Confiscated Assets

A theme never explored enough (and yet increasingly urgent) is the reuse of assets confiscated from the mafia. We would like to contribute in a small but effective way, starting with what each of us finds in our own backyard: who knows which confiscated assets are in their municipality?

Well, if you don’t, here’s the solution!

The law provides everyone with a powerful tool to urge public administrations to make data and information—which should already be public—available and transparent. It’s called “civic access,” and all it takes is sending an email.

Regarding confiscated assets, the anti-mafia code obliges municipalities to publish on their institutional websites the list of confiscated assets transferred from the National Agency to the municipalities. The list must include data on the assets’ characteristics, destination, and use, as well as, in case of assignment to third parties, the identifying data of the concessionaire and the details, purpose, and duration of the concession agreement (Article 48, Paragraph 3, Letter c, of Legislative Decree 159/2011, the so-called anti-mafia code).

Unfortunately, many local administrations are unaware of their obligation to publish this data, which is invaluable for understanding which confiscated assets are in our territory and how they could be reused for social purposes.

There’s a very simple solution to this problem.

Ask the mayor!

All it takes is an email to the transparency office and a couple of attachments to ask your municipality to publish the list of confiscated assets in its territory. For this reason, we invite you to join us in a civic monitoring campaign in three simple steps.

Civic access works like this:

  1. Download the “Simple Civic Access Request” form and fill it out with your personal details.
  2. Find the email address of the transparency officer on your municipality’s website (there should always be a section titled “Access to Documents” with the relevant office’s contact details).
  3. Send the form to the responsible officer, attaching a copy of your ID.

From this moment, your municipality has 30 days to publish the information required by the anti-mafia code on confiscated assets. As soon as you receive a response, send us the list of confiscated assets assigned to your municipality (mafiesottocasa@gmail.com).

We will upload the data to the map, and soon we will have the official and updated mapping of confiscated assets.

Here is an example of what your municipality should publish on its website: List of Confiscated Assets – Ravenna

Some municipalities have already responded to our civic access request.

Others (unfortunately few) had already published the list required by the anti-mafia code long before our campaign, containing data on the assets’ characteristics, destination, and use, as well as, in case of assignment to third parties, the identifying data of the concessionaire and the details, purpose, and duration of the concession agreement (Article 48, Paragraph 3, Letter c, of Legislative Decree 159/2011, the so-called anti-mafia code).

This is the list of compliant municipalities fulfilling the obligation imposed by the Anti-Mafia Code.

  • Municipality of Ravenna: download the list her
  • Municipality of Cervia: download the list here
  • Municipality of Conselice: download the list here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Lugo: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Faenza: download the list here
    Municipality of Alfonsine: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Russi: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Fusignano: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Brisighella: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Bagnacavallo: read the response here (one transfer request pending)
  • Municipality of Sant’Agata sul Santerno: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Massa Lombarda: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Bagnara di Romagna: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Portomaggiore (FE): read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Bologna: download the list here
  • Municipality of Medicina (BO): currently no confiscated assets
  • Municipality of San Pietro in Casale (BO): read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Crevalcore (BO): read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Imola (BO): currently no confiscated assets
  • Municipality of Carpi (MO): read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Fiorano Modenese (MO): currently no confiscated assets
  • Municipality of Campogalliano (MO): currently no confiscated assets
  • Municipality of Prato: read the response here (currently no confiscated assets)
  • Municipality of Rome: download the list here

 

[Continuously updated]

If your municipality has already published the list of confiscated assets on its institutional website, email us at mafiesottocasa@gmail.com, and we will add the link to the page.

Report by the National Agency for Seized and Confiscated Assets

The National Agency for the Administration and Destination of Assets Seized and Confiscated from Organized Crime has published its report for the 2017–2018 biennium.

The report includes, in addition to insights into the Agency’s structure and its collaborations with other institutional and non-institutional entities, all the data and tables concerning real estate, movable assets, and businesses seized, confiscated, and assigned over the last two years.

Annual Report 2017-2018

Other Projects on Confiscated Assets

  • Confiscati Bene  A participatory project to promote transparency, reuse, and valorization of assets confiscated from the mafia through data collection, analysis, and monitoring. Journalists, activists, and technologists collaborate to answer key questions: How many are there? Where are they? What is their value? How are they reused?

  • 109-96 A platform featuring audio documentaries about confiscated assets in the Veneto region and the communities where they are located. These stories shed light on organized crime, civic engagement, and active participation.
  • Mappalaconfisca A georeferenced mapping project by Arch. Federica Terenzi, integrating official data from the National Agency with specific details about each asset (photos, cadastral data, building permits, seizure and confiscation decrees).
  • Avviso Pubblico: A website offering extensive material on the topic, including summaries of European, national, and regional legislation, clarifications on confiscation types, and updates on proposed laws in Parliament.

Protocol of the Bologna Court

On September 8, 2017, the Protocol for the Management of Assets Seized and Confiscated from Mafia Associations was signed at the Bologna Court. The text was endorsed by the Court, CGIL, CISL, and UIL trade unions, the Metropolitan City, the Emilia-Romagna Region, and numerous other entities and associations in the territory.
Italian legislation on the social reuse of confiscated assets is considered an international best practice, but there is room to streamline and expedite the assignment processes, given the many social needs and emergencies that could be addressed through their reuse. This is the primary purpose of the Bologna Court Protocol.

Read the Bologna Court Protocol!