Premier Mario Draghi on Tuesday
pledged that criminal gangs will not get their hands on cash
from Italy's post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plan
(NRRP), the lion's share of which is being financed by close to
200 billion euros of EU grants and low-interest loans.
"The arrival of the funds from the Next Generation EU programme
is a major challenge for all EU countries and for Italy in
particular," Draghi wrote in a message to the Law Enforcement
Forum organized in Rome by the Department of Public Security
with Europol.
"The credibility of our institutions and the future of our
economy depend on the capacity to spend these funds well and
honestly.
"Italy is determined to prevent and repress any attempted fraud
and criminal infiltration to protect citizens, businesses and
the EU".
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