Agromafie. 2nd Report on agri-food crimes in Italy 2013
Italy is home of good food, quality food and unique products. Much of the credit for this special feature goes to the agri-food sector, which has always been the jewel in the Made in Italy crown but which is unable to shake off its Cinderella role. In addition to the crisis, the appetite of the mafia has made the development of this vital sector for Italy’s economy even more complicated in recent years. The Camorra, Cosa Nostra and ‘Ndrangheta have once again been able to be ahead of the times and for years now have had their hands on a business, that of the agri-food industry, whose turnover is around 14 billion euro a year, 7 of which comes from the agricultural production alone.
Index
Contents
From Italian sounding to Italian laundering by Gian Maria Fara
Italian stories
Made in Italy olive oil
White gold: buffalo mozzarella
Caviar
Illegal trafficking of wood materials
Chapter 1 – The New Forms of Italian Sounding
What food leaves behind. Producers’ responsibilities and consumers’ rights
Italian food companies bought by foreign groups
Italy controls, Europe opens its borders. EU agri-food legislation between practical difficulties and guilty shortcomings
Agri-food products in border areas: data from the Customs Agency
The tools for change: training and the dissemination of knowledge
Chapter 2 – The “dis-value” chain
Analysis of price formation
Farmers and consumers: a shared poverty
Chapter 3 – Territorial Crime
Case studies:
Taranto
Scarlino
Porto Torres
Caserta
Wind
Photovoltaic
Chapter 4 – From evil to good: returning to the community the assets confiscated from organised crime
The liability of legal persons for environmental crimes and agro-crimes
Chapter 5 – Criminal activities
Mafia infiltration in the agricultural sector
The law enforcement system: the role of the forces of law and order
Conclusions
Defaced territories, recovered territories