{"id":129268,"date":"2024-03-27T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/project-to-save-children-from-the-mafia-extended-to-sicily-and-naples\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T09:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:15:15","slug":"project-to-save-children-from-the-mafia-extended-to-sicily-and-naples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/project-to-save-children-from-the-mafia-extended-to-sicily-and-naples\/","title":{"rendered":"Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129268\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nA project to save children from Italy\u2019s biggest mafia by removing them from mob families is being extended to organised crime groups in Sicily and Naples, the justice ministry has announced. The scheme aims to prevent at-risk children from following their parents into a life of crime, breaking the cycle by which power is passed down the generations through blood ties and family loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a historic moment in the fight against the mafia,\u201d the justice minister, Carlo Nordio, said on Tuesday as he presented a protocol signed by five ministers and the Catholic church\u2019s Italian bishops\u2019 conference. The Free to Choose scheme was founded in 2012 by juvenile judge Roberto Di Bella in the Calabria region, home to Italy\u2019s most powerful criminal organisation, the \u2019Ndrangheta.<\/p>\n<p>It will now be extended to the country\u2019s two other main organised crime strongholds: Sicily, home to the Cosa Nostra, and the Campania region \u2013 of which Naples is the capital \u2013 home to the Camorra. Chiara Colosimo, head of the Italian parliament\u2019s anti-mafia commission, said: \u201cThere are children being taught to shoot at eight years old. There are children dealing crack at eight years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Di Bella said he had seen cases of children forced to murder their mothers to defend the family\u2019s honour but he has also dealt with children \u201cwho still have light in their eyes, who hope for a different life\u201d. Since the scheme began, about 150 children have been placed with foster families or in communities in secret locations across the country, where they learn about life beyond the clans. Di Bella said 30 mothers had chosen to follow their children, with seven of them turning state witness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportant mafia bosses have also become state collaborators to protect their children, including one who said he was doing it for his grandchildren,\u201d he told AFP. Now a judge in Catania, Di Bella gets letters from jailed mobsters thanking him for helping save their children. One letter, seen by AFP, was written by a mafia boss who had decided to turn state witness. \u201cI remembered when I was a boy, then in my mind\u2019s eye I saw my son \u2026 [and knew] I have done the right thing,\u201d the boss said. \u201cA parent is ready to give his life for his son. For my children, and my wife, I proposed to change mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The families minister, Eugenia Roccella, said women had a crucial part to play. Modern popular culture and the media often portrayed mobster wives as wielding power behind the scenes, issuing orders while their husbands were behind bars. \u201cBut that is fiction. It is impossible for there to be forms of emancipation of women in this culture, which instead violates and destroys them,\u201d she said. \u201cThe role of women is to break the chain of cultural transmission \u2026 through disobedience,\u201d specifically by removing herself and her children from the mafia, Roccella said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/mar\/26\/project-to-save-children-from-the-mafia-extended-to-sicily-and-naples\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/project-to-save-children-from-the-mafia-extended-to-sicily-and-naples\/\">Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1300,9821,13949,13950,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-129268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-children","tag-mafia","tag-naples","tag-sisily","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}