Police officers at the scene of Chloé Aldrovandi's murder in Place de Ponte-Leccia (Haute-Corse), on February 16, 2025. DUME ALFONSI/MAXPPP
In Corsica, a long-held belief persists among parts of the population: that the mafia, in their own way, helps maintain security by regulating violence, much like the government. This is a misconception, and the fatal shooting of Chloé Aldrovandi, a student killed in place of her boyfriend in Ponte-Leccia in the north of the island on February 15, 2025, once again proved the opposite. According to documents reviewed by Le Monde, one of the suspects charged in this case, which shocked the entire island, helped investigators establish a direct link between the murder and the long-standing conflict between two of the island's historic criminal clans.
Lucas Sabiani, who was prosecuted in mid-December 2025 for hiding the killers' car in a storage unit in the town of Calvi, denied to investigators that he had any knowledge of the murder being planned. However, he revealed that a man named Jean-François Mattei had asked him to pick up the stolen car from Marseille. "I think," he added, "that this comes from the problems between the Mattei and Costa families," describing the conflict as a "murderous madness." In June, Sabani had also been charged for hiding another vehicle used in the murder of Camille Orsoni, a member of the Costa clan, on January 10, 2025. Again, he said, at Mattei's request.
