Indicator history

In 2009 142 cases of hate crimes have been recorded by police. Most crimes go unreported and are seldom labelled as racist crimes by the law enforcement authorities and by the media. In 2008 Italian police recorded 112 hate crimes, 3 less than 2007, yet none of them were prosecuted.
In 2009, UNAR highlighted an increase in the cases of racism reported to the contact centre and has at the same time noted that most cases of racism are still unreported. A crossed- monitoring exercise of cases of racism reported in the media with cases of racism denounced by victims will hopefully lead to an increase of awareness of this crime and to a better system of protection of the rights of the victims of hate crimes.
 

Sources:

ENAR Shadow Report 2009/2010. Racism and discrimination in Italy
Hate crimes in the OSCE Region. Incidents and responsed. Annual report for 2009.