(August 4, 2016 From now on Italy and Sudan will be able to work together in a more concrete and structured way on immigration, thanks to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Heads of Police of the respective countries, Franco Gabrielli and General Hashim Osman Al Hussein in the presence of Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation officials. Cooperation in key areas such as fighting international organized crime, illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings, telecom and financial crime, such as money laundering, documents counterfeiting and corruption are key points of the agreement . A series of articles related to the repatriation of citizens who were to remain on Italian and Sudanese territory in an irregular manner. “This signature is essential to distinguish clearly citizens of the two countries, mutual guests and welcome on each other’s soil, from those citizens who have no right to remain in the territories of the two states” explained the Italian Ambassador in Sudan, Fabrizio Lobasso, at the end of the meeting. (Red)
