We, in particular with the commitment of our Manager Matteo Castagna, without dal 2014. we work to denounce what appears anomalous to us, although there is a certain perception of helplessness and, Certainly, of underestimation of the phenomenon and of “mafia mentality” which is the antechamber of the mafia system. Perhaps the Report program is credited with having raised the problem to the general public. (N.d.R.)

The mafia a Verona? Underrated and minimized at the levels of denialism. This, writes Laura German in the Corriere del Veneto in the Verona edition on page 4, the final report of Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission issued following the mission carried out in Verona at the end of March 2015. The document is still under discussion and approval, collects the analyses 4 years of work throughout the national territory. Among the Venetian provinces Verona is the only one expressly mentioned. According to the report clans and gangs they would be by now infiltrate deeply In the entrepreneurial fabric veronese. An alarm already raised in 2015 by the president of the Anti-Mafia Rosy Bindi and which had aroused the harsh reactions from the then mayor Flavio Tosi.

The document denounces a generalized attitude inclined towards underestimating the phenomenon, to the point of bordering on denialism. Finally, Verona also appears in the Dia delle list eight Italian citiesmost affected by the presence of Nigerian mafia which manages drug and human trafficking. As regards Veneto more generally, the Commission instead points the finger at the lack of coordination and exchange of information between the investigative activities of the district prosecutor's offices and the district prosecutor's offices.
Source: https://www.vvox.it/2018/02/07/commissione-verona-mafia-sottovalutata-negata/