November 30, 1919 - Marcel Francisci
A decorated war veteran who allegedly turned his postwar connections into something far more consequential, Francisci became one of the central figures suspected of organizing the French Connection — the heroin trafficking pipeline that flooded American cities with narcotics through the 1960s and early 1970s. His alleged ties to the Corsican underworld gave him access to networks capable of moving product at industrial scale, and his political standing provided a layer of insulation that made prosecution difficult. He was killed in Paris in 1982, shot in the parking garage beneath his apartment building.
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Marcel Francisci (30 November 1919 – 16 January 1982) was a French politician and an alleged member of the Unione Corse who was accused of masterminding the French Connection drug network. As a young man, Francisci fought in World War II and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Following the war, he developed a business empire that included casinos in Britain, France and Lebanon. Francisci served in the general council (conseil général) of the Corse-du-Sud (UDR) and was a member of the Civic Action Service (SAC), a Gaullist militia. He was assassinated in Paris in 1982.
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