Corsica has the highest murder rate in Europe

[Alizee_is_Scottish!]

Not quite the paradise it is made out to be then? (Although probably still 1/10 that of the US )

"Since 2007 there have been 105 assassinations of which less than 10% have resulted in a conviction. Assassinations have been happening at a rate of between 20 and 25 per year for a decade.

When you consider the size of the population - just over 300,000 - and take into account those who die in domestic violence, this amounts to Europe's highest murder rate."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21473100

[Araz77]

That is scary I hope that no innocent civilians get hurt. Including Lili and her family.

[lapinschous]

Yup , Corsica has always been known in France for being the perfect place to hide for criminals , in the widely known "Maquis " . But as far as Lili's family is concerned the corsican mafia targets mostly merchants, rich farmers and law enforcement services. But as AiS said, this is still much much lower than the american average and ridiculously low compared to Detroit.

[foxy]

I thought corsica is a beautiful and peaceful island...


from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsican_mafia
"The Corsican mafia is one of the most influential organized crime structures in France, also active in many African, Russia and Latin American countries."


that is really scary

[lapinschous]

Originally Posted by foxy

I thought corsica is a beautiful and peaceful island...


that is really scary

Hahaha, beautiful that's for sure, but peaceful are you joking ^^ Ask any frenchman to portray the stereotypical corsican guy , he'll describe you one of these guys!

[melovelily]

France had to balance corsica after they discovered that the greatest creature ever was born in there and corsica might get overpopulated so they throw shit like mafia and terrorists or that's what i assume at least

[lapinschous]

Originally Posted by melovelily

France had to balance corsica after they discovered that the greatest creature ever was born in there and corsica might get overpopulated so they throw shit like mafia and terrorists or that's what i assume at least

If you said that to non alizée fans they'll definitely think you're talking about Napoleon .

No seriously, the french government has managed to destroy the core of the terrorist groups but still is spending millions every year to fight the mafia ... It's not France's fault ,we should rather put the blame on napoli's proximity and the many Sicilians installed in the north of corsica... and Monaco that buys lots of the drug that transit through corsica... :/

[ALS]

With Corsica being an Island and having a relatively small population of 320K residents it wouldn't be that hard to kick the Mafia off the Island.
The problem is the authorities don't have the intestinal fortitude to come down as hard as they can on organized crime. They are scared of retaliations on their families so they look the other way and act like they doing something with lip service.

If the French Government brought in a 1,000 person task force from the main land made up of 150 man heavily armed assault force similar to the FBI's own HRT unit, and 850 forensic accountants they would have the Island cleaned up of the Mafia in three to five years. Just do an audit of the finances of every business on the Island and the finances of any French resident that has bought property on the Island worth over 100,000€ in the last ten years.

Remember the Chicago mobster Al Capone was taken down for not paying income taxes, never for the murders he or people around him carried out. You really think the cover businesses the Corsican mob owns that are being used to launder money through are really paying all the French taxes they owe?

The separatists are a much larger problem and are not going to be easily over come.

[lapinschous]

Originally Posted by ALS

With Corsica being an Island and having a relatively small population of 320K residents it wouldn't be that hard to kick the Mafia off the Island.

If the French Government brought in a 1,000 person task force from the main land made up of 150 man heavily armed assault force similar to the FBI's own HRT unit, and 850 forensic accountants they would have the Island cleaned up of the Mafia in three to five years.

Dude , first of all , even though the population is quite small, the island offers plenty of space to hide , secondly France has already tried flexing the muscles of the special police force units...






And even sending the french military elite forces such as the COS would be a waste of time since no one would be willing to fight those guys..








the problem is they're just dissolving back into the civilian population without anyone noticing and the one who do notice do not talk... The only way to fight them being to use intelligence services like the DST (french NSA) and offering rewards for intel about the mafia

[Tiwaz]

If you could snap your fingers and make the international drug trade stop, the world economy would most certainly collapse pretty soon.

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