A building seized from organised crime was inaugurated and named after State Police vice superintendent Nicola Barbato in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy. Barbato was awarded the Gold Medal for Civil Valor.
The initiative was organised by the municipal administration. The property taken from the Camorra has been returned to the community, with a library set up inside and social projects for young people planned. The event also unveiled the “Wall of Legality”.
Barbato served with the mobile squad of the Naples Police Headquarters. On 24 September 2015, he was seriously wounded by gunfire during an anti-extortion operation in the Fuorigrotta district. His injuries left him using a wheelchair.
