Three Cosa Nostra bosses are set to
be freed due to a norm in last year's justice reform framed by
former justice minister Marta Cartabia which lays down that
prosecutions can only start on the basis of victims' complaints
or reports, judicial sources in Palermo said Thursday.
In the case in point, the victims have refused to file the
required charges against the bosses, perhaps fearing reprisals.
Palermo prosecutors have thus been forced to request their
trio's arrest warrants and charges be revoked, sources said.
Italian prosecutors had warned of the fight against crime being
weakened by the Cartabia norm.
In one example, they said that foreign tourists often leave the
country after having their bags snatches, before filing a
complaint, leaving prosecutors powerless to follow up.
The prosecutors had also warned that many victims might be
intimidated by alleged perpetrators.
The president of Italian magistrates union ANM, Giuseppe
Santalucia, told ANSA that the "the recent media reports on the
likely revocation of custody measures for crimes that hace
become subject to complaints, even when there is the aggravating
factor of mafia methods, impose a rethink, as quickly as
possible, of the legislator's choices".
Santalucia said the Cartabia reform must be swiftly adjusted to
make sure these cases were no longer possible.
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