Mafias in Veneto: chambers of commerce sound the alarm – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 26, 2015 at 07:54.

The Mafia relocation in Veneto: is not news to anyone who follows judicial investigations and activities of the investigators. E ‘but the title strong, decisive and precise Unioncamere Veneto and Freedom have decided to give to the press release that followed the research “Mafia and crime in Veneto” submitted on 19 February in Padua.

Merit, then, to those who decide not to look the other way in the rich (or formerly rich) North East.
The Veneto region is the fifth in Italy for suspicious financial transactions, tithing confiscated property crime, the recycling operations have quadrupled in four years and the cases of wear more than doubled.
“For too long – said the president of Unioncamere Veneto, Fernando Zilio – we felt that the mafia, the mafia, were a problem only in the South. Who argued the opposite not only had to endure the smiles of circumstance, but had almost feel lucky if it was not accused of “false alarm.” Now we have “discovered” that the mafia is in the bar and restaurant downstairs, in the shop from which we use, transport, construction and hotels, as well as gambling, prostitution and human trafficking , still struggling to find antidotes. Almost discover that “the naked king” is a nuisance to be set aside. Instead we must realize that the mafia, as well as polluting the market with counterfeit products, as well as destroy the healthy parts of the economy, also introduce violence as a method both to the things that people. Become aware of all this and support the action of those who, like the Free Association, strives to bring out the legality not only should, but it becomes essential if we want to see the economy of our region move from the leading role of the country to that of “washing” of dirty money. ”

“The pages of the notebook tell of capital suspicions, dirty, ambiguous, entered somehow, and in silence, in the fabric of our community, as pointed out in the preface Marcello Cozzi – explained Roberto Tommasi Libera -. Tell of surveys that draw a geography crossed by extortion, usury, trafficking in human beings, drug trafficking, weapons and waste. A geography in which the mafia and corruption are in the system of mega contracts and rivers of European funding. The intent is especially popular, a contribution to solicit public opinion so that it can increase the awareness and attention to a phenomenon often little known or even denied. ”
The markets most at risk of criminal permeability, also because of the economic recession, are those buildings, transport, tourism, waste disposal, retail, vegetable markets, brokering labor , gambling, counterfeiting of goods. The penetration of criminal organizations in the productive fabric of the Italian regions of the North part from the economic sectors that do not require special technical knowledge, such as retail trade (to put in circulation of counterfeit products), transport (to exploit synergies with the activities illicit drugs and moving along with fruit and vegetables), construction (construction and supply of materials), catering services.

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