HALF-YEAR REPORT
1st half of 2022

The Report on the activities carried out and the results achieved by the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia in the first half of 2022 has been published. The Report, which was submitted by the Minister of the Interior, analyzes the mafia-style organized crime phenomena referring to the first half of 2022.

The report gives an overview of the criminal scenario and the evolutionary trends of mafia-style and ethnic-based organized crime groups, examining their modus operandi and their capacity to infiltrate legal economy, destabilizing public order and security.

As in the previous report, much attention has been paid to the increasingly use of emerging technologies in the financial transactions, such as blockchain, digital tokens – cryptocurrencies and NFTs – and to the institutional initiatives aimed at effectively combating money laundering and the financing of mafia-style organized crime groups.

The Report highlights the importance of international cooperation as a tool to strengthen the fight against criminal syndicates, whose interests now go beyond the national borders. In this regard, the DIA is firmly committed to combating mafias from an international perspective, not only at the operational level but also raising the awareness of foreign counterparts. In pursuing this goal, the DIA makes use of the important project of the @ON Operational Network, as thoroughly described in the FOCUS of this Report which was conceived and promoted by the DIA and of which the DIA is its Project Leader.

*** Senate of the Republic

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