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Terrorism, Pansa: risks more pronounced for Italy – Il Sole 24 Ore

Terrorism, Pansa: risks more pronounced for Italy – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 25, 2015 at 14:34.
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There is a “risk factor much sharper” for Italy and our country “is more exposed than before,” international terrorism because “theaters of war are much closer to us,” and there is a strong “complexity of the scenario of the actors involved.” He said the police chief Alessandro Pansa hearing in the House before the united Commissions Justice and Defense, engaged in a survey on the examination of the bill into law Decree-Law with urgent measures to combat terrorism International.

Three thousand foreign fighters started from the EU, 60 from Italy
Pansa explained that “there are about three thousand foreign fighters, many young people from the countries of the parties’ European Union to the theaters of war, in particular Syria, and most have returned. In Italy, we count 60, including five Italian and two with a dual nationality. ” Of these sixty, “a small number returned.”

“On the boats of immigrants are not terrorists
The police chief pointed out that “immigration is not synonymous with terrorism.” And that on the boats’ does not appear that there are terrorists, “even if the controls are tight” because you can not rule out this possibility for the future. ” But he added: “I am not ab le to exclude, in fact I think is probable, that some terrorist organizations have entered into a part of the supply chains of human trafficking, if only because it is an extremely lucrative business, and all of these organizations have need to borrow, they need money and weapons. ” Pansa said he “does not know the connections between Isis and organized crime.” As for the National Anti-Mafia Directorate has summoned them, the police chief said that the DNA “will probably have the information that we have.”

In the decree new tools to fight terrorism
“The phenomenon of terrorism has highlighted new figures as combatants abroad or lone wolves. The behaviors are not always been sanctioned or prevented, so we requested the Government, which raised our concerns, the best tools to combat these new phenomena. ” So the police chief, who recalled during the hearing “the specific needs identified with Law for them to perform our work to fight and prevent.” Specifically these are: “punish the person enrolled; punish those who train alone, maybe accessing documents on the Internet (such as use of explosives or weapons); transfers for purposes of terrorism; realization of blacklisted websites; preventive measures such as the withdrawal of the passport, preventing individuals who want to fight abroad to do so. ”



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