There are still just over two months to go until the Christmas holidays, but the red light of the risk of extortion under the tree for shopkeepers, artisans and small businesses is already on for the SOS Association anti-racket anti-wear.
The aps led by president Tommaso Battaglini, in the aftermath of the DIA half-yearly report that photographed the criminal trend in Salerno and its province in the second half of 2021, places the magnifying glass on the need to keep the bar of attention high and start, in advance, a widespread prevention campaign.
In the meantime, the work of the Legal Office coordinated by the criminal lawyer Antonio Picarella continues. A few days ago, the referral to trial was ordered for usury and attempted extortion against a restaurant business in the city of Salerno, whose owner had turned to SOS antiracket, a civil party alongside the victim, for the complaint and legal assistance.
The first hearing is scheduled for early December before the First Panel of the First Criminal Section of the Court of Salerno.
«The report bears witness to the great work of the judiciary and investigators, but we all have to do more – Battaglini declares – and the more is contained in the need for greater listening to the territory where associations like ours represent a first contact with the victims and a first line of defense on the front line of the fight against the crimes of usury, extortion and over-indebtedness.
We are here – he adds – at the disposal of the authorities for any support activity for the investigations, but above all we renew the appeal to families, entrepreneurs, traders: report it!
#DENUNCIARECONVENE, even anonymously, with the necessary precautions.
It doesn't matter how, the important thing is to pick up the phone and dial our #dedicatednumber 379 137 662 8
Article published on 18 October 2022 - 15:10
