Djibouti – On February 24, with the arrival in Djibouti of 199 Somali police officers (including 13 women), the MIADIT mission Somalia 3 officially began. Born from a bilateral cooperation agreement between the Italian and Somali governments, the mission focuses on capacity building in support of the Somali security forces. The training is carried out by the personnel of the Carabinieri, and is now in its third edition, following the missions of 2013 and 2014. The courses include 12 weeks of intensive work, with basic training for police officers on control procedures for people and vehicles, fundamentals investigative techniques, arrangements for inspection and evidence collection on a crime scene, and basic law notions, with a focus on humanitarian and international law. (9Colonne)
