Félix Bingui

Marseille drug-trafficking boss identified by prosecutors as the head of the Yoda clan and sentenced in June 2026 to 12 years in prison.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, appeals, allegations and police assessments are kept separate. Sentence information is case-specific and sourced.

Background

Bingui became the best-known leader associated with the Yoda trafficking organization in Marseille.

Network

The group controlled important drug-selling points, including the La Paternelle site, and became locked in a violent conflict with the rival DZ Mafia.

Major case

French investigators reconstructed the organization through surveillance, vehicle bugs and financial evidence.

Legal status

In June 2026 Bingui received the heaviest sentence in the Yoda case: twelve years in prison and a €200,000 fine.

Graph role

His profile anchors the Yoda organization and connects Marseille drug markets, Dubai-linked wealth, Spain travel routes and the later DZ Mafia conflict.

Network links

– Yoda clan — leader / convicted boss – Yoda–DZ Mafia conflict — principal Yoda-side figure – Yoda trafficking trial — principal defendant; convicted – Marseille — criminal base – La Paternelle — major drug-selling point

Direct people links

– No direct person edge added without stronger sourcing.

Sources

– Le Monde. Narcobanditisme : le clan Yoda condamné à Marseille (2026-06-05). https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/06/05/narcobanditisme-le-clan-yoda-condamne-a-marseille_6698025_3224.html – Le Monde. Narcobanditisme : Félix Bingui, dit « le Chat », ex-chef présumé du gang marseillais Yoda, face aux juges (2026-05-18). https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/05/18/narcobanditisme-felix-bingui-dit-le-chat-ex-chef-presume-d-un-puissant-gang-marseillais-face-aux-juges_6690443_3224.html

Connected records

Documented network

Yoda clan (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as leader convicted boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Yoda–DZ Mafia conflict (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as principal yoda side figure, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Yoda trafficking trial (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as principal defendant convicted, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Marseille (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as criminal base, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

La Paternelle (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as major drug selling point, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Yoda–DZ Mafia conflict. principal Yoda-side figure

Date not specified in current profile sources — Yoda trafficking trial. principal defendant; convicted

Status and record

The structured birth record lists circa 1991. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative field should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Narcobanditisme : le clan Yoda condamné à Marseille — Le Monde, Tier 2. – Narcobanditisme : Félix Bingui, dit « le Chat », ex-chef présumé du gang marseillais Yoda, face aux juges — Le Monde, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes Narcobanditisme : le clan Yoda condamné à Marseille; Narcobanditisme : Félix Bingui, dit « le Chat », ex-chef présumé du gang marseillais Yoda, face aux juges. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.