ROME. The fight against the mafia within our borders, but also the atrocities of the war at the gates. These are the issues on which the Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, spoke today in her intervention in the Supreme Court for the presentation of the volume published on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Anti-Mafia Directorate (Dna). A look at violence in its various forms, dimensions, manifestations and implications, which gave rise to an announcement: “To increase the tools against atrocities committed in conflicts, such as what is happening in Ukraine, we have set up a Commission for the development of a Code for International Crimes “. The commission will begin its work tomorrow, “to fully implement the 1998 Rome Statute”.
“The anti-mafia division, daughter of courage”
“In recent days – says the Keeper of the Seals, on the subject of the mafia – we heard the alarm raised by the national anti-mafia prosecutor, Cafiero de Raho: we need to be aware of how concrete is the risk that organized crime tries to do business with the conflict in act, speculating on the vulnerabilities of the market and trying to profit from the illegal arms trade, which traditionally represents a privileged area of illicit business, together with drug trafficking ». The National Anti-Mafia Division, says the minister, together with much of our anti-mafia legislation, “is the daughter of vision, concreteness and courage: a vision that allowed us to understand and indicate the direction in which to move concretely, to act with the possible tools, and courage to take responsibility for one’s decisions and to move forward in spite of resistance, hostility and criticism ».
The Russia-Ukraine war
The alarm about organized crime cannot therefore ignore what is happening between Russia and Ukraine. “At this juncture of the war – adds the minister in particular – we need to raise an alarm, worrying, looming, imminent: that of the crimes linked to the exploitation of the state of need, of desperation, of the refugees who are arriving in Europe and also in Italy” . The minister recalled the numbers of the exodus to salvation: «As of yesterday, there were a total of 75,115 citizens who had arrived from Ukraine since the beginning of the hostilities, of which 38,753 women, 7,158 men and 29,222 minors. Almost all women and children: men remain there to fight, to defend freedom, while women and children try to save themselves, but are exposed to exploitation ».