New jurisdiction against organized crime: many Corsican files soon to be dealt with in Paris.
The 2018-2022 programming and justice reform law, promulgated on March 23, 2019, provides for the creation of a new national court against organized crime. Many Corsican files will now be processed in Paris.
The circular from the Ministry of Justice has just been published , but the magistrates have not yet been appointed.
The new jurisdiction, which should be operational in a few months, will deal with the most complex cases: homicides in organized gangs, money laundering, trafficking ... but also white-collar crime, tax evasion or other carbon tax scams.
Organized crime is multifaceted, it covers many models, ranging from the underground economy to specialized crime, from the seller of 'shit', in the cellars of a suburb, to the golden boy who has never wielded a ' caliber ', but which removes thousands of euros by tapping on the keyboard of his computer.
Officially, there is no mafia in France. The Sirasco report, the information and strategic intelligence service on organized crime, talks about criminal organizations. The report's writers place the Corsican community at the head of the gondola, in connection with other criminal gangs. Clans which associate, wage war, make agreements according to the balance of power within each organization.
The debate over the absence of a French-style 'Mafia' is above all ideological and semantic. The Italian 'Mafia' is in fact hierarchically hierarchical, around 6 groups, from the Godfather, to simple soldiers, with, at the top of the pyramid, the famous dome, which is the governing body of the criminal organization and who holds supreme authority.
This organization does not exist in France, where the criminal gangs operate rather on a horizontal mode, but the product of their activities still represents 12% of the GDP (gross domestic product) French!
If the existence of a mafia in France is denied by the authorities, organized crime uses the same resources, with a strong capacity for innovation and adaptation. Former criminal activities (slot machines, racketeering, drugs) now coexist with those of a traditional legal enterprise (public procurement, construction, stock market speculation).
