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The Unione Corse is a term designating the Corsican organized crime as a whole during the period 1930s–1970s, in the context of the French Connection, an international heroin trade network operated at that time between Turkey, Southern France, and the United States.
A gang organised by the drug smuggling Corsican family the Bastianis does a mass shooting at an open-air bar, targeting a rival gang, led by Nadal, killing nine attendees. One of the attacking gang members, Rizzo, is knocked down by gunfire (stopped by his bulletproof vest), and cannot escape in the getaway car.
The pre-war crime bosses of Marseille, Paul Carbone and François Spirito, collaborated closely with the Milice in Vichy France and the Nazi Gestapo in Occupied France.In World War II, the Corsican mafia led by the Guerini brothers [] (Antoine and Barthélémy, nicknamed "Mémé") sided with the anti-communist SFIO faction within the French Resistance.
The French underground would then ship large quantities of heroin from Marseille to New York City. The first significant post-World War II seizure was made in New York on February 5, 1947, when seven pounds (3 kg) of heroin were seized from a Corsican sailor disembarking from a vessel that had just arrived from France.
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The gang de la Brise de Mer was one of the most powerful Corsican criminal organizations.Based in Northern Corsica, the gang controls various activities (racketeering, slots machines traffic, laundering, night clubs, gambling clubs, casinos, etc.) in Corsica, but also in the South of France, in Paris, in Italy, in Occidental African countries (Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, etc.), and in Latin ...
A TV series adaptation of the 1927 non-fiction book 'The Gangs of New York' is in development at Miramax, and Martin Scorsese is set to direct some of it.
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