ROME – Organizing and participating in a rave party becomes a specific crime, according to 434-bis of the Penal Code. Punishable with up to six years of imprisonment. In the first operational council of ministers, here is the strictness of the center-right government on its illegal gatherings, right on the day of the eviction – without confrontation and before the key point in the program on Halloween night – of the Modena event, which has drawn thousands of young people. Niente dolcetto, dunque, rather a heavy scherzetto for the lovers of the dancing marathons – and often ‘chimiche’ – of mass in neglected terrains and disused sheds.
“We trust in the deterrent effect of the accessory sanction of the mandatory confiscation of the means used to organize these events,” explained the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, in a press conference. There is in fact now the risk of seeing a truck, van and expensive sound system stolen.
The owner of Viminale then rejects the sender’s criticism of the M5S leader, Giuseppe Conte and the Pd, for the lack of intervention, instead, at yesterday’s fascist rally in Predappio, Mussolini’s birthplace. “These are things – according to the minister – completely different. Predappio è una manifestation che svolge da many years, at the rave party there was a complaint from the proprietario”. In the Cdm debate on the topic, smartphone communication technologies are also included. In addition to traditional telephone interceptions, WhatsApp messages and video calls have also been taken into consideration. On this issue, an articulated discussion was opened during which the ministers of Fi, including the vice-premier and responsible for the Foreign Ministry, Antonio Tajani, would have asked for great caution in dealing with an unpublished matter that is still to be studied. From whom the decision of ulteriori approfondimenti.
In general, on the issue of contrast, the previous Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, had already put her offices to work to define a rule that would bring Italy in line with other European countries. With the new government there was an acceleration, also determined by the controversy over Modena. The measure arrived immediately on the table of the Council of Ministers chaired by Giorgia Meloni. Piantedosi has thanked the undersecretary to the presidency of the Council, Alfredo Mantovano, former magistrate and the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, for the contribution to the drafting of the provision.
Il 434-bis thus establishes a new crime: “Invasione di terreni o edificio per raduni pericolisi per l’ordine pubblico or l’incolumità pubblica or la salute pubblica”. Anyone who organizes or promotes the “invasion” – commission of more than 50 people – is punished with imprisonment of three to six years and with a fine of 1,000 to 10,000 euros. The penalty up to six years allows interceptions to prevent and rave, which are almost always organized with a ‘covered’ chat and social chat. For the sole fact of participating in the “invasion” the penalty is reduced. The confiscation of “things that served or were destined to commit the crime… as well as those used in the same case to realize the purpose of the occupation” is always ordered.
In the text, an amendment to the anti-mafia code is added, providing for personal prevention measures for those who are guilty of the new crime. This will allow the application of the special surveillance of public security for the “invasione per raduni pericolosi” indications. According to Piantedosi, the decree respects the requirement of necessity and urgency “for the fact, dramatically confirmed yesterday, that probably the absence of an effective regulation in our country, unlike neighboring countries, made us vulnerable as, alas, the chronica degli ultimi anni testifies. If it’s an event – he stressed – it’s not only dangerous for the same person who participates, but it’s very expensive for the employment of law enforcement. Significant sanctions are now foreseen and we trust that the law can constitute a deterrent for these events”.
