Inside the French drug gangs recruiting children to kill

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.

The teenage dealer, a French court heard earlier this year, was one of two boys being held by a gang which they had both initially approached looking for paid work - albeit illegal...