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October 30, 2019 "On the security decrees there was certainly an intervention of the head of state, so we will certainly in the first instance make the changes to conform to the observations that had come from the Quirinale. In my opinion in a short time we will face the problem" . Thus said Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, answering journalists' questions at the end of the hearing in the Anti-Mafia Commission. To those who asked him if the changes would arrive before the end of the year, the minister replied: "I think so".

"Memorandum changes with Libya? Government policy choice"
"I do not answer, it is a question of political choices that will be made at government level and by the President of the Council". So the Interior Minister responded to those who asked her about a possible modification of the memorandum with Libya as requested by the Pd.

"Fighting mafia priorities for the government"
"The fight against the mafias is a political priority for the government to which I belong. Cosa Nostra still remains a pervasive, dynamic and dangerous organization, albeit reduced by the harsh blows inflicted by the State, which has secured most of its leading exponents to justice , as well as from the important confiscation and seizure orders of assets that have affected its affiliates ''.

'ndrangheta most dangerous organization
"The 'ndrangheta continues to represent a strongly structured organization on a territorial basis - he explained - articulated on several levels and provided with top-level bodies that make use of the respect of customs and rituals consolidated as a rigid ceremonial that gives substance to the associative bond with a a marriage that is completely peculiar to modernity ". "It is very important with the investigative activity to highlight the connections between Italian and foreign crime" so that the law enforcement activity is effective ", the minister says.

This year 45 fugitives were arrested
"This year 45 fugitives were arrested: 5 of Cosa Nostra, 11 of 'Ndrangheta, 20 of Camorra, one of Pugliese crime and 8 responsible for serious crimes. Eleven of these 45, starting with Marco Di Lauro, were included in the list of dangerous fugitives, "said Lamorgese. "In the whole of 2018 - the minister recalled - the fugitives who had been brought to justice were 59, of which 11 were included in the list of dangerous ones".

Seizures and confiscations for 2.6 billion
From the beginning of the year to October 21st, 5,166 movable and immovable property seized from organized crime, for a value of one billion and 21 million euros: confiscated assets, on the other hand, were 3,106, worth one billion and 640 million ".

Support for police forces
"I intend to ensure the maximum support to the police forces also for the investments that will be deemed necessary to support those technological innovations capable of guaranteeing a further leap in quality of investigative info potential".

Intimidation of local administrators on the rise
The phenomenon of intimidation against local administrators remains "alarming", said Minister Lamorgese during the hearing, recalling that "in the first six months of this year the episodes were 336, against the 309 of the same period of 'Last year". In 2018, instead, "the episodes had recorded a decrease of 9.2% compared to the previous year, falling from 660 to 599".