The Swiss “mole” exists, she has spoken. An informant from the Swiss police himself was responsible for revealing his presence in a judicial investigation conducted in Lyon, which the lawyers denounced, without formal proof. This spectacular rebound now threatens to nullify the case of attempted van robbery in which eight men have been indicted since 2019.
Defense lawyers are preparing to challenge the legal grounds of the case on the grounds of entrapment and unfair procedure. For them, the informant’s confession confirms that he played the role of an infiltrator, and that his presence was intentionally masked in the proceedings. According to investigators, seasoned criminals did not need a guide in this very high level project.
“I admit that I am a source because I want to cut short all the lies that could be told about me and remove the doubts that French justice may have as to my role”, declares Icham (the first name has been changed) on the minutes. The thirteen-page, dense document that The world was able to consult, has just been added to the file investigated by the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) of Lyon.
“The police needed information”
Heard on April 8 by a Swiss magistrate, the former French robber, with a heavy judicial past, indicates that he was recruited by the brigade for the repression of banditry (BRB) in Geneva. Icham confirms that he has indeed accompanied the team of criminals from Lyon, during scouts targeting CIT companies in Switzerland, from the summer of 2019. But the man wishes to clarify that he was acting as a informant under control. “I always followed the instructions I received from my handlers. (…) Everything I did was known to the police (…), I did it to avoid a violent attack that could have turned into carnage. I was on a mission “, says the person concerned.
The dangerous choice to reveal oneself aims as much to clear customs as to safeguard the procedure
According to the Swiss informant, investigators were baffled by the precautions of the suspects, who scrambled the beacons and changed phones. “The police were blind and deaf and they needed information. They validated my secondary role and asked me to stay in contact with the robbers as long as possible ”, affirms Icham, who delivers confidences and memories on other locations and attempted attacks, carried out as far as Bern, the Swiss federal capital.
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