‘Offer he can’t refuse’: Is Italy’s mafia law breaking crime or families?
- Italy’s mafia clans have kept the family business alive for generations, passing criminal empires from fathers to sons in a cycle that has endured for centuries.
- But with organised crime networks still exerting influence across parts of the country, the Italian government now wants to make the next generation an offer that — it hopes — they can’t refuse.
- Italy’s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to the “Free to Choose” (Liberi di Scegliere) bill, a landmark law offering children and young adults raised in mafia families the chance to escape the criminal organisations they might otherwise
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- Italy’s mafia clans have kept the family business alive for generations, passing criminal empires from fathers to sons in a cycle that has endured for centuries.
- But with organised crime networks still exerting influence across parts of the country, the Italian government now wants to make the next generation an offer that — it hopes — they can’t refuse.
- Italy’s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to the “Free to Choose” (Liberi di Scegliere) bill, a landmark law offering children and young adults raised in mafia families the chance to escape the criminal organisations they might otherwise
Sources: Al Jazeera