Caserta province recorded 381 offences in the illegal waste cycle in 2025, up from 242 the previous year. The year-on-year increase is 57%, making the illegal waste cycle the main documented driver of the latest escalation in the province.
The figure does not describe all environmental offences in Caserta. It refers specifically to the illegal waste cycle. A complete 2025 provincial total across every environmental-crime category was not provided in the available sources.
The 2025 figures and where they come from
The 2025 figures are attributed to offences established by law-enforcement agencies and the Capitanerie di porto. The available material does not include the full underlying Ecomafia 2026 dataset or its methodology tables.
For readers, that matters: the reported count reflects cases recorded by enforcement bodies, and the sources acquired for this article do not break down how many additional categories or pending cases, if any, fall outside that count.
Campania first in Italy for environmental offences
In the same 2025 dataset, Campania ranked first among Italian regions for environmental offences, with 5,636 cases. That equals 15.8% of the national total.
The regional comparison places the Caserta increase in a wider context: the province is contributing to a regional total that is already the highest in Italy for the year covered.
A multi-year problem, not a single-year spike
The Campania environmental-crime problem has a documented multi-year dimension. Over the five-year period covered in Legambiente material, Campania recorded 23,037 environmental offences, alongside 20,543 reported people, 183 arrests and 7,888 seizures.
Legambiente describes environmental crime in Campania as involving interconnected environmental, economic and organised crime interests.
That longer record was presented in Campania, including at the Casale di Teverolaccio in Succivo, in the province of Caserta.
What to read carefully
Two points should not be overstated from the available research:
First, the 57% increase specifically concerns the illegal waste cycle in Caserta, from 242 to 381 offences. It should not be presented as a 57% increase in all environmental offences in Caserta.
Second, the sources acquired do not provide Caserta's complete 2025 provincial total across every environmental-crime category, nor the full Ecomafia 2026 methodology tables. The article text, rather than URL numbering, was used for the reported date and figures.
