Defendant Pierre Lebris arrives for the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Marc Pantaloni, lawyer of defendant Daniel Beaulieu, arrives for the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

People protest in front of the German Foreign Ministry during a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy in Berlin on March 30, 2026, with a placard showing an image with half former president Bashar al-Assad (R) and half Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the former "nom de guerre" of Syria's current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Germany on Monday for talks on the Middle East war, rebuilding his country and Berlin's efforts to send back Syrian refugees. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Defendant French military member Pierre Bourdin (R) and his lawyer Marie Alix Canu-Bernard speaks during the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

People protest in front of the German Foreign Ministry during a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy in Berlin on March 30, 2026, with placards showing (C) an image with half former president Bashar al-Assad (C, R), half Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the former "nom de guerre" of Syria's current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (C, L) and another showing Syria's current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (L, L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R, L) kissing. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Germany on Monday for talks on the Middle East war, rebuilding his country and Berlin's efforts to send back Syrian refugees. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Dylan Slama, lawyer of unionist Hassan Touzani, speaks on the phone during a break at the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Defendant French military member Pierre Bourdin arrives for the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Defendant Pierre Lebris arrives for the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)