It is normal for a decade to pass between when an asset of someone charged with being part of an organised crime group is confiscated and the final court verdict that passes the assets definitively to the state. Often, as with the San Paolo [a hotel], it then takes many more years before the government finds a buyer, while businesses languish or fold, leading to job losses and social unrest…The more than 1,600 confiscated businesses in Italy include construction companies, healthcare providers, mines, castles, manufacturers, villas, vineyards, hotels and supermarkets.  ARTICLE