Libero Grassi, Piantedosi: «His courage is an encouragement to never let down our guard»

Libero Grassi, Piantedosi: «His courage is an encouragement to never let down our guard»
The Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi guest of the TV program l'Aria che Tira on La7, Rome July 24, 2026.  ANSA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI ANSA

35 years after the via Alfieri attack in Palermo, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi remembers Libero Grassi and his refusal to bow to organized crime. An example that, the head of the Interior Ministry emphasizes, still remains a reference today in the fight against mafias.

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“Our debt of gratitude towards Libero Grassi remains unchanged,” Piantedosi declared. The minister recalled how the entrepreneur’s refusal to submit to mafia logic represents “even today an example for all those who defend the values of legality and justice every day.”

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For Piantedosi, Grassi’s courage is “an incentive to never lower one’s guard” and to strengthen the State’s action against organized crime.

The minister then recalled the measures adopted by the government to combat mafias and to recover confiscated assets. The goal, he explained, is to enhance their social reuse, transforming what were “symbols of criminal power into strongholds of legality, development, and social cohesion.”

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