Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from a life of crime

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Italy has introduced new legislation allowing members of mafia families, particularly children and young adults, to break free from organized crime. The law offers new identities, homes, and educational opportunities to help sever the cycle of criminal recruitment.

Wives and children offered new identities to try to stop gangsters recruiting down the generations Children and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to break away from organised crime under new legislation in Italy that aims to stop the inter-generational recruitment of gangsters. In an unprecedented effort to sever the family chain, the Italian state will offer children aged under 25 and other close relatives of mafia bosses a chance to start over: a new home in another city, a new school and, if necessary, a new identity. Continue reading...