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The Paradox of Effectiveness: Growth, Institutionalisation and Evaluation of Anti-Mafia Policies in Italy

Antonio La Spina

subject

Civil societyEconomic growthInstitutionalisationFinancial transactionEconomicsmedia_common.cataloged_instanceSanctionsLegislationPublic administrationEuropean unionPrinciple of legalityMoney launderingmedia_common

description

This contribution focuses on Italian policies that have been envisaged and implemented to combat, prevent or contain mafia-type organised crime.1 After having shown that a proper analysis of anti-mafia policies is strangely lacking (section 2), policies directly addressing the mafia are dealt with, hinting at the norms concerning specific criminal offences, vast investigatory powers and penetrating preventive measures, financial transactions and money laundering, collaborators of justice, the peculiarity of mafia trials, judicial attitudes and sanctions (section 3.1). Section 3.2 presents the wide variety of other policies addressing civil society and public administrations, and only indirectly addressing the mafia: anti-racket legislation, the spread of a legality culture, anti-mafia norms concerning economic activity, the possible impeachment of mayors and dissolution of local councils, European Union cohesion funds used to enhance the effectiveness of police action.2

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2765-9_24