Janes Intelligence | Nov 17, 2006
In early November, Italian authorities were under pressure to deploy troops into Naples to help deal with a series of armed robberies and murders alleged to be linked to the Camorra organised crime group. Police said the violence was due to a turf war between rival Camorra clans, exacerbated by a government amnesty for minor criminals in mid-2006.
At the same time, public spending cuts are hampering anti-mafia efforts. In late October, prosecutors in Catania, Sicily, tendered their resignations after their budgets were cut by 50 per cent, leaving them no money to buy paper and petrol. The magistrates were persuaded to stay on, but have refused to continue using their own money to fund the office, crippling its capacity.
The judicial system currently allows the best qualified judges and prosecutors to choose the region in which they work and those posted to poor and dangerous areas such as Calabria often ask to be transferred. The reforms necessary to change this system are beyond the ability of the current government.
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