Naples, Gratteri's bitterness: "More and more young people are dying or committing crimes"

Naples – The chief prosecutor of Naples, Nicola Gratteri, is embittered in his comments on the murder of 20-year-old Emanuele Durante.

Youth crime is on the rise. "More and more young people are dying or committing crimes." "This is an alarming trend that affects the entire Western world, including Italy, and which is particularly acute here in Naples and Campania," said Naples Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri.

“As time goes by,” Gratteri explained on the sidelines of the Ecomafia Report, “we are witnessing a worrying increase in young people dying or committing crimes, even leading criminal organizations.”

Despite the alarming picture,Gratteri  he stressed how the situation has improved compared to twenty years ago, when 300-400 murders per year were recorded in Naples. “History teaches us that the situation can be improved further,” the prosecutor added, “by investing in men, resources and above all surveillance cameras, even in the suburbs and provinces.”

Gratteri's appeal is part of a broader debate on the need to strengthen measures to prevent and combat youth crime, a complex phenomenon that requires a multidimensional approach involving institutions, law enforcement, schools, families and civil society.