US EditionFrance: Thousands of Protesters March in Corsica Against Mafia and Organised Crime
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Demonstrations against the mafia and "that fear change camp" took place on Saturday 15 November in the afternoon in Corsica. A few thousand people marched in Ajaccio and Bastia at the call of an unprecedented coordination of a dozen associations on the French island.
Several thousand people demonstrated in Ajaccio and Bastia this Saturday, 15 November, to call for a global reaction from Corsican society to the mafia grip. The prefect highlighted several measures.
The island has the sad metropolitan France record of the number of homicides reported to the population with 18 homicides and 16 attempted homicides in 2024 per 355,000 inhabitants.
Anti-mafia demonstrations began on Saturday afternoon in Corsica, at the call of various collectives and trade unions. In March, a first demonstration had brought together between 1,500 and 3,000 people, while rarely are those who agree to talk about the subject with open faces.
This Saturday, from 2 p.m., two processions will be simultaneously set in the streets of Bastia and Ajaccio behind the same banner: "Assassini, maffiosi, fora!" Last March, a first mobilization had already brought together more than 1,500 people in the imperial city. This time, the call for a rally emanates from an unprecedented coordination of two collectives and several associations.
A structured collective of trade unions and associations is calling for a mobilization this Saturday against mafia organizations that hold or threaten the island's economic sectors.
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