There is a risk of Italy's
mafias "conditioning" the March 4 general election in some
areas, Interior Minister Marco Minniti said Wednesday.
Minniti denounced the fact that there was "too much silence"
on the "concrete" risk of the mafias posing a threat to the
"most important thing in a democracy, the freedom to vote".
"We're in the swing of the electoral competition and saying
this should not be out of order, it is a fact: there is a
concrete risk of the mafias conditioning electors' free vote".
He said "the mafias are able to condition institutions and
politics".
The three main mafias are the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta, the
Sicily-based Cosa Nostra and the Campania-based Camorra.
They have all featured in vote-buying cases over the years.
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