[1] A member of the French Gang des Tractions Avant, Buisson was responsible for over thirty murders and a hundred robberies.
Borniche's memoirs on the pursuit, Flic Story, were later made into a film of the same name in 1975, with Buisson portrayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Buisson was born in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, and was jailed at the age of 16 for pickpocketing, swindling and possessing an offensive weapon.
Upon returning to France, Buisson was involved in a number of crimes and murders, becoming a member of Paris' criminal organizations, and took part in a hold-up of Troyes in 1937.
In 1941 Buisson killed a passenger on board a security van during a robbery, and was captured by police during an identity check.