The results of the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index show that Italy is one of the few countries in the world with a high level of resilience to organized crime despite having higher than average levels of crime. Notably, the country’s resilience score of 6.46 exceeds its criminality score of 6.22, demonstrating an ability to respond effectively to organized crime despite its prevalence.  

Civil society organizations and other non-state actors, such as the Church and the private sector, play a vital role in Italy’s fight against organized crime. The country’s landscape of non-state actors committed to combating organized crime ranks among the highest in the world, scoring 7.5 out of 10 under the Index.