A European court on Thursday said Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples, in a scathing ruling that validated a generation of residents' complaints that mafia dumping and burning of waste had led to increased rates of cancer and other ailments.

Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled that Italy had failed to protect nearly three million people living in a region blighted by toxic waste dumped by the mafia, and gave the government two years to fix the situation.

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Italy for failing to protect citizens' right to life in a toxic-waste affected area near Naples. The court ordered the development of a strategy to address contamination caused by the mafia-controlled waste disposal.

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The landmark ruling found the Italian Republic was guilty of violating citizens' right to life by failing "to deal with the problem of widespread dumping" on private land by criminal groups in the Terra dei Fuochi area — home to roughly 2.9 million people.