And yes, that please you or not, the great white shark isa follower of the coast in the Mediterranean Sea (occasionally, it goes even further in the Atlantic Sea until La Rochelle).
Some specimens were photographed in the Adriatic Sea (between Italia and ex. Yugoslavia),
Off Sardinia
and finilly off Piombino in Italia.
The unofficial record of the biggest "Great White Shark" was fished off the Island of Malta (just below the Sisily) was a female shark with a measurement of 7,13 meters. At present the biggest fished and recognized as "great white shark" officially is a female shark of 6,20 meters with a weight of 3,5 tons.
A few attacks have been recorded since 1855, only 2 officially happened in France and 7 in Italy.