Fighting Juvenile Crime: State Police Operation Across the Country

142 young people were reported in a state of freedom for stolen, possession of weapons and tools aimed at offending and possession of a narcotic substance for the purpose of trafficking, between them 29 minors.

During the operation, 60 adults and 13 minors were arrested in flagrante delicto or placed under arrest on suspicion of crime for crimes against the person, property and related to narcotics.

Over 100,000 people were employed in the counter-terrorism activity 1.000 policemen and it concerned the province of Alessandria, Ancona, Arezzo, Bari, Bergamo, Biella, Bologna, Caltanissetta, Campobasso, Caserta, Catania, Chieti, Cremona, Fermo, Florence, Forlì-Cesena, Frosinone, Genoa, Imperia, L'Aquila, Latina, Lecco, Livorno, Lucca, Messina, Milano, Naples, Novara, Oristano, Palermo, Perugia, Pesaro-Urbino, Piacenza, Pisa, Prato, Rome, Reggio Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Rovigo, Teramo, Turin, Treviso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Verona.

The agents of Mobile Teams, Crime Prevention Departments and other offices of the State Police have checked, especially in drug dealing and “movida” areas, about 13.000 young people, including 3.000 minors.

They were control yourself overall 150 properties, including 2 schools and 23 reception facilities for unaccompanied foreign minors, as well as various meeting places such as squares, public gardens, areas near railway stations, shopping centres, commercial establishments.

Following the checks, the following were Elevate also 198 administrative sanctions of various nature, in particular for the use of narcotic substances and the supply of alcoholic beverages to minors.

They were 2.700 vehicles checked and issued more than 90 fines for violations of the highway code.

During the searches, in which they were Numerous stolen items recovered, including gold necklaces, cell phones and 50.000 euros in cash, 8 pistols were seized, including 2 blanks and 1 modified soft-air gun, a sawn-off shotgun, a silencer and ammunition of different calibers, 15 knives and various objects capable of offending or suitable for the commission of crimes against the person and property, including an iron club converted into a baseball bat, 1 ice breaker and 1 pepper spray.

They were 2 kg of cocaine seized, 10 kg of cannabinoids and quantities of narcotic and psychotropic substances suitable for producing approximately 350 doses of heroin, shaboo, ecstasy and amphetamines.

They were 600 social profiles inciting hatred and physical violence identified, including against members of the Police Force, as well as the use of firearms and cutting weapons, which will be reported to the competent judicial authorities for possible blackout.

They have been criminal conduct confirmed carried out in groups or individually by young mainly dedicated to crimes against persons, property or relating to drugs and weapons as well as to illicit behaviour which also results in forms of discrimination and hatred.

The prevalent conduct, also publicized on the web by the authors themselves, can be traced back to the crimes of attempted murder, assault, brawl, damage, extortion, theft, robbery, dealing in narcotic and psychotropic substances, illegal possession of weapons and instruments capable of causing harm.

A Milano the checks were concentrated in some areas where a high number of criminal episodes linked to the street youth groups. In the neighborhood Fourth Oggiaro was Drug hub dismantled managed by a young Italian. Always at Milano, during the activities, among other things, it was a sawn-off shotgun seized.

A Bologna, during a check at the community for unaccompanied foreign minors, 3 subjects were arrested following one violent attack on operators and, following the validation of the provision, the GIP ordered the precautionary measure of prison at the IMP for them. Others 4 young foreigners were subjected to detention, because they are accused of some violent robberies perpetrated in the city center, while a Italian minor was drawn in arrest in flagrante delicto for attempted robbery and resistance to a public official.

A Piacenza They have been performed 3 prison custody orders for attempted murder at the expense of subjects of Egyptian and Tunisian nationality, responsible for the stabbings that took place in order to control the city's drug dealing areas. Also in Piacenza, they were 3 young people with previous convictions for theft against elderly people reported: four bags of coins were seized from their vehicle, to be used as a ploy to distract the victims with the “coins dropped on the ground” technique and to steal their bags and personal effects.