An Evening of Anti-Mafia Commitment and Cultural Engagement

It was an evening full of emotions, with an audience of all ages that filled the Vega Café Restaurant in Frattamaggiore, experienced yesterday, on the occasion of the meeting with the anti-mafia magistrate Catello Maresca, organized by the Famiglia Canciello, as part of the Vega Cultura series, to celebrate the Day of Remembrance and Commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafias. "I thank the Canciello family not only for inviting me this evening, but, above all, because they understood that Culture is the best tool we have in the fight against the mafias. Because, as Giovanni Falcone said, the mafias are fought first in the classrooms and then in the courtrooms, since it is precisely by starting with the young that we build aware adults capable of standing up against violence and oppression," began Magistrate Catello Maresca during his speech, welcomed by the brothers Carlo, Nando, and Michele Canciello. During the evening, Catello Maresca presented his book “The State Always Wins. When It Understands and Wants” (ed. UNICA - National Italian Union of Anti-Mafia Culture), interviewed by Nicola Ruocco, founder of the "Meetings of Value" event. The event is part of the Social Responsibility Plan of Marican Holding, which has always paid great attention to the dissemination of the concept of culture as a moment of healthy aggregation and social growth. Catello Maresca, already deputy prosecutor at the General Prosecutor's Office of Naples, teaches Procedures for Countering Organized Crime at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. He participated in investigations that led to the arrest, in 2011, of the Casalesi boss Michele Zagaria and the Gomorra operation, dedicated to the repression of international counterfeit goods trafficking; he represented the prosecution in the trial against the so-called Setola group, which led to the capture, among others, of the mafioso Giuseppe Setola. During his investigative activities, he was repeatedly threatened with death by mafia-type criminal organizations, and has therefore been under escort since 2008. Catello Maresca made it clear to the many present that the title of the book “The State Always Wins” is intended to be a strong hymn to hope, to the desire for change. A warning to the mafias that in the end, they will never get away with it, especially when courageous and tenacious magistrates enter the field. The proceeds from the sales of Catello Maresca's book were donated to the UNICA Association - National Italian Union of Anti-Mafia Culture, which deals with the dissemination of anti-mafia culture, a commitment especially among the younger generations.