From Criminal to Community Wealth: The Social Reuse of Confiscated Assets
When organised crime steals from a community, it doesn’t just take money; it also takes hope, opportunity and futures. Across Africa, criminal networks are enriching themselves while communities are suffering. However, there is another way: transforming stolen wealth into shared prosperity, turning the tools of oppression into instruments of liberation. This is the promise of […]
Open Olympics 2026: Every Citizen Deserves to Know Where Public Money Goes
When €5.7 billion is invested in infrastructure for a sporting event, shouldn’t everyone have the right to know how that money is spent? According to the Open Olympics 2026 campaign in Italy, the answer is simple: everyone. Launched in 2024 by Libera and twenty other Italian civil society organisations, with support from One More Percent […]
PLACE: A Network for a New Generation of African Voices
A new generation speaks out The new generations of Africa no longer want to be portrayed as passive recipients of external interventions. They want to write their own story, free from the weight of the past and from the “economic interests” that continue to exploit the continent. PLACE: a grassroots network for change From this […]
The LABURO Project
The LABURO project is an initiative led by the Argentinian organisation SINODAR, in partnership with social organisations across Latin America, Europe, and Africa. Its main objective is to raise awareness of the global efforts to combat organised crime. The initiative is developed through two distinct yet complementary lines of action. The first focuses on strengthening […]
HUMANNESS: Youth, Solidarity, and Social Justice in Action
Young people across Europe and Africa face rising inequalities, shrinking civic spaces and low participation in democratic life. The HUMANNESS: EU Social Challenges and Civic Engagement for Solidarity project was created as a collective response to these issues. Funded by Erasmus+ KA2, it was coordinated by Libera (Italy) in collaboration with Between (Portugal), OBESSU (Belgium), […]
21st March – Day of Remembrance and Commitment for the Victims of Organised Crime
Criminalised for Protecting, Silenced for Denouncing: The Right to Truth On 21st March, Libera and thousands of people across the world read aloud the names of innocent victims of mafias, corruption, and organised crime. Behind each name lies not only grief, but a deeper story: the attempt to criminalise or silence those who dared to […]
Hunger for Truth and Justice: A Global Agenda for Rights and Dignity
Rising from communities across the world, ‘Hunger for Truth and Justice’, is the hunger of those who have lost loved ones to violence, of those robbed by corruption, of those silenced for defending human rights. For 2025–26, this call becomes a global mobilisation uniting Europe, Africa, and Latin America via the CHANCE, PLACE, and ALAS […]
ALLONS-Y
ALLONS-Y is founded on the belief that everyone, including prisoners, has the right to rehabilitation, social inclusion and reintegration. Music and art are universal languages that transcend walls, cultures, and prejudices. By offering opportunities to express themselves creatively and to experience dignity, the project sends a clear message: exclusion breeds violence, while inclusion fosters peace. […]
Tanzania: A Journey Through Memory, Commitment, and Community
From September 17 to 30, 2023, Tanzania hosted the first edition of Giramondi – Journeys of Memory and Commitment, promoted by Libera in collaboration with the local association Tengeneza Generation. This initiative is part of the wider international networks supported by Libera: ALAS (América Latina Alternativa Social) in Latin America and PLACE (Peace and Liberation […]
Congo’s Silent Genocide: From Lumumba to Today’s Crisis
For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been the stage of one of the world’s deadliest and least-reported conflicts. In the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, armed groups, state forces, and foreign interests have left civilians trapped in a cycle of killings, mass displacement, and sexual violence. Congolese activists and […]