“When public resources are spent correctly, when taxes are paid by everyone fairly, when companies operate in a context free from unfair competition and criminal infiltration, then the system will function. This was stated by Minister of the Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti in his speech at the inauguration of the Economic-Financial Police School for the 2025/2026 Academic Year Guardia di Finanza.
“We live in a context where economic crime can no longer be considered simply fraud or tax evasion. Economic crime has become a real threat to the stability of the entire democratic system. Economic crime is sophisticated, transversal, technologically advanced”, stressed the Minister of Finance, explaining that “we must all work together to strengthen an economy that is not limited to generating wealth, but distributes it fairly. citizenship where the fight against tax evasion, corruption and economic crimes is considered a fight for the dignity of the country.
“It is time for the concept of legality and economic security to be widely understood, which concerns all of us as citizens, as consumers, as savers. It is a cultural concept, even before the economic concept,” continued Giorgetti.
Economic legality – in fact – means protecting public budgets, supervising the use of shared resources, fighting criminal infiltration into the legal economy, preventing distortions generated by aggressive commercial policies, speculation regarding cryptocurrencies, opaque practices in digital finance. Economic security – he added – is an essential condition for freedom, social cohesion, sustainable development. Building economic legality means freeing up energy, allowing those who do business honestly not to be penalized. This means protecting workers from violence, citizens from fraud, young people from a system that values ingenuity over competence.
“Economic legality – added the minister – means cohesion, it means credibility, it means development. Investing in it means investing in a fairer, stronger, freer country. It means investing in Italy’s future, committed to improving the quality of our democracy, to the stability of institutions, to collective well-being.”
Therefore, economic legality is not an abstract concept, but rather a concrete condition that is built day by day, through respect for the rules, transparency in behavior, truth in economic relations, solidarity that contributes. And most importantly – he emphasized -, it is built with the commitment of all people, institutions, companies, citizens”.
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