In the 1960s, Cesare Terranova was the first judge to state that the Mafia was not a series of isolated crimes but a system of power infiltrating politics and the economy.
A seizure may last only a few hours. The routes that brought the cocaine there, decades. Some of the structures that made its journey possible, centuries. A journey into the depths of drug trafficking through the lens of Fernand Braudel.
Architecture and urban planning can address territorial violence through care, land regulation and community life. Feminist urbanism proposes safer, more equitable and livable cities built around everyday life and collective needs.
Selling a confiscated asset can recover money. Returning it to society can mean much more: reclaiming territory, rebuilding communities, and transforming what was once a source of criminal power into public value.
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