“La Casa de Lucía” is a space of support and care for women victims of gender-based violence in Mar del Plata, inaugurated in tribute to Lucía Pérez, a teenager who was murdered in 2016. The house was granted by the Argentine State after being recovered from a drug trafficking network and rebuilt thanks to the efforts of Lucía’s family and collaborators.

The social reuse of assets is a strategic policy to weaken organized crime, repair victims, and rebuild citizens’ trust in democratic institutions.

The Recovery of Individuals with Drug Addiction Issues is the Key Policy in the Fight Against Organized Crime.

Argentina is increasingly listening to and trying to design some of the Italian tools for fighting the mafia.

According to the authors, there is an urgent need to confront organized crime. And one of the mechanisms to achieve an effective result is the identification, location and seizure of criminal assets. An initiative by civil society organizations is promoting a law that establishes a rational, efficient and transparent system for the administration of recovered assets.