(August 5, 2016) A task force of Italian police at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to ensure safety in a high-level of alert context for terrorist attacks in recent months. It’s a Brazilian Federal Police initiative, that created in Brasilia an international cooperation center, bringing together representatives of the police forces of almost 200 countries invited to the competition. Italy has joined the Brazilian request and sent its experts to strengthen the liaison offices already firmly present in the country. The Italian security team has been implemented with police force qualified operators, connoisseurs of foreign languages and experts in the field of counterterrorism and public order, employees from the Central Directorate of Criminal Police – Service for International Police Cooperation (SCIP ), inter-structure of the Department of Public Security to which Italy delegates special international activities, in which are placed national Europol, Interpol and Sirene desks. In safety-related tasks for the Olympics, the SCIP leverages its Global Operating Room – connected with more than 190 countries h24 and always active in the management of emergencies in close collaboration with all the Italian and international police agencies – and with the ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, through front desk activities and the most delicate operations management, from the office of regional Coordination for the Security Expert for America, based in Brasilia, and finally by a further office set up at the Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro. (Red)
