Union Corse
/ˌjuːnɪən ˈkɔːs/ /ˌ(j)uːnjɒ̃ ˈkɔːs/(also Unione Corse)
noun
A Corsican criminal organization operating in France and elsewhere.
- The Union Corse is particularly associated with the smuggling of heroin from Marseilles to New York between the 1930s and the 1970s..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Ian Fleming (1908–1964), writer. From French Union Corse, lit. ‘Corsican Union’, the name in of this criminal organization from union + Corse Corsican.
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