According to a report by French media Ouest-France, the Nantes gendarmerie investigation department has uncovered a network that provided stolen vehicles to organized crime, with 18 people currently involved. The report says the network was remotely directed by a mastermind serving a prison sentence in Paris, and since the summer of 2025 it has repeatedly carried out break-ins and vehicle thefts in the Loire-Atlantique department, the Morbihan department in Brittany, and surrounding areas, with about 60 incidents. The stolen vehicles were then handed over to specialized criminal groups for use in shootings and kidnappings related to cryptocurrency.