CORRECTED: European rights court condemns Italy over toxic waste dumping by mafia Strasbourg, France, Jan 30 (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned Italy for failing to deal with the burying and dumping of toxic waste by organised criminal groups in the southern Campania region. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights gave Rome two years to draw up a "comprehensive strategy" to deal with the situation in an area where almost three million people live and which has seen increased rates of cancer. |
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