L'economia sociale come antidoto all'economia criminale

Social Economy as an Antidote to Criminal Economy.The paper aims to highlight a political tool for the economic and social revival of the Mezzogiorno of Italy that have not yet adequately developed: the enhancement of the role of the social economy in the reuse of the goods confiscated to criminal organizations. The essay, after a brief review of the economic importance of criminal phenomena and of its perverse structure, underlines the extraordinary innovation of the legislation on the confiscation and on the social re-use of goods belonged to criminal organizations. It also emphasizes the urgent need to proceed with more determination to organize legislative and administrative tools that encourage the involvement of social enterprises enlarging adequately the field of action and promoting their active involvement in areas with high presence of mafia, camorra and ’ndrangheta.