The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has already warned them. He announced that he is fighting against the squatting that is ruining the country: “The time in which the state turned its back on the face of legality is over; that is why, among the many operations on the issue, the government has begun its war against illegal jobs,” he said on his social networks.
The fight against squatting is something that Meloni has already done in his project during the election campaign, announcing that, if he wins the election, he will present a bill “that provides for the immediate eviction of illegal work in other people’s houses, without exception or tactics.” “Each owner, tenant, or transferee of a property, if he suffers from illegal work in his house, has the state on his side.”
Today the Italian Government approved the creation of a new crime for “the work of illegal possession of land”, which includes the immediate return of the property to its rightful owner and the increase in penalties: “Whoever, through violence or threats, occupies or possesses no title to a property intended for the residence of another or restraining the owner, or anyone who legitimately owns it to return it, shall be punished with imprisonment for two to seven years.”
But Meloni’s new steps did not stop there; the road blocks repeated practice by environmentalists and protesters, from punishing a moderate punishment to what is considered a crime with sentences between six months and two years in prison, in addition to a fine of up to 1,500 euros.
In addition, fraud or deceit against the elderly He faces sentences of between two and six years and a fine of up to 3,000 euros. This crime has increased in recent years; it is estimated that, until August 31, 21,924 elderly people fell victim to it.
In Italy, anyone who is pregnant and steals a purse has their sentence suspended, something pickpockets use. Well, Meloni waived this obligation; now they must be arrested and serve their sentences.
Italian law also includes a crime for those who damage state property, such as graffiti artists and environmental activists, for example. Sentence imprisonment of six months to one year and up to a fine of up to 1,500 euros. On the other hand, the penalties are stiffened for those who attack a police officer, and the crime of “possession of material for terrorist purposes” is introduced, with prison sentences of 2 to 6 years.
