The agreement signed in the prefecture provides for the establishment of the provincial observatory
This morning, at the Government Palace in Brescia, 20 local bodies, including institutions, trade associations, professional associations and trusts, signed a protocol for the prevention and fight against usury and extortion.
The agreement aims to strengthen support tools for micro-businesses and families in difficulty and to prevent the spread of criminal phenomena of usury and extortion.
For this purpose, the Provincial Observatory on the phenomenon of usury was established at the prefecture: an organization for monitoring, connecting and promoting lines of intervention.
Among the members of the Observatory there are delegates from the police forces, the province and the municipality of Brescia, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, the ABI, the trade associations and the Libera association.
During the meeting, Prefect Laganà underlined the importance of the collaboration of victims in reporting crimes of usury and extortion, and recalled that the Office of the Extraordinary Commissioner for the coordination of anti-racketeering and anti-usury initiatives has published a handbook with all the information for victims of usury and extortion, available on the prefecture website.
The signing which took place during a session of the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security, chaired by the Prefect Maria Rosaria Laganà, was attended among others by the police commissioner Eugenio Spina, the provincial commander of the Carabinieri Vittorio Fragalà, the provincial commander of the Guardia di Finanza Francesco Maceroni, the president of the province Emanuele Moraschini, the mayor of Brescia Laura Castelletti, the councilor for Security Walter Muchetti, the commander of the provincial police Carlo Saleri and the commander of the local police Marco Baffa.
