I think that is they had not introduced it as a way to combat the Mafia it would have never been accepted. They even went out of their way to give it initials spelling out an Italian name linked to a fictional Italian gangster from an old movie. If they had introduced it as a law for everyone (which it is) people would have been up in arms. The defendants money is seized before a trial, old charges that have already been classified as misdemeanors can be brung up again as felonies even if time was served for the misdemeanor, and special lawyers who understand it are needed. There are other issues people have with it. I think in the future it may be repealed.