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Merchants, do not report any more


C’ è una città che muore, che soffoca sotto the pressure of 'ndrine. There is a city that has been folded back to the mafia and is unable to rise. There is a city where people, not to die, is silent. Neighborhoods, streets, suburbs where everything is under control of the boss. A city divided territories, local, and each clan has its own on which to exercise power. Clans Books, De Stefano, Tegano split the center and then the Condello, the Imerti, the Rosmini, the Labate, suburbs. Not to pronounce names, names to whisper. Men to be revered. Of course there's the charming waterfront and the old Corso Garibaldi, the cobalt sky and the sea glaucous, the white nights and the city of gioia, ma ciò serve per quella parte di pubblico che non vuole essere seccata con racconti di miserie, che non vuol vedere l’altra parte, l’altra Reggio. Quella dei commercianti costretti a pagare il pizzo, quella dei pochi coraggiosi imprenditori che hanno guardato in faccia i boss e hanno fatto i nomi, in Procura, alle Forze dell’Ordine e hanno firmato, con la denuncia, la loro morte. 
 Ecco il ventre di Reggio. La città con i suoi dolori e affanni, la città che ancora non riesce a spezzare la catena dagli intrecci affaristico-mafiosi. Una città in cui il 70% delle imprese paga il pizzo. Lo ricorda il presidente della Commissione parlamentare antimafia Forgione, nella relazione annuale, che pone l’accento on the lack of cooperation of local businessmen on fighting extortion and usury. "In Calabria we have no complaint - he explains - and more importantly is that no one calls to complain. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said he would be expelled companies that do not report to pay protection money, but this does not happen in Calabria. " The city does not rebel and slowly suffocates. "The fight against usury and racketeering - Nino explains Marciano, president of SOS-Confesercenti company - is not the fight against the Mafia: sure, you hit the mafia, but fighting the racketeering act is to have the lives of many honest entrepreneurs from your hands, means to give concrete answers, immediate, who is just in front of the overwhelming force of a boss, his henchmen, and a city that looks evil because you have denounced. When we started in 1992 with the combination of anti-racket, people believed there was a desire to follow the rule, but now are very few what they call our number because they are afraid of being alone and losing their battle. Last semester we had less than ten phone calls. Yes, of course, 70% of employers who pay protection money but does not pay to say that has already sold its assets to the 'Ndrangheta. Who denounces his estortore, wants to see him in prison, wants to be compensated in the short term dei danni subiti, vuole poter ritornare a vivere. Vorremmo seguire il modello Palermo ma ancora siamo lontani e le realtà sono diverse, perché diversa è anche la forza della ’ndrangheta. Per uscire fuori da tutto ciò serve una nuova politica che metta al centro la lotta per l’occupazione e lo sviluppo della Calabria».

(articolo pubblicato su Avvenire il 21.2.2008)

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