{"id":99200,"date":"2021-05-20T17:46:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/in-ticino-un-osservatorio-contro-la-criminalita-organizzata\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:18:13","slug":"in-ticino-an-observatory-against-organized-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/in-ticino-an-observatory-against-organized-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"In Ticino an observatory against organized crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Ticino an observatory against organized crime<\/h1>\n

The Institute of Law of USI and the Swiss Radio and Television have launched a competence center on mafias, based on a hundred facts and 400 names<\/em><\/h3>\n

The new Observatory on Organized Crime (O-TiCO), recently founded within the Institute of Law of the University of Lugano (IDUSI), was presented on May 12.
\nDuring the press conference the activities of the Observatory were presented – from the richness of the archive, to the potential for research, to the organization of popular events – giving ample space to the perspectives of the authorities active in the fight against organized crime.
\nAfter the greeting of the Rector of USI Boas Erez and the introduction of the academic director of O-TiCO, Annamaria Astrologo, Nicoletta Della Valle (head of the Federal Police Office), Thomas Ferrari (head of the Polizia Giudiziaria of Canton Ticino), Sergio Mastroianni (Federal Prosecutor) and Norman Gobbi (State Councillor and head of the Department of Institutions of Canton Ticino) took the floor.
\nThe meeting was moderated by the journalist Francesco Lepori, operations manager of the Ticino Observatory on Organized Crime.<\/p>\n

Direct access to EU databases for the Swiss police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Distribution of organized crime phenomena in Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2019 alarm of the Federal Department of Justice and Police.<\/h4>\n

“Italian mafias currently pose a considerable threat to Switzerland.” In December 2019, the Federal Department of Justice and Police sounded the alarm: in Switzerland, as in many other countries, criminal organizations from across the border have been operating for a long time and in a wide variety of areas.
\nA phenomenon that is as deep-rooted as it is discreet. The ‘ndrangheta has ensured its rise in the criminal scene thanks to characteristics such as the hermetic structure and the ability to blend perfectly into the social fabric.
\nFor the investigators the task is more difficult than ever, and among the public opinion that of the mafias is still perceived, wrongly, as a problem far from the Swiss reality.
\nHence the idea of creating the first Ticino Observatory on Organized Crime. The center of competence, developed in collaboration with the Swiss Radio and Television (RSI), has been active since January 1st within the Institute of Law of USI (IDUSI, directed by Federica De Rossa).
\nAnnamaria Astrologo is the academic head of the Observatory, the journalist Francesco Lepori is the operational head.<\/p>\n

Switzerland is in the front line against enforced disappearances<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A service of the Swiss Radio and Television dedicated to mafias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A rich archive at the University’s West Campus in Lugano<\/h4>\n

The center is located on USI’s West Campus in Lugano and offers students and researchers the possibility of consulting its archives, which include a collection of judicial records from the 1970s onwards of investigations related to Ticino, and since 2010 of judicial records of investigations concerning the rest of Switzerland.
\nUp to now, almost one hundred cases have been listed, for a total of over 400 names. Each dossier is composed of court documents, press articles, television and radio reports, photographs and other material. It is available in both digital and printed form.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\uddc3\ufe0f\ud83d\udd0e Settimana scorsa \u00e8 stato presentato l’#Osservatorio<\/a> ticinese sulla #criminalit\u00e0<\/a> organizzata, un nuovo centro di competenze in sinergia con #RSI<\/a> che promuover\u00e0 #ricerca<\/a> sul fenomeno delle mafie in #Svizzera<\/a> ed #educazione<\/a> alla #legalit\u00e0<\/a>. https:\/\/t.co\/RgwlrEvuxC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 USI University (@USI_university) May 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n