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...Rosaria Arpenti, a law professor at the city's Federico II University, called Berlusconi's arrival in Naples a buffonata, or a big fat joke. "The problems don't get resolved just by him coming here," said the mother of two. "We Neapolitans are enraged. The city is in the hands of a small group of criminals that hold the good people hostage. And in the face of this, politicians don't do anything...
...Arpenti said center-left local leaders share much of the blame in not tackling the problems of trash, unemployment and poor public services. Meanwhile, the mob syndicate in and around Naples, known as the Camorra, has long infiltrated the trash-collection business, turning big profits and creating environmental hazards. For more than a decade, a mix of criminal influence, government inaction and not-in-my-backyard opposition to expansions of landfills have caused on-again, off-again scenes of huge piles of trash in city streets. Estimates are that some 3,500 tons are currently waiting to be cleaned...
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