François Spirito
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François Spirito was a member of the Marseille underworld
in France, associated to Paul Carbone
. After the Liberation, he fled to Spain and then South America, where he engaged in heroin trade in the so-called French Connection
. He was judged in 1952 for Collaborationism
and died in 1967.
Unione Corse
The Unione Corse is a secretive criminal organization operating primarily out of Corsica and Marseilles in France. Unlike the Sicilian Mafia, it has not attempted to gain a foothold in the United States, and thus does not have the other organization's notoriety...
in France, associated to Paul Carbone
Paul Carbone
Paul Carbone was a Corsican criminal involved in the Marseille underworld from the 1920s till his death in 1943...
. After the Liberation, he fled to Spain and then South America, where he engaged in heroin trade in the so-called French Connection
French Connection
The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it provided the vast majority of the illicit heroin used in the United States...
. He was judged in 1952 for Collaborationism
Collaborationism
Collaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
and died in 1967.