Paris (France) (AFP) – The national financial prosecutor's office (PNF) carried out searches on the island of Cavallo, in the south of Corsica, and in the Nice region, he said on Sunday, requested by AFP, confirming information from Corse-Matin.
Published on: 08/11/2026 - 19:04 Modified on: 08/11/2026 - 19:05
The investigation, which concerns alleged acts of "organized gang laundering of aggravated tax fraud", has been entrusted for several months to the research section of the Corsican gendarmerie, said the PNF.
The operation, carried out on Wednesday, was carried out by around twenty personnel from the research section supported by digital investigators from the National Judicial Police Unit of the National Gendarmerie (UNPJ).
It took place in the presence of a PNF magistrate with the support of the gendarmerie air forces.
The PNF did not provide further details.
According to Corse-Matin, a luxury real estate agency and villas were notably searched.
The island of Cavallo (Southern Corsica), nicknamed the "island of billionaires", has been targeted by several investigations into environmental offenses, non-compliance with applicable construction rules and corruption.
In September, the Bastia criminal court sentenced real estate developer Antony Perrino and his father to a fine of 500,000 euros for the illegal construction of bungalows on the island of Cavallo and ordered their destruction.
They are suspected of having installed and maintained, despite multiple reminders from state services, 37 mobile residences, or 1,000 m2, outside authorized locations from 2018 to 2024. All without building permits and in the natural zone of the PLU (local urban plan) of the commune of Bonifacio, which prohibits any construction in this location.
“The heart of (this) case is eight years of total disregard for town planning to make money on the island of Cavallo, a lawless zone,” said the public prosecutor of Bastia, Jean-Philippe Navarre, during a hearing in May.
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