“The Casalesi treasury is in the hands of colluding entrepreneurs who administer it on behalf of the Camorra”. Loi said Giovanni Melillo, the public prosecutor of Naples, who spoke yesterday at the Summer School of Casal di Principe, as part of the three-day event on investigative journalism. Melillo, moderated by the journalist Claudio Coluzzi, spoke on “Mafia, corruption and public administrations”. Yesterday's meeting was attended by General Giuseppe Governale commander of the DIA, Senator Pietro Grasso, former national Anti-Mafia prosecutor, James DiGennaro, Federico II University of Naples, curator of the “Crime Report on Large Italian Urban Areas”, General Umberto Rapetto, former commander of the Guardia di Finanza's Telematic Fraud Unit and Alessandro D'Alessio, Deputy Prosecutor of the DDA of Naples.
“Journalism is a pillar of the democratic fabric of our country that must be defended. The various mafias have in common an often forgotten trait: the ability to transform violence into wealth. This requires the use of corruption. The mafias - Melillo explained - have an intelligence service to obtain information on ongoing investigations. Criminal organizations, through entrepreneurs, seek social approval and above all a way into the legal system. In 1980, the public prosecutors did not even mention the word 'mafia', fought exclusively by civil society, unions and some political parties. The fight against the mafia is a relatively recent phenomenon.
Today the State is much stronger and more authoritative than a few years ago, our anti-mafia legislation is considered a model worldwide. When the belief spreads among citizens that State intervention leads to impoverishment, or in any case to something negative, the mafia finds fertile ground. Mafia organizations are an extremely complex phenomenon, intertwined with society, with politics, with business. The mafia seriously threatens the pact of social cohesion on which our nation is founded. For this reason, the Camorra mentality must be fought at all costs. Understanding the connection that exists between the mafia, corruption and public administration would be a good starting point. The mafia - concluded Melillo - is made up of values that substitute those of the State, and these values are not only those of the mafiosi but represent a frightening normality that concerns many citizens. To fight the mafia, we must improve the administrative filter, often composed of unprepared officials and therefore unable to oppose the mafia's excessive power".
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