Italy beefing up counter-terrorism intelligence
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The recent threats and attacks against a nuclear engineering group CEO and the national tax collector Equitalia have persuaded the Monti-led government that the time to turn the screw on security has come.
The Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri has announced a plan to increase counter-terrorism intelligence and protection for potential targets.
The minister said on Thursday that a high level of attention and vigilance needs to maintained and security measures for sensitive targets and people exposed to particular risk must be reinforced.
Even Prime Minister Mario Monti has been threatened by a cell claiming to be part of the Informal Anarchists Federation, also known as FAI. However the police suspect the threatening letter to be a hoax.
FAI has taken responsibility for kneecapping Ansaldo Nucleare CEO Roberto Adinolfi and has promised to carry out further acts of terrorism.
Tax-collector Equitalia has been recently hit by a string of letter-bomb and petrol-bomb attacks. Terrorist experts expect the protests to become more frequent and more violent in the future.
The interior ministry has warned that there are about 14,000 sites in Italy currently considered potential targets and over 500 people are already under special government protection.
The ministry has also stressed that roughly 20,000 military and police officers are working in this area.
Other possible targets of the anarchists - the Interior Minister has said - include banks, ministries, police stations and prisons. On Tuesday three magistrates were given special security after FAI threatened them.
Source http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/05/19/241930/italy-counterterrorism-intelligence/
The recent threats and attacks against a nuclear engineering group CEO and the national tax collector Equitalia have persuaded the Monti-led government that the time to turn the screw on security has come.
The Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri has announced a plan to increase counter-terrorism intelligence and protection for potential targets.
The minister said on Thursday that a high level of attention and vigilance needs to maintained and security measures for sensitive targets and people exposed to particular risk must be reinforced.
Even Prime Minister Mario Monti has been threatened by a cell claiming to be part of the Informal Anarchists Federation, also known as FAI. However the police suspect the threatening letter to be a hoax.
FAI has taken responsibility for kneecapping Ansaldo Nucleare CEO Roberto Adinolfi and has promised to carry out further acts of terrorism.
Tax-collector Equitalia has been recently hit by a string of letter-bomb and petrol-bomb attacks. Terrorist experts expect the protests to become more frequent and more violent in the future.
The interior ministry has warned that there are about 14,000 sites in Italy currently considered potential targets and over 500 people are already under special government protection.
The ministry has also stressed that roughly 20,000 military and police officers are working in this area.
Other possible targets of the anarchists - the Interior Minister has said - include banks, ministries, police stations and prisons. On Tuesday three magistrates were given special security after FAI threatened them.
Source http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/05/19/241930/italy-counterterrorism-intelligence/
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