The minor, from the province of Caserta, is under investigation for propaganda and incitement to racial hatred. He was the administrator of Holocaust denialist channels and incited “punitive expeditions” against Jews and his black peers.
From hate speech online to stashed knives at home, a disturbing trend of violent radicalization emerged from the investigations that yesterday led the State Police to execute a community placement order for a 16-year-old minor, resident in the province of Caserta.
The charge, formalized by the investigating judge at the Juvenile Court of Naples, is extremely serious: propaganda and incitement to crime for reasons of racial discrimination, a crime provided for by Article 604 bis of the Criminal Code.
The young man was not a simple user, but an active administrator of several Telegram channels. From this position of influence, according to investigations by the Naples and Caserta DIGOS, the 16-year-old managed the systematic dissemination of aberrant content.
The chats, coordinated by the Naples Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office and monitored with the support of the Central Directorate of Prevention Police, were a melting pot of anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and explicit incitement to discrimination.
