Naples Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri Discusses Strategies Against Mafia Influence on Public Funding

"I always say in my conferences and meetings what would be needed from a regulatory point of view to make the system work better, I can't do more than that," said the head of the Naples Prosecutor's Office, Nicola Gratteri, responding, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Fai Antiracket association in Chiaiano, Naples, to those who ask what should be done to prevent the Camorra from preying on the PNRR funds, estimated in the Neapolitan capital at 1,086 euros per capita. Gratteri then explained that, in the action of contrast, his interlocutors are primarily the heads of the police forces: "I have not spoken with the government," he said, "because for me the interlocutors are the heads of the law enforcement agencies, the General Commander of the Carabinieri, the General Commander of the Guardia di Finanza, and the Chief of Police. They are three people of the highest level and are sending and have sent here to Naples truly some of the best elements in Italy." "I strongly believe in these anti-racket projects, in their underlying ideas. The meaning of my presence here tonight is to tell those who have been usured, extorted, to report it, come to see me, I am available to welcome you. Even on Saturday or Sunday, contact me by email, report it, you have no alibi," was the invitation from the head of the Naples prosecutor's office. "Here in Campania," Gratteri added, "there is a judicial police of the highest level, first-rate. There is an equipped judiciary and we are improving it, because we are not at the top but I say it because obviously, I am someone who is never satisfied, I want to reach a higher level of performance, of results. We can all do it, if each of us participates. If instead," he concluded, "individualism continues, we are going nowhere."