{"id":31283,"date":"2026-03-17T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irpet.it\/illegality-and-organized-crime-in-tuscanys-economy-2025-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:12:02","slug":"illegality-and-organized-crime-in-tuscanys-economy-2025-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irpet.it\/en\/illegality-and-organized-crime-in-tuscanys-economy-2025-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegality and Organized Crime in Tuscany&#8217;s Economy \u2013 2025 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>REGIONAL COUNCIL BOOKS Series &#8211; Society &#8211; No. 13<br\/>ISBN 0978-88-7040-179-0<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This report was produced by IRPET researchers under the coordination of Patrizia Lattarulo, director of the Public Economics Research Area.<br\/>The chapters are attributed as follows:<br\/>Chapters 1: Patrizia Lattarulo<br\/>Chapter 2: Giuseppe Francesco Gori<br\/>Chapter 3: Tommaso Ferraresi (\u00a7\u00a7 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.5) and Donatella Marinari (\u00a7 3.3)<br\/>Chapters 4-7: Donatella Marinari<br\/>Chapter 8: Giuseppe Francesco Gori<br\/>Chapter 9: Leonardo Piccini and Leonardo Ghezzi<br\/>Chapter 10: Letizia Ravagli and Maria Luisa Maitino (\u00a7 10.1), Tommaso Ferraresi and Leonardo Ghezzi (\u00a7 10.2), Claudia Ferretti and Patrizia Lattarulo (\u00a7 10.3)<br\/>Chapter 11: Luciano Benedetti (local finance expert, former Director of the Finance Office of the Municipality of Siena), Claudia Ferretti, and Patrizia Lattarulo (\u00a7 11.1); Patrizia Lattarulo (\u00a7 11.2)<br\/>Editing: Elena Zangheri, IRPET<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><em>The unobserved economy manifests itself not only through openly illegal activities, but also through less visible behaviors that nonetheless profoundly impact the functioning of the country. According to IRPET estimates, in Tuscany well over \u20ac14 billion escapes the healthy part of the economy each year, through underground and illegal activities: a share that, in relation to the regional GDP, mirrors the national picture. This dimension is far from marginal, typical of economically advanced regions and therefore more susceptible to the commission of economic crimes. Furthermore, it is a changing phenomenon, which over the years has favored increasingly sophisticated forms of economic infiltration, capable of exploiting sectoral weaknesses, moments of crisis, and structural vulnerabilities of the production system. 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