from Fassi.

Karim says
that he is only in charge of logistics.

Bullshit.

Someone pays for the drug,
someone waits for it...

It is true that the drug continues to move.

The Guardia Civil does not seize it.

In fact, the drug goes to a house in Marbella,
the drugs go to a house in Marbella.

This is not possible
without someone's logistical support.

- Who?
- One of the most powerful people here.

But that's another story.

No, no.

I'm not going to get in there.

I leave you.

Do you take nothing?

No, thank you.

French television gives me 500 euros

and the U.S. $5 million.

And it's not a Yankee story!

It is valid for any national channel's
national channel's research program.

5 million is
its 10-year budget.

This shows
how much they care about these cases.

That is the problem.

Our intention is to tell the truth.

We still have a long way to go.

Who would risk their neck
for 500 euros?

Apart from Hubert.

Done. Let's get it right.

They are standing there.

How are you, Sofiane? How is everything going?

Great.

- Everything OK?
- Yes, we are.

- And the trip?
- Good.

- Hello, Hubert.
- Hello, Hubert.

Good to see you.

A few minutes and we are ready.

Agreed.

Thank you very much for coming.

Thank you.

I don't mind if you call me "tutee",
but I will address you as "you".

Agreed.

It is the best way to avoid complicity.

Yes, it's fine.

Let's get down to business.

It's been a long day.

Don't worry.

- Okay, Hubert...
- If it's okay with you...

To be clear,

we stand by
on what he said in Libération.

Okay.

Pixel his face and distort his voice.

As I told you before,
I know you're taking a big risk.

Thank you.

You are welcome. Don't worry about it.

- Here it is.
- This one?

I remember perfectly.
The lawn well mowed...

Those palm trees...

There was my room.

- That one?
- The one with the curtains.

I was locked in there for 2 weeks.

- There?
- Yes.

Okay. Let's get high.

I'm glad I found it.
I had my doubts.

Watch.

2013.

"Don't forget your gloves, honey."

Did Billard send this to you?

Isn't it nice?

Stéphane, get behind the camera.

Hubert, let's go for a walk
while I ask you questions.

It will be like a conversation.
Like we said, okay?

- Make it casual.
- Okay.

Arthur?

- Done.
- OK.

First of all, I would like to know how it started,
I would like to know how it started.

How did you end up here? Why?

Who sent you? How did they do it?

Who sent me?

Well, the director of the Office
sent me from Paris.

He explained what I had to do.

The Public Prosecutor's
had an open proceeding

in collaboration with the Spanish police.

A boat was coming, unloading

and the traffickers received the order.

Jacques was supposed to arrest
was supposed to arrest the bigwigs

because, he said,

were tracked shipments

to get the hang of
Moroccan wholesalers.

My role was very simple.

I had to take care of the house
and call him if necessary.

Okay.

Were there French policemen with you?

No, no. I was all alone.

There were other officers
in a house farther away.

But the keeper of the warehouse,
as I call him, was me.

I was responsible.

I was once surprised
when I approached the entrance,

where I met Jacques,

came accompanied
someone I would label as undesirable.

Someone undesirable?
What do you mean?

A thug, a murderer, a hitman.
A scum of the worst kind.

He has ties to organized crime,

with Chirac's networks...

I saw them and my jaw dropped.

So the head of the Bureau
came with an assassin?

Yes. Exactly.

- Okay. What were they both doing?
- I don't know.

Short.

Maybe he was an informant.
They seemed very close.

Excuse me, Hubert. Leave it there.

What's going on? Sofiane, what's this all about?

What about those questions?

This is irrelevant.

We are getting a lot of material.

I may not include it in the final assembly.

Identity cards.

Hubert.

- Everything OK?
- Fine.

I'm glad.

- It's a pleasure to meet you.
- Let me introduce you.

- Stéphane Vilner, from Libération.
- Delighted.

- And the recording equipment.
- Hello.

Come in. He is waiting for you.

- Follow me.
- You haven't changed a bit.

Work gives me life.

How are you doing?

Stéphane Vilner.

There was little repercussion
in the case of Jacques Billard,

but it is important
that you understand one thing

about our situation that explains the increase in drug trafficking.
the increase in drug trafficking.

There is a very particular history
of Franco-Spanish cooperation

that dates back to the ETA.

- To ETA?
- That's right.

There has always been
Basque nationalism.

They fought against the Nationalists
in the Spanish Civil War

and many Republicans

took refuge in France after the war.
after the war.

From that moment on, the idea of the
the idea of the shrine in France was born.

The GAL.

Yes. The French police
was aware of it.

I would even say that he participated.

Because how did it work?

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior
paid with secret funds

to the GAL and they paid
French policemen

in exchange for information
of ETA members

who were in France.

This information reached the mercenaries
to the mercenaries to attack.

In other words,
the French pointed the finger at the victims

and the Spaniards killed them.

Today, we continue to
we continue to live with the consequences

because people's rewards

that they were doing the State a favor
doing the dirty work,

was to obtain a permit
to traffic here.

I believe that a democratic state inevitably
inevitably fails

when it uses the same illegal methods
same illegal methods as its adversaries.

- Nobody talks about us?
- No one.

- Not even the newspapers? No one?

Nobody. They are sons of bitches,
we already know that.

What are they afraid of, the police?

They don't want to know their names...

Hubert has arranged a meeting for us
with a very important Spanish judge.

Why would he see us
if he thought it was a lie?

- But is that...
- What?

- You knew about the messages, didn't you?
- Yes, I did.

That I can't be trusted?

You cut the interview short
when it gets interesting.

You bring me here and a guy
gives me classes on the history of Spain.

- Do you even know who he is?
- I don't care.

I think it's great.
Everything you do, you do wrong.

- I feel sorry for you.
- You don't do anything in conditions.

You don't know how to work.
Have you seen the questions you ask?

I am not used to
to working with a press officer

putting pressure on me.
I can't ask any questions.

- What's going on?
- They want to quit.

It doesn't matter. It was a misunderstanding.

It does matter. You haven't done anything.

We didn't understand each other well.
I didn't think I was going to be

so limited in my work.

But no problem. Let's keep going.

Sure, if you pay me what you owe me.

I can't do that. That's not the way it goes...

Ask Stéphane, but no.

And why Stéphane?

Because you haven't kept the deal.

- That I haven't kept the deal?
- Well...

I have not complied?

Do you know the risk
I'm taking for you?

- What should I do?
- Let's talk.

- We can talk here.
- Don't make me come to your house.

- Why?
- Or I'll pick you up at your house.

- Wait. Stéphane.
- Don't even think about it.

- Let's just talk.
- No, Hubert, please.

We're going to go to the cashier
and you're going to pay me what you owe me.

- I can't.
- He has no money. Hubert, leave it.

That's all right.
We'll talk it over with production.

All right. Stop it.

- There are few people.
- What?

There are usually more people.

Would you like something?

What? Yes. A beer.

And those were guys
from the old Francoist networks.

No. Red Foccart.
Red Foccart for the French...

Organized crime.
Everything was well connected.

The SAC would not be far behind.

There is a relationship between the SAC and the GAL.

Yes, of course.

There are old colleagues
who worked with him,

in particular,
with Chaban in Homeland Security,

obviously it's all very confusing.

Well...

Yes. Yes.

Let me get this straight.

Did you know
those who killed the ETA members?

Yes, I knew them.

Their names, where they were from...

The names...

Well, there's that Sanchez guy.

I was part of a group
that we can call "friends".

Rather, less dangerous.

And in this group
there was one who was at the top.

They called him "The Animal".

- The Animal?
- The Animal.

These people worked with Jacques.

They had him eating out of their hand.
They would set up the deals for him.

And I can no longer accept that.

To those guys
with blood on their hands,

that they are the armed wing of fascism,
gave them the keys to the country.

What are we going to do with this?

What are we going to do?

We are going to blow up the Republic.

These groups
are composed of neo-fascists,

police volunteers...

With the GAL, the Spanish authorities
authorities got their act together.

It brought together a dozen
of independent commands

where drug traffickers were mixed in,
neo-Nazis from Barcelona,

refugees, former SAC members,

and former members of the Foreign Legion,

all of them paid for their missions
commanded from Spain.

If that's okay with you,
we'll work on the relationship between Billard,

the Central Office and the Animal.

- Okay.
- Your connections.

We had a lot at stake with the cover.

We want to demonstrate
that the French authorities know about it.

The fight against drug trafficking
is politicized.

There are narco-states

in a global drug diplomacy.

- And Billard has no weight?
- Not much.

Guzman cannot be arrested

without the approval of the United States,
Mexico's

and maybe that of France.

Neither Billard nor the DEA have a say.

Like the United States.

They have ambassadors
who negotiate with the DEA,

with the treasury,
with the tax administration...

The Animal, for example,
intervenes in the release of hostages.

France has it under control.

He has contacts for the rebellions
and is a major criminal.

It is there
to negotiate with the narco-states.

I consider it covert diplomacy.

- Okay.
- What is the unknown?

Our safety and that of the newspaper.

We don't know if this guy
could retaliate against us

or against the newspaper,
as happened with the Corsicans.

Anti-drug policy has been questioned in relation to the rule of law.
related to the rule of law has been questioned.

If we continue on this path,

there is no reason
for it to look like a provocation.

Stéphane is the one who is exposed,
so let us know what you think.

Let's move on.

This is the lung lesion,

the one we showed you
last time in the scanner.

They have measured
the size of this mediastinal mass,

and reaches five centimeters.

The tumor has doubled in size.

Here you can see it.

This means that the treatment is not working.
that the treatment is not working.

All this...

No, here.

It's bigger than last time.

Its mass has increased.

We recommend
visiting the coastal town of Marbella.

Located in front of the Moroccan coast,

will become
the center of European drug trafficking.

The site was controlled
by a French trafficker,

a local celebrity.

It protected all the bars,
breweries and clubs.

He was an extraordinary man,
very generous, and I liked him,

but he didn't give anything away either.

He was a murderer.

Who is the Animal?

In quotation marks.

Who is "The Animal"?

"When the State
pacts with a murderer".

It could look something like this.

Perfect. Thank you.

Hubert, do you have anything to drink?

I do not know.

If you haven't looked.

Hey!

- Have you seen them?
- No.

Don't fall.

No, I don't. Look.

Do you have anything?

We have caught something.

- What's in there?
- Now you will see.

Be careful with the jump.

- Ready?
- It's huge.

Hubert, take a look at this.

It is huge.

That is purchased.

We look like fools.

Look at him. Who caught him?

Isn't it a goldfish?

- A royal tent?
- Or royal tent. I don't know.

I'm going to take a picture.

Look.

Guys, it's beautiful.

- Hello.
- Good morning.

The best publisher in Paris...

- What did you catch?
- A carp.

- Is it really?
- It's huge.

It is impossible.

We can't eat it.

Better, because it looks really bad.

We had to try.

How are you doing, Caroline?

Hello Francois, good to see you.

- Do you know Andréa?
- No, I don't.

Andrea. I am Hubert.

Andrea is our publicist.

The publisher's publicist.

Can you imagine
how many copies it has?

- 12 000.
- ¿12 000?

There are a lot of them. That means
we have earned a lot of money.

We are going to make a lot of money.

How interesting. Ask him.

How much does one copy cost? Just one.

- I don't know how much it is worth.
- Maybe 18 euros.

How much is 18 euros for 12,000?

It will be about 100,000 euros.

It's a good place to start.

How much is our share?

You get 1 euro or 1.30 per copy.

So would I make 13,000 euros?
Me alone or both of us?

For both.

By author? Then 6500.

Hubert discovering
the world of publishing.

Caroline, can you pass me the butter?

Yes. Excuse me. How rude.

Half is kept by the publisher.

Have you always worked like this?

I have always been a slave to editing.

Explain something to me:
why don't we go equal parts?

Stéphane, you are in everything.

Excuse me, I am his mother.

Hubert, half and half.

Me and Stéphane make the material
and you the medium.

- No, no.
- It's like this.

He is right.

You just give us the means.

Why do you only give us the remains?

Because without him
the remains are for no one.

It is the same everywhere.

Do you think we're going to get rich
with this?

We have to be vigilant.

The book
should not add fuel to the fire,

but it is necessary to take into account
Libération's responsibility.

Also,
that doesn't stop us from supporting you.

You know, after that will come
the accusations, the accusations...

I'm just saying that Laurent, you and I
are legally bound.

It would not be unusual
that we are charged with defamation.

We're used to it.
It's just for publicity.

I know.

Being sued for defamation
is not uncommon...

It is true.

Hubert's interviews
are related

with the newspaper's research.

And the trial will be in one or two years.
We have time.

And very often
in defamation suits

end up judging the whistleblower.

- We have plenty of ammunition.
- We will keep working.

It's not that big a deal.

It's no big deal.
Not to scare you, but...

It's not that important, but I...

I expected it. It's to intimidate us.

Meet Hubert.

We finally meet each other.

I work with Stéphane.

- How are you doing?
- Good.

Hubert, the subject of our book.

It is a pleasure.

Hubert, it's Sophie.

Are you well or not?
Are you very bored? Stressed?

No, I am fine.

- Are you drinking something?
- Yes, I am.

Health.

You are so obsessed with the subject.

I am not obsessed.

I've been doing this for weeks now
and it's really absorbing me.

You are defensive.

Not at all.

You are working for the long term,
but I'm not.

I do not have to serve one or the other.

That is all.

- What do you say?
- Who do you serve?

- What you write is a bit poor.
- Why is that?

This fight is very stupid.

You know what? You're so fascinated
that you don't see reality.

You see conspiracies everywhere.

I see no conspiracies.

Everyone is in it up to their eyeballs.

You saw Jacques twice
and he kicked you?

You have become a whistleblower.

Wait, what did he look like? The emperor of...?

The emperor of the fight against drugs.

Stop it. Stop with the subject.

- Are you talking about your lying snitch?
- Liar?

Can't you see that you have
the whole world against you?

You have the whole profession against you.

He knows the subject well.

You can tell you've worked on it.
That's very nice.

Sorry, we are talking.

When you say "everyone",
it's not everyone.

You've been kicked out for snitching.

That is all.

- Do you know what?
- What?

- That you talk about yourself.
- What?

- You pretend to be someone like that.
- Like me?

- Open your eyes.
- I'll pass, man.

You are the insider.

You are the insider. That's where you stay.

Tell me.

You tell me. What is this? What is it about?

Of what?

I have been talking to Hubert.
He doesn't want to continue.

Are you kidding me? What are you saying?

He says you are manipulating him.

It says that you present it
as the subject of your book.

It is nothing. He must have got his wires
wires. That's all.

François, I know. Don't worry about it.

It's all right. I'll call you back in five minutes.

- Say.
- It's me.

What do you mean you don't make the book anymore?

Do you know what you are doing?

Do you realize that?

To begin with,
don't talk to me in that tone.

I do not allow
a frustrated writer to talk to me like that.

- What do you say?
- Yes.

What do you say?

No. It's over.
I'm not a throwaway fool.

Maybe in your world of Paris it's like that,
but not in mine.

- We don't take advantage of anyone.
- Relax.

You are not going to take advantage of me.
And I'm telling you, my friend,

that I am not the subject of your next book.

- Get that through your head.
- I don't give a damn.

Do you know how I have risked myself for you?
Do you have any idea?

Are you going to talk to me about risk?

Are you going to give me a lesson
about risk?

- Hubert...
- I demand respect.

Because I can throw it all away
and go somewhere else.

Get it through your head, kid:
I'm nobody's subject.

It's a figure of speech.

Then control your speech!

LUGANO, SWITZERLAND

Hi, I'm Hubert. How are you?

No, I am abroad.

You know I'm working on my book.

How can I help you?

This message is from last night.

It's from a guy
who slammed the door in my face.

Do you know everyone
through them?

Because of them I met Carolina,
Chapo's treasurer.

Pagni insists
that I am going to meet someone important.

A banker or something like that.

But he never mentions
Chapo's name.

- Did you ask him to come to Paris?
- Well, not exactly.

When we met,
we met twice in Mexico

and the third time we create
a good relationship of trust

and asked me to come to his office,
which was beautiful.

This is how we started talking

and I told him that we could meet in Paris.

Is that where you met Jacky?

Yes, in fact, when I arrived,
there was a meeting

because we were dealing
with something involving organized crime,

financial crime and drug trafficking.
and drug trafficking.

and I think that's how Jacques
how Jacques organizes everything.

Arrives very tanned

and with a neatly trimmed beard
from Saint-Tropez.

In his velvet suit.
He was handsome then.

- Not like now.
- No...

It is obviously late.

He makes a very scripted entry.

He loves that.

Listen to what they say

and gets up,
goes to the blackboard and starts explaining:

"I put a guy here..." and stuff.

You make a big plan in front of everyone
that doesn't look like the one before.

He's the kind of kid
who wants to be at the head of the class

and who wants to be
well-liked by the teacher.

That describes it pretty well.

Although in reality he is a liar,
a compulsive liar.

It does not face reality.

Your reality is built on a lie.
is built on a lie.

Not even when he kisses you is it for real.

He lies constantly. He is sick.

That guy has a big problem.

My father was a communist.

So when we were in class,

you were with a communist.

- You were a restless ass.
- Yes, I was.

If you want,
I thank my parents.

I have never thanked them enough

for having given me
the richness of intellectual debate...

It was never limited.

Although at the same time, paradoxically,

prepared me
for a world that did not exist.

They believed
that another world was possible.

Moreover, you say it with great freedom

and that brings veracity and authenticity
and authenticity to your testimony.

But if you tell people
that the Americans give you 5 million,

you screw everything up.

- No.
- I'll explain.

You go, you take the 5 million,
you start over...

Just so you understand me,
I do it for Mylène.

He wanted to open his own jazz club
because he loves music

and I told her that I would
would help her get it.

I don't care about the rest.

Yes, but you're leaving for a year
with the Americans.

- And you start over.
- Yes. Exactly.

Because you're a romantic,
a sentimental guy.

- Yes.
- I can feel it.

- Of course. Sure.
- It shows.

Yes.

I'm sentimental.
That's why I want a vis a vis with Jacky.

I considered him a brother.

And I don't mean as they say
today "my brother".

I am talking about the deepest sense
of the word.

He was someone I had every confidence in
and whom I considered my family.

See how close we were
he was my daughter's godfather.

When he was 13 years old,
she did an internship at the DCPJ.

He took her and introduced her to everyone.

She was like a daughter to him.

She also knew his wife.
She would even take the dog out.

Does she know everything?

Sure. He sent her messages,
gave her gifts...

He signed the messages with "Tito Jacky".

And from one day to the next, nothing at all.

Did you sign by putting "Tito Jacky"?

Yes. That's what I told you.

If I am speaking today,
it is also for my children.

In a way, it has two sides.

And that's not to brag,

but how do you think it happened Jacques

of the infiltrators to the Office?

Yes, he brought the Chapo case,
but who gave it to him?

- You.
- Thank you.

Without me, he would not have made it to the Office.

- He has a lot of dirty laundry.
- What dirty laundry?

For example, he killed some guys.

Killed some guys?

He kills some and sends others to be killed.

Do you get it yet?

You never said anything before.

Yes, I know. You don't know Jacques.

I assure you he is a psychopath.
He is a criminal.

Who will be there?

I don't know everyone.
Some old colleagues are going.

Some friends of Stéphane
and people like that.

You can visit the publisher.

And then, if you want, we leave.

- What?
- We don't have to go.

What do you say?
We have to go to the party.

- Morgane.
- Morgane?

- Yes, this is great.
- I am very happy.

I take this opportunity to tell you
that I can't thank you enough

your trust and your time.

And thank you for everything.

You know me,
you know I'm not a stickler for detail.

Thank you very much to you and everyone.

It has been an honor working with you.

This is very important to me.

We have hit them squarely.

What was the problem with France Inter?

With France Inter?
In the end it was not clear.

Isn't it clear?

No. The journalist lacked
a bit of context to what you were saying.

That's all. I was a little confused.

You know how today's
the media today.

- Can we do it again?
- Do it again?

Hubert, may I have a moment?

Screw the press.

I just wanted to introduce you to Nora.

Next week
you will be interviewed.

And you understand?

- Honestly?
- Yes.

No. I've known him for 10 years,
but it's hard for me.

But I must admit
that you have captured well what I wanted to say.

I'm sure he wouldn't stop talking.

- He wouldn't stop.
- Nothing?

- Not for a second.
- It's a blabbermouth.

Is he going to sing? What?

Wait. Wait.

- The Macarena!
- What a blast.

You only have to do half a verse.

- But I don't know how to sing.
- Yes, you can.

- Don't worry about it.
- Come on, Mylène.

May I borrow it?

Can you hear me?

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Now that I am here,

I'm going to take the opportunity
to say something to Mylène.

You are all beautiful, but I love her.

Tonight I want to tell you

that even if we separate and come back

and let's split up and come back...

I would like to have you forever.

Know that with my friend Stéphane
I call you "my genesis".

It is true.

And, Mylène, I wanted to ask you
if you want to marry me.

Yes!

He said yes!

He always wants to go fast.

- Going fast is not a bad thing.
- It's true.

He wanted to propose to you and he did.

That's the beauty of it. Let's celebrate.

But his disease is still there.
That's part of it.

He is sick and has not had chemotherapy for 15 days.
he has not had chemotherapy.

It is part of his delirium. It's like this.

Come on, let's go.

I don't give a shit.

He is under indictment,
but he is not in jail.

This is normal.

We have been able to demonstrate
that he participates in these scandals.

I don't give a shit about your accusation!

There is still work to be done, okay?

It will be fine for you,
but I'm not finished.

But there are times to follow.
There are times.

That sometimes escapes you.

And I respect your commitment and your integrity.

You are absolutely right, Hubert.

- But...
- Let me finish.

You cannot impose
the times you want.

That is, it does not work like that.

Bringing out the book is a step.
Now we can't...

The book is nothing. You don't understand it.

That is not an achievement. It is not an achievement.

Nothing changes. The book changes nothing.

But after the book...

Well, if you're happy, fine,
but I'm not.

Not that I'm happy,
but I follow the times.

I want more, okay?

Yes,

but we have to loosen up a little bit.
We have to go slow.

Did you wait all night
to tell me that?

You waited to tell me that? That's great.

No. It is not.

I haven't been waiting.
Listen to me, Hubert...

- This book will open doors for you.
- That has nothing to do with it.

Hubert, stop it. Why are you being like this?

I just want to tell you that...

Nothing, I've already understood everything.

- No. I'm just tired.
- I get it.

You have already written a book.

In the next one you will talk about
about run over dogs or whatnot.

I continue with my war.

This guy is still at large
and works for the State.

For now, we are losing.

We set the target.

We lost. Can you hear me?

I don't think we lost.

I feel frustrated.

For you it's an achievement,
but for me it's just a step.

- It is not like that.
- Everyone has their own war.

Everyone has their own war.

Return with care.

How do you get back, Hubert?

- Let's get going.
- Goodbye, Hubert.

- Sorry.
- Be well.

Goodbye, Mylène.

- We are leaving.
- Yes, we are.

Sharing a cab?

Take care. Goodbye.

- See you.
- Bye.

Well, Mrs. Julie Mondoloni,

is accused for the editorial that appeared in the
that appeared in the newspaper Libération.

Could you explain to us
a little bit about your role?

Let's see, when the journalists
of our team

proposed
research like this,

this gave rise to
to discussions with the authors,

and to meetings with their sources

and with people
related to the research.

And then we made
a meticulous correction.

Verification.

This can take several weeks,

as was the case with Stéphane.

All this in order to ensure
to ensure that we respect the contradictory principle.

And in these serious accusations
we were making,

and throughout the chain of command
of this story,

we sought to respect
the principle of contradiction.

Mr. Billard and his lawyer
would not respond to Libération.

This would perhaps have made it possible to
clarify certain points...

To better understand this story.

It is indeed a serious matter,
drug trafficking in France.

It is nothing new to say
that drugs collapse our services:

justice, police...

It is a daily struggle
that we have been fighting for 40 years

and we have been losing those 40 years.

Excluding police services.

We obviously recognize
its great importance

and the quality of its research.

But at the time of the investigation,

if we look at the news,

we found
a dozen deaths in Marseille

traffic-related

and, another failure, terrorism.

The 2015 Paris attacks,
the Saint-Denis attacks...

So yes, when we have in front of us
politicians in front of us,

starting with the head of state

that, taking advantage of my editorial freedom,

struts its stuff
for making large seizures,

seizures that are,
at best, controlled,

we have the right to ask questions.

Just like when you find out

that a certain amount of drugs is on the street.
of drugs is on the street.

I think my role as editor is to ask these questions
is to ask these questions

to see it in perspective,

not to remain
in an individual accusation,

of a single man,
but in the search for a system.

Understand that system.

Where did that drug go? Who is it for?

Is it for other types of traffic?

We don't give answers, we ask questions.

Drug trafficking
in Marseille, in Saint-Denis,

in the Netherlands, in Molenbeek...

These are the questions we asked ourselves

and, therefore, going back to the
to the editorial we are talking about today,

I wanted to express it
in a rather harsh way.

But I have never specifically addressed
to Jacques Billard.

Thank you. You may return to your seat.

Mr. Billard,
would you mind approaching the bench?

I yield the floor to you.

Okay.

I would like to cover the subject
point by point,

but we would be here all night.

I love to talk,
but if we get into the subject...

It is a very broad topic.

Please continue.

Yes. I propose to go point by point.

Okay, so we see the reactions.

I have heard things that I am obliged
to correct, as you can imagine.

The police do not pass the drugs.

The drug passes by itself.

Whether the police like it or not,
the drug gets through,

hundreds of tons per year.

We have surpassed 1000 tons
of cannabis resin per year.

Two thirds stay in France
and one third leave.

So I must say
it's going up and up and up,

and that drugs are everywhere.

And that is why we are here.

So you are not involved in drug recovery?
in drug recovery?

No, I do not participate. I don't have to.

As I said before,

between 700 and 1,000 tons
cross the country each year.

It is colossal.

Controlled delivery or not, it is the same thing.

The drug arrives.

I want to emphasize something.

If one is given the opportunity
the opportunity to do something, that is to say...

If someone has
the opportunity to do something

because it knows where and when it comes from,

has to explain to the magistrates,
whether French or Spanish, what he knows.

That is what the article stated,

that you, I quote, "were not intelligent",
but that...

No, no.

It's not because of intelligence,
it's the opposite.

Excuse me, Your Honor.

They said, "They're so smart
they're doing it on purpose."

That is the problem.

- That is where defamation occurs.
- Yes.

That is where they defame
because they say things that are not true.

On the one hand they say:
"Yes, he traffics for fun."

Well, if you say so.

And on the other hand they say:

"He's crunching the numbers
to boost his professional career."

And the only career I'm pushing for
is yours.

Please stop talking.

I am responding to you. I feel attacked.

Agreed.

Let's go back to a very important part,
the loss of these assets.

I would like to understand.

Your Honor,
we don't lose assets for fun.

When you see
6 tons with 9 teams

and which is directed to
to multiple addresses....

- We do what we can.
- We do what we can.

We dismantled 6 of 9 in a few months.

- It's better than nothing.
- Yes. It's a large amount.

It is better than nothing,

but something is always lost.

But when you see
how big it all is,

you realize that it doesn't matter.

The important thing is to
to find out who is responsible.

I spent 12 years in Anti-Drug

and I repeated it to everyone

that the merchandise itself is of no interest to us.

The merchandise is of no interest.

There is overproduction.

There are two and a half years' supply of heroin
for two and a half years.

More cannabis is cultivated
than is consumed,

and, as you know,
large quantities are consumed.

Having the product
is part of the traffickers' risk.

If they lose 100 kilos,
at the end of the day they don't care.

They don't care.

You pass it on to the next customer.
It's a bit like Amazon.

If they have additional costs,
what happens?

It gets passed on to the next customer.
So they don't care.

On the other hand,
something important that I have noticed

in my 12 years of experience
at the Central Office

is that it hurts them
when money is taken away from them,

for example, men or media.

When I say means,
it's obviously not cars.

That does not work for us.

Means are, for example, a way out.

If we identify
the person transporting the goods,

if we can identify
the person who stores it,

then we delve into their logistics.

That hurts them
because they have to find new people.

They need confidence
and that is very complicated.

That costs them a lot,
so it hurts them.

Thank you.

Any questions for Mr. Billard?

Yes, I have some questions
for Mr. Billard.

- Please go ahead.
- Thank you.

From the drug he was watching,

which, from his informants,
he knew he was going to cross through France,

coming from Morocco...

How many tons have disappeared?

- Nothing has disappeared.
- No.

No. It doesn't work like that,
with all due respect.

The drug does not disappear.

So, how many tons
have you seized?

This is a flow, you know? A flow.

Tons arrive every day
and are moved everywhere.

To the north, to the south, to the east, to the west...

Yes, but I am referring
to the amount you know.

I understand. How do I respond?

Can't you?

I do not know the number of tons,

so I can't answer you.

When he mentioned the truck story,

the one that arrived... Cut me if I'm wrong.

- Did the truck arrive?
- Please come to me.

Arrived and apparently delivered

because the Spaniards
say they have photos

and that there were 2.5 tons.

- There were 3.3 tons.
- 3.3 tons, very good.

What do I do with these 3.3 tons?
What do I do with them?

Where do I put them? Do I leave them right there?

Do I leave them there and don't incautiate them?

What I mean is
these numbers don't add up to anything.

They only lead
to a judicial dead end

because it doesn't work that way. Sorry.

And also to an intellectual
intellectual dead end

because they only focus on the kilos
without solving the real problem.

So I don't know
how many tons were seized.

I can't know that,

but what I do know is
that we have seized most of them.

That is quantifiable,
it is quantified.

They have seized 137 tons.

137 tons, judge. That's no small feat.

Any further questions?

Finally, I would like to know

how many tons were not seized.

He does not seem to be able to respond.

- I have already answered you.
- He is not capable.

Let's move forward, please.

No problem. We move on to another question.

You have read the statements
about the Marbella operation

in which Mr. Antoine
claims to have participated in.

Again,
these are people who have it in for you.

Did Hubert Antoine and Dominique Sanchez
made it up?

They have not invented the same thing.

For they both say that,

like Fassi,
who also has it in for him...

The three say that there are
French police officers on their team

who helped unload the bales.

Let us be precise
so that the debate is clear.

- Let's not talk nonsense.
- We're not going to talk nonsense.

Fassi has never said
that French police officers

have downloaded... I beg your pardon?

- Bales.
- No. He has never said so.

Hubert Antoine was the one who said it.

Fassi did not say that
nor do I know why he would say that.

If we are going to talk about the statements

of Mr. Hubert Antoine,
we have to talk about his character.

There was an investigation
taking place in Lyon

and that proves that what he said
was false, terribly false.

And, as proof,
the discharge did not occur where he told us.

the storage
did not occur where we were told

and the form of delivery

does not correspond at all
with what he said,

at all.

So yes, there was a housing
and there was an operation. That is true.

And I asked Hubert Antoine

to give me a hand
before delivery of the goods.

But, as for the rest,
he was never tasked with a mission.

Never! He has never witnessed anything.

The proof is in the fact that their statements

are aberrant or are false
according to our research.

On the other hand, why is Mr. Hubert Antoine
Mr. Hubert Antoine tell us this?

Because he holds a grudge against me.
He feels a little...

Why?

He's a scammer unmasked,
but anyway...

- Why the grudge?
- Because I got him fired.

Hubert Antoine
dreamed of being an infiltrator,

an informant, or even a policeman.

His career as an informant
was one of the most modest

and was plagued by failures.

He was proposing things that didn't exist,
that were not very clear

or that they were not
up to what he was describing.

Although I recognize
that a virtue of Hubert Antoine,

was their willingness to work.

As an informant, he was captured
in the Dominican Republic,

wanted to torture him,

and he agreed to call,
take his side and lie to us.

And it worked out well, I must admit.

As for the rest of his character,

I am not a doctor,
but the term we use is...

mythomania.

His propensity for mythomania
made us stop counting on him.

And everything got worse
when he began to manipulate the justice system,

first to us and then to justice

alleging conspiracy stories,

that he was the victim of a betrayal,
of imaginary facts...

- We stopped counting on him.
- He was fired.

Yes. I felt too much hatred.

I even received SMS messages,
sometimes with sarcasm

and even threats.

Such is the personality of this individual.

Well, for an incompetent,
he earned 200,000 euros

and was its source for twelve years.

- Not with me.
- With you from 2012 to 2016.

That's a lot for an incompetent.

- I say he is incompetent.
- And you've worked with him for four years?

Excuse me, your honor,
may I show you something?

- Can you teach me anything?
- No. Go ahead.

Well, when a guy comes to see us

and promises us
that he is capable of achieving something...

If you promise us
that he will get us anything,

What do we do?
We hire him and he stays.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

That is all, Your Honor.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

You may sit down.

Okay.

Hearing adjourned

and will be resumed at the request of the prosecutor.

Thank you.

Sorry.

I insist that we are not accusing you.
accusing you.

He did not understand us.

We are criticizing the system.
I know he's a good cop.

I listen to him talk
about his strategies and...

We question the role of the Office,
not yours.

I would like to apologize
for some of the comments.

Thank you.

I hope that we will be able to meet
under different conditions.

Of course.

Hubert Antoine is a phony.
I wanted to tell you.

Why do you think Fassi cheated me?

Or so you have said.

And I wanted to ask you something:

have you ever thought about

that Hubert Antoine
may have deceived you?

He is not here to defend himself.
I think we both know him well.

We do not have the same job,

but we both deal with people

that are close to the limit,
but they are sincere.

- Or not.
- Or not.

Goodbye.

I'm coming.

MARSEILLE, OCTOBER 2019

As you already know,
the end of the Central Office has come.

Jacques Billard has been replaced.

I don't know if you know anything about the BLAST,

the Anti-Narcotics Brigade
Anti-Narcotics Brigade.

- Not bad.
- Who came up with the name?

We do not know,

but we could make a lot of jokes
about this stupid acronym.

Well, that's the new entity
of the Central Office

and we would like to take this opportunity
some clarification on the subject.

I summarize.

Castaner has gone to Marseille today
to inaugurate the BLAST.

It is a very representative city
because it has already 30 deaths

this year for drug trafficking.

Before the presentation,

this morning
a scandal has broken out in the city.

The impact will be enormous.

It's very ironic.
We have to put it in context.

It has to be compact.

We can do it on a double page.

We have to start
with the BLAST event...

We do not want to address Castaner.

Not directly.
We're just going to put that...

We want to talk about
about the animal circus that is going to be created.

- Let's do an analysis.
- Okay.

We analyzed the BLAST
at present and...

We linked it to the murders,
the settling of scores...

It is no coincidence
that Castaner is going to Marseille this year.

There are many settling of scores
related to drug trafficking.

That is something striking.

What is the difference?
Without going into too much detail.

- Differences?
- Between the Office and the BLAST.

None. Absolutely none.

The name has been changed.
It's a facelift.

We have reached a point
where the Central Office

has so many scandals

which has had to change its name.

Place Beauvau
sells it to us as a new structure.

A clean slate.
The past is the past.

But it remains the same.

The changes are minimal.

The first time he spoke to Libération
in May 2016

under a false identity
provided by the State

for its missions around the world.

He spoke about clandestine operations
operations in the fight against drug trafficking,

and Hubert exposed himself
to denounce the system.

Born in Cherbourg in 1962,

of a trade unionist father
and a customs mother.

I did not seek to work
in the worst cases of the Republic,

but after some events, he became a whistleblower in 2008.
he became a whistleblower in 2008.

Worked for the police
and for the Anti-Drug Office

before beginning a long mission
for American justice

supervised by the DEA,
the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

He infiltrated the Mexican cartels,

flirted with Chapo Guzman's treasurer and dined with major drug traffickers.
and dined with major drug traffickers.

But their most complicated missions
came from the Anti-Drug Office

and its former director, Jacques Billard,

who ordered him to keep 20 tons of cannabis in
20 tons of cannabis.

After feeling manipulated,

Hubert denounced to the courts
the facts he had witnessed.

This was the basis
for the "Antoine Research",

of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office.

All this was
was recounted in the book "L'Infiltré",

that the author of these lines
was able to write with him.

It was released in March 2017,

and some received it with suspicion,

by corporatism
or lack of imagination.

How did the police
imported tons of drugs into the country?

A year and a half later,
the "Antoine Research",

which takes place in Lyon,

seems to be the most threatening
for the denounced system.

Opened for criminal conspiracy

and forgery of public deeds

and a former drug kingpin has already been arrested
former drug kingpin arrested

and two senior judges,

and the Paris Prosecutor's Office
has appeared as a witness.

It has shaken the foundations
of the anti-drug sector.

After testifying as a witness in September,

Hubert Antoine will finally
will not know the outcome of his struggle.

Due to an illness, he passed away
Wednesday at the age of 54.

A STATE SCANDAL