A bicycle workshop opens in a building confiscated from the mafia.

MILAN BIKE WORKSHOP –

The recovery of assets seized from organized crime is a truly wasted treasure. Often, properties and businesses rot, with no useful purpose for the community. Fortunately, there are also good practices that go in the opposite direction and indicate the right path for assets seized from organized crime. mafia.

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BIKE WORKSHOP IN THE LORETO AREA –

In Milan, The "Ciclofficina Zona Loreto" was founded in a building confiscated from the mafia on Via Paisiello., thanks to the Volunteer Group Association and a master bicycle builder.

REINTEGRATION OF JUVENILE PRISONERS –

The most interesting thing is that In this workshop, young people from the Beccaria juvenile prison will work, and will thus be given the opportunity to reintegrate into civilian life and have a job to do.In Milan, as in all cities where urban mobility has been revolutionized by the increasingly widespread use of two-wheelers, the profession of bicycle repairer is in high demand, and generational turnover is often lacking.

RECOVERY OF ASSETS CONFISCATED FROM THE MAFIA –

As for the buildings confiscated from the mafia, 161 in the Lombard capital have already been entrusted to volunteer associations, ready not to waste them. elderly with disabilities, neighborhood workshops, craft spaces, solidarity shops, and housing for homeless families. This approach is worthy of imitation, considering that in Italy, 17.577 properties have been confiscated and are awaiting repurchase, and 3.187 businesses are under construction.

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