Overview
- Two marches are set for Saturday in Ajaccio and Bastia by anti‑mafia collectives including the Massimu Susini group and Maffia nò to break the code of silence.
- Corsica recorded 18 homicides and 16 attempted homicides in 2024, the highest rate of lethal violence in metropolitan France.
- Police link high‑profile shootings to organized groups such as the Brise de mer, including the March 29 assassination of Robert Moracchini in central Bastia.
- The island hosts a regional economic and financial division and has just created France’s first regional anti‑crime pole to proactively map networks and target accomplices, according to Bastia prosecutor Jean‑Philippe Navarre.
- Activists and officials describe economic capture through bribery, intimidation and arson, with four tourist boats burned in Saint‑Florent between spring and autumn and some owners abandoning operations.