Italy is on fire, we know the culprits but they all go unpunished (photo)

FIRES AND CRIME

Who is burning entire patches of greenery across half of Italy? Who is sending thousands of hectares of land up in smoke? boschiOnly in a ramshackle country so far removed from normal legality can we repeat these questions with ritual normality, every year. Everyone knows the answers, starting with those who should be conducting investigations and trials (law enforcement and the judiciary): the bonfires in Sicily, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, and even in other regions, are not calamities. Almost buti.

They are the perverse fruit of the hand of man, of unpunished criminals, active under various guises. Men who, by burning forests and pine forests, not only destroy human lives and a wealth of woods and forests, but also hundreds of millions in rescue costs, and interventions largely aimed at limiting the damage.

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MAP OF FOREST FIRES IN ITALY

Do you want a very recent example? We are in the province of Messina, which also includes the Aeolian Islands. Here, according to the findings of the Forestry Inspectorate and the municipality, while entire forests and swathes of land are burning, in 2016, 800 hectares of woods and cultivation soilsYou understood correctly: 800 hectares. As for the causes, it has been ascertained that Only in 2 percent of cases were the fires caused by natural disasters, in 98 percent of the incidents they were caused by criminals.. From here a flurry of investigations, and how many responsible people are in jail? ZeroTotal impunity.

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ARSON IN ITALY

According to Legambiente statistics in 2016, but 2017 is even worse, in Italy there were 4.635 fires, but only 322 people were reported and 14 arrested. In prison? None.

E let's get to the criminalsThere's evidence, videos, testimonies, and evidence of the crime that nails them. As I was saying, they have different faces. There are building speculators, large and small., who don't want to be disturbed and need land. It's no coincidence, returning to Messina, that while in 2013 the average fire area was 1,61 square kilometers, in 2016 it rose to 18,58 square kilometers. Speculators need space, and they take it over with bonfires.

POI there are the clans of the racket who want money and respect for their laws, knowing that they are stronger and more convincing than those of the state.

Moving from one circle to another of illegality combined with impunity, here we are with the false forest rangersThieves disguised as guards. They defend a salary, a job, a perk, a pocket of parasitic patronage, a slice of local power, and a pension. And they have an army at their disposal, with its corresponding hierarchies and many soldiers.

Finally, but I could continue for a long time in the various groups, I would like to point out vandals in permanent active service: for them, setting fire to the forest is the easiest thing to do, especially in summer, when the great heat helps to muddy the waters.

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DAMAGES FROM ARSON IN ITALY

As for the damages, It is estimated that in a forest fire, up to 5 thousand euros per hectare of trees can be burned.: Again in 2016, there were 1.136 fires that required the commitment and intervention of the Civil Protection Air Force. A Canadair costs the state, and therefore taxpayers, €1.962 per hour, while a helicopter costs between €3 and €14 per hour, depending on whether it is civilian or military. Putting out a fire, including aircraft and ground forces, costs the taxpayer something like 50 thousand euros a day..

So: We know the culprits, we know the damages, we know the waste and the costs down to the last comma. But no one pays the price.And every year the script repeats itself with further episodes of the film. And with one constant, which concerns many crimes in Italy where justice has now gone to hell: impunity. Arsonists don't pay, like the apartment burglars, the pickpockets, the street criminals, the clans that reduce cities to souks. All go unpunished. This is Italy, Bella Italia.

ITALY OF THE UNPUNTATED:

• We saved the corrupt banks. But will they pay the price? Apparently not.
• Gambling: The government takes a stance without the courage to make strong decisions. And it gives in to the gambling lobby.
• Robberies and crimes go unpunished. This is how people and security die.
• Absenteeism in the public sector: culprits go unpunished. And in Nola, a third of employees are cheaters.
• Absentee firefighters in Rome: 8 out of 10 miss New Year's Eve. And after two years, they're all acquitted.
• EAV's chronic absentees who haven't worked a single day in three months
• Time clock cheats: yes to firing, but those who work well should be rewarded.