Ilan Halimi (Hebrew: אילן חלימי) was a young French Jewish man kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group called "the Gang of Barbarians" (Gang des Barbares) and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death. The murder was motivated by antisemitism and money.
A total of 27 people were accused as implicated in the crime and were tried for kidnapping and murder in 2009. Gang leader Youssouf Fofana (born 1980 in Paris to immigrants from Côte d'Ivoire) was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 22 years. Others received shorter prison sentences, some suspended, and three were acquitted. While Fofana's life sentence is definite, 14 of the 27 verdicts were appealed. The convictions were upheld on appeal in December 2010.
Read more about Ilan Halimi: Timeline of The Crime, The Kidnappers and Their Associates, Motives, Public Reaction, Reburial in Israel, 2009 Trial, 2010 Retrial, Books