Plaza Athénée: The Journey Between Bamako and Brazzaville of Oumar Gambi, the Victim of the Heist

On the night of September 8 to 9, Oumar Gambi, a 39-year-old Malian businessman, was the victim of a theft at the Plaza Athénée in Paris, where nearly one million euros worth of jewelry was stolen. Gambi surprised the burglars, who managed to escape. An active entrepreneur in Mali and Congo, he is known as 'Barouni Gambi' and has connections to the clan of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso. The investigation is ongoing to identify the thieves using surveillance footage.