In Serie A stadiums, for the 33rd matchday of the championship, the banner with the message "When someone disappears, let's team up: call 112 immediately" will be displayed in the midfield and a commercial made by the office of the Extraordinary Commissioner will appear on the giant screens. Government for missing persons.
An agreement signed by Lega Serie A and the Extraordinary Commissioner provides for this.
The goal is to inform the public so that a social conscience is formed on a dramatic phenomenon that involves many families: in 2021, out of 19,269 reports of disappearance in Italy, 9,650 people have lost their tracks and most of them are minors.
"Lega Serie A is ready to make its contribution in this important campaign - said the president, Lorenzo Casini -. Football can and must transmit useful messages to the community. I thank the Commissioner for having thought of us as a channel of social communication. and I thank the clubs that have already contributed to this cause. "
The prefect Antonino Bella, extraordinary government commissioner for missing persons, in thanking the Lega Serie A, defined the initiative as "beautiful and of great help. It is necessary to spread awareness of the phenomenon of missing persons, to counter it and prevent it. . It is important to work as a team, to involve everyone in a drama that, every day, leads to cases of disappearance and puts many families in a state of suffering ".
