Criminal organisations such as mafia and camorra build network between affiliates, politicians and individuals to rule in the territories. They use social ties and network to construct a social consent which allows them to operate, uncontested, in the production of illegal wealth for their members. Mosca and Villani (2011) show that in order to break the vicious circle between the social and cultural impoverishment and the strengthening of an economy sustained by crime it is necessary to utilize the same determinants of the social consent used by criminal organisations. The social and economic development of the territories created by promoting initiatives that favour the accumulation of “pure” social capital such us those sustained by social economy can avoid criminal organizations to continue to gain the consent of a large part of the population living in the territories in which they operate. These strategies seem to be in action in some Italian regions promoted by social cooperatives that the law n. 109/1996 and the recent antimafia code (d.lgs n.159/2011) recognise such as productive nonprofit organisation able to reuse illegal assets for social purposes. In Campania thanks also to the recent regional law for the reuse of illegal assets L.R. n.7/2012 and a particular model of welfare promoted by the art. 46 of L.R. n.1, illegal assets confiscated to criminal organisation represent inputs of a local development process based on the reconversion of the social capital used by mafia into a “pure” social capital useful for legal economic activities. The number of reutilised illegal assets can be a proxy of a process of independence from criminal organisation that can signal the force of the territory to faith it. The paper using the available data intends to show that the seizure and the confiscation of the illegal acquired assets, and suitable policies aimed at promoting and supporting the development of social cooperatives and non-profit organizations such us social cooperatives, which assume an important role in the labor market, can have a direct impact on the individuals’ choices, reducing the incentive for illegal activity.
The role of social cooperatives in the fight against criminal organization: the Italian experiences / Mosca, Michele. - (2012). (Intervento presentato al convegno The contribution of cooperatives to the sustainable development of local economic circuit – premises, possibilities, outlook tenutosi a Bozen nel 8-9 November 2012).
The role of social cooperatives in the fight against criminal organization: the Italian experiences
MOSCA, MICHELE
2012
Abstract
Criminal organisations such as mafia and camorra build network between affiliates, politicians and individuals to rule in the territories. They use social ties and network to construct a social consent which allows them to operate, uncontested, in the production of illegal wealth for their members. Mosca and Villani (2011) show that in order to break the vicious circle between the social and cultural impoverishment and the strengthening of an economy sustained by crime it is necessary to utilize the same determinants of the social consent used by criminal organisations. The social and economic development of the territories created by promoting initiatives that favour the accumulation of “pure” social capital such us those sustained by social economy can avoid criminal organizations to continue to gain the consent of a large part of the population living in the territories in which they operate. These strategies seem to be in action in some Italian regions promoted by social cooperatives that the law n. 109/1996 and the recent antimafia code (d.lgs n.159/2011) recognise such as productive nonprofit organisation able to reuse illegal assets for social purposes. In Campania thanks also to the recent regional law for the reuse of illegal assets L.R. n.7/2012 and a particular model of welfare promoted by the art. 46 of L.R. n.1, illegal assets confiscated to criminal organisation represent inputs of a local development process based on the reconversion of the social capital used by mafia into a “pure” social capital useful for legal economic activities. The number of reutilised illegal assets can be a proxy of a process of independence from criminal organisation that can signal the force of the territory to faith it. The paper using the available data intends to show that the seizure and the confiscation of the illegal acquired assets, and suitable policies aimed at promoting and supporting the development of social cooperatives and non-profit organizations such us social cooperatives, which assume an important role in the labor market, can have a direct impact on the individuals’ choices, reducing the incentive for illegal activity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
