EU urged to follow Italy’s anti-mafia laws - Times LIVE: "After a series of high-profile murders of policemen and magistrates in the 1980s and 1980, Italy adopted trailblazing legislation to combat organized crime syndicates originating from its Southern regions.
It includes measures criminalizing the act of “mafia-like association,” allowing the state-seizure of mafia-linked assets, introducing protection schemes for turncoats and incommunicado prison regimes to stop bosses communicating with accomplices.
“Italy has the most thorough legislation against organized crime, even if this is unfortunately the result of the blood spilled by all of our martyrs,” National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Piero Grasso said during a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels.
“We need laws that reproduce the global strategy that has been launched in Italy,” Grasso stressed, as he singled out practices in some EU countries which hinder investigative efforts.
“In Luxembourg, bank contracts include a clause which allows clients to be notified immediately if a country seeks information on them — allowing them to flee with all their assets even before a reply is given,” he protested."
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