US EditionFighting the Mafia: Corsicans in the Street
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Two anti-mafia demonstrations were held on Saturday in Bastia and Ajaccio. For several months, the initiatives of civil society and the state have been increasing in order to fight against criminal organizations.
If the word of the antimafia has won the public debate Corsican, its supporters struggle to rally to their fight a resembling society, confronted with an occult power with deep roots.
The second anti-mafia demonstration brought together nearly 2,000 people on Saturday, 15 November, between Bastia and Ajaccio. More followed than the one on 8 March, this massive mobilization was made possible thanks to the coordination of two collectives and several associations. Exclusive interview with one of the main actors of the movement, "Maffia no, a vita iè".
The last gathering of this type in March did not prevent other homicides. In 2025 alone, Ajaccio recorded nine of them. No economic sector escapes the mafia. Facing this mafia that poisons the island is also the speech of the prefect, Eric Jalon, who came to meet the demonstrators. Other mobilizations are planned to rise up against the mafia. (Police, justice and other facts).
On Saturday, about 2,000 protesters shouted their ras-le-bol to live in a society they believe is gangrenized by a growing mafia system.
"Assassins, mafias, outside": it is around this slogan that anti-mafia demonstrations in Ajaccio and Bastia began Saturday afternoon, a rare mobilization on this subject sign of an attempt by society...
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