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Mafias in Corsica use arson to tighten grip on local economy

Hotels, restaurants and businesses have increasingly become targets of deliberate destruction, such as the fire that gutted a beach bar overnight between August 10 and 11 in Ajaccio. Prosecutors have tried to curb the phenomenon, but identifying those behind the attacks has proved difficult.

Mafias in Corsica use arson to tighten grip on local economy

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64 foreign children, one tiny flat

When Aor visited the Din Daeng district office sometime in June, a registration officer questioned her about the number of Myanmar children listed on her family's household registration.

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