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New French Anti-Organized Crime Office Leads Probe Into Killing of Corsican Figure Alain Orsoni at His Mother's Funeral

The case is among the first handled by the national anti-organized crime prosecutor created last year.

Overview

  • Orsoni, 71, was fatally hit in the heart by a single long-range bullet during his mother's funeral at the Vero cemetery, according to the local prosecutor.
  • The National Prosecutor's Office for Anti-Organized Crime is investigating jointly with Marseille’s Interregional Specialized Jurisdiction, with a magistrate expected on site Tuesday.
  • Authorities said they are treating the shooting as a suspected murder and reported no arrests as of Tuesday.
  • Orsoni had arrived from Nicaragua on Sunday to bury his 91-year-old mother after years in exile.
  • The former leader of the Corsican Movement for Self-Determination later presided over AC Ajaccio, which is in receivership and under investigation for alleged extortion, fraud and forgery.