Anti-mafia, full speed. There Naples Prefecture reclamation work continues in forests that are public procurement. And it’s time to draw conclusions: since the beginning of the prefect year, Michele from Barisigned properly 130 disqualification actions26 “collaborative prevention” and ten “access” to active construction sites in the metropolitan area for the construction of public works.
This large figure shows the State Palace’s attention to preventing the risk of Camorra infiltration, which unfortunately always exists wherever public money circulates. A clear concern also focuses on the use of these funds PNRR.
SECTORS AFFECTED
The spotlight given by the Prefecture to procurement also allows us to rank the sectors most affected by risk Mafia infiltration. Upon closer inspection, no one was saved: the area was mainly concerned with sectors‘buildingtrade in various kinds (excluding food), from catering and canteens, business and document agencies, cleaning services and waste collectionlogistics and transportation activities, and funeral services. However, the highest number of companies receiving hindrance measures is the construction sector and its associated supply chains, which has been confirmed as a category that is usually “sensitive” and particularly vulnerable to the risk of intrusion, also due to the high value of such hindrances. public procurement.
The catering sector has also recently shown itself to be a highly vulnerable sector, particularly exposed to criminal infiltration and money laundering. Restaurant activities are highly vulnerable to a series of structural factors, such as the frequent use of cash, high numbers of precarious workers, and unclear ownership structures. Bars, pubs, pizzerias and restaurants are popping up like mushrooms or changing management. See “dirty money laundering” entry. This sector seems to be a privileged sector for recycling.
Traditionally, the categories of funeral and urban cleaning services are also vulnerable to infiltration risks, including waste collection, transportation, including on behalf of third parties, waste processing and disposal activities, as well as rehabilitation and reclamation activities, as well as other services related to waste management.
FILTERING
And we come to the “collaborative prevention” measures set out in the anti-mafia code. Recently, these measures were adopted by the prefect of Naples against companies active in the construction and energy sectors.
What does it do? They are ordered, as an alternative to more drastic prohibitive measures, against companies whose actions – presenting a more limited element of infiltration compared to the harm that determines the application of such prohibitive measures – can be traced back to situations of “occasional” facilitation of organized crime.
“Access to construction sites” is a tool that allows the Joint Group of Forces (Police, Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza, as well as the Labor Inspectorate and Public Works Supervision, coordinated by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate) to enter the construction sites of works financed with public resources and, in particular, so-called major works. This access allows investigators to carry out inspections, targeted inspections and inspections both of the companies operating there, of the staff employed, of the vehicles used and of the relevant administrative documentation.
Lastly, the Prefecture also does a lot of work aimed at recognizing healthy companies, which after a preliminary examination are authorized to maintain relations with the Public Administration for public contracts for works, services and supplies through the issuance of anti-mafia “releases” and registration in the “White List”.
