Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled that Italy had failed to protect nearly three million people living in a region blighted by toxic waste dumped by the mafia, and gave the government two years to fix the situation.

The Italian State is failing in its duty to ensure the safety of the inhabitants in Campania's so-called 'Land of Fires' (Terra dei Fuochi), an area where criminal organisations have dumped and burned trash and toxic waste for decades.

The landmark ruling found the Italian Republic was guilty of violating citizens' right to life by failing "to deal with the problem of widespread dumping" on private land by criminal groups in the Terra dei Fuochi area — home to roughly 2.9 million people.

The plaintiffs presented scientific data showing rising cancer rates and groundwater contamination in the provinces of Naples and Caserta, home to some three million people.

Father Maurizio Patriciello has been at the forefront of community efforts to expose the illegal disposal of industrial waste by the notorious Camorra in a region

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples.

The Mafia is “weaponizing” fire in the region for control and financial gain, said UC Berkeley researcher Lauren Pearson. She spent months speaking to prosecutors, the police, environmental groups and locals in Sicily, where Mafia groups are active.

The European Court of Human Rights found on Thursday that Italy failed to deal with the burying and dumping of toxic waste by organised criminal groups in the southern Campania region, giving Rome two years to fix the situation.

More than 10,000 tourists descended on Roccaraso. They've been accused of leaving the area strewn with trash and lighting barbecues.

The verdict from the Strasbourg Court condemning Italy regarding the Land of Fires has arrived, and reactions from Legambiente and Deputy Costa were swift. "A ruling that calls an entire

After years of feeling "invisible" while managing her daughter's cancer, Antonietta Moccia said she hopes a European court on Thursday will recognise the Italian government's failures to protect her from toxic waste.