“We need to concentrate the power in the hands of a reliable and trustworthy person. The number of murders per population is four times higher in Corsica than in Marseille. “In Marseille they decided to appoint a Prefect of police but in Corsica they said it would not be useful. “We need to have one man or one woman in charge of fighting crime in Corsica,” Giacobbi told The Local. Paul Giacobbi, the island's top lawmaker, welcomed the government’s efforts to solve the violence, he said the measures did not go far enough. Corruption is never far away with so much money at stake and officials living in fear.Īfter the shocking death of the lawyer Sollacaro, France’s then Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault vowed to take the necessary steps to halt the spiral of violence.įormer PM announced that funds would be given to bolster specialist investigative resources on the island, which would be geared to fighting against money laundering, especially in the real estate sector. ![]() Local officials have come under intense pressure every time they are asked to grant planning permission for new homes or developments because of hardened criminals becoming property speculators. ![]() Organised crime, with rival gangs engaged in turf wars to control everything from drug trafficking to gambling and prostitution have been the reasons for all of Corsica’s murders. The region’s top lawyer Antoine Sollacaro, 63, and the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for South Corsica Jacques Nacer, 59, were both gunned down in public in 2012. The French Mediterranean island of 310,000 people is popular with tourists for its spectacular beauty, but it has also been hit by a serious crime wave. They have also been blamed for armed robberies and extortion through so-called revolutionary taxes. Hundreds of attacks in Corsica was staged by the FLNC, which was set up in 1976, and various other factions intent on self-rule. The statement also called on politicians to "trace the outlines of a political solution" and "negotiate a new status with the French state and resolve the question of prisoners."
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