In the region of Vesuvius, one of the most fertile areas of Italy, the Italian police are investigating a serious case of illegal waste trafficking run by organised crime. Causal DI Principe, is a small village believed to be under the control of the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra. Behind the house of a mafia family, the environmental police uncovered a dump filled with toxic industrial sludge, including medical waste, asbestos and building materials. The groundwater in the area is also polluted. Police are continuing their search as information from the same source has led them to believe that boxes of lead from Germany could also be buried here. This could be an indication of an international trafficking ring.
The underground dumps prove that the trafficking of industrial waste by the Camorra in this region has been going on since the 1980s. This area, stretching between Naples and Caserta and including around fifty villages, is known as the “Land of Fires”. Residents are continually complaining about fires in the countryside. These are started by criminals to get rid of both urban and industrial waste. Only last year there were reports or more than 2500 fires.
INC News, 10/07/2015 - via Euronews
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