Controversy between Marisa Laurito and the municipality of Desenzano. The actress during Peter Gomez’s broadcast The Confession stated that “the most important Camorra” is said to reside in the municipality of Gardaprovoking an indignant response from councilor Pietro Avanzi.
Marisa Laurito’s statements from Peter Gomez
The actress and television presenter Marisa Lauritowho has lived in Brescia, her husband’s hometown, for 23 years, spoke on Peter Gomez’s show La Confessione, causing several controversies.
To a question from the host about the Camorra, Laurito he replied: “It’s not just a Naples problem, it’s an Italian problem. Today the most important Camorra resides in Desenzano“.
Desenzano del Garda
The statements did not go unnoticed and caused a reaction from the institutions of the municipality overlooking Lake Garda, in particular from the councilor for safety Pietro Avanzi.
The reply from the Desenzano del Garda councilor
Avanzi gave an interview to the local newspaper Bresciaoggi, countering Laurito’s statements: “I hope Mrs. Laurito was joking, she doesn’t know our reality. I have been managing Desenzano for 7 years and I have never had tangible sensations of the presence of criminal organizations” said the councilor.
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“Even from the comparison with the police forces, such a situation does not emerge: we have phenomena of micro crime, like everywhere, but not even a case of demanding protection money has never been reported” he then concluded.
The presence of organized crime on Lake Garda however, it is documented by various investigations, law enforcement operations, complaints made to the judicial authorities and also research projects.
Organized crime on Lake Garda
At the end of 2023 the Observatory on organized crime of the University of Milanpresented an action research project as part of an agreement between Unimi and the special consortium company Garda Sociale.
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From it it emerged that: “The Garda area is one of the areas in Lombardy that feels the greatest criminal pressure and this is due to the economic, geographical and logistical characteristics that distinguish it”.
In particular in Desenzano, based on the activities of the police, there would be a presence not only of the camorrawith the Laezza and Grano families of the Moccia clan, but also of the ‘ndrangheta with the ‘ndrina Fortugno-Piromalli.
From the study it emerges that the Garda area is not an area of muchprotection payment“, mafia practice cited by councilor Avanzi responding to Marisa Laurito, as much as reinvestment and money laundering for organized crime.
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