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SISDE
Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Democratica (Intelligence and Democratic Security Service), was the domestic intelligence agency of Italy. With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services approved on 1 August 2007, SISDE was replaced by AISI. History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control. The agency was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agencies. In 1977, with Legislative Act n.801 of 24/10/1977, this came after a former chief of SID, Vito Miceli, was arrested for "conspiration against the State" (See Golpe Borghese), and the intelligence agencies were reorganized in a democratic attempt. This re-organization mainly consisted of: *The split of SID, the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination Of Paolo Borsellino
The via D'Amelio bombing () was a terrorist attack by the Sicilian Mafia, which took place in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on 19 July 1992. It killed Paolo Borsellino, the anti-Mafia Italian magistrate, and five members of his police escort: Agostino Catalano, Emanuela Loi (the first Italian female member of a police escort and the first to be killed on duty), Vincenzo Li Muli, Walter Eddie Cosina, and Claudio Traina. The so-called ''agenda rossa'', the red notebook in which Borsellino used to write down details of his investigations and which he always carried with him, disappeared from the site in the moments after the explosion. A ''carabinieri'' officer who was present when the explosion occurred reported he had delivered the notebook to Giuseppe Ayala, the first Palermo magistrate to arrive at the scene. Ayala, who said he had refused to receive it, was later criticized for saying escorts to anti-mafia judges should be reduced, despite evidence of further failed attempts to kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CESIS
Comitato Esecutivo per i Servizi di Informazione e Sicurezza () was an Italian government committee whose mission was the coordination of all the intelligence sector, and specifically between the two civilian and military intelligence agencies (respectively, SISDE and SISMI), with the aim to report all the relevant information collected by it to the political Authorities, represented by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services approved on 1 August 2007, CESIS was replaced by DIS.Legislative Act n.124 of 08/03/2007, reported on the Official Gazette of the Italian RepublicGeneral Series, n.187 of 08/13/2007 History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control. The committee was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servizio Informazioni Difesa
(; , ) was the military intelligence intelligence agency, agency of Italy from 1977 to 2007. With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services approved on 1 August 2007, SISMI was replaced by Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE).Legislative Act n.124 of 08/03/2007, reported on the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, General Series, n.187 of 08/13/2007 History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times (Servizio Informazioni Militari, SIM 1900–49, SIFAR 1949–65, Servizio Informazioni Difesa, SID 1965–77) and last SISDE (civil) and SISMI (military) from 1977 to 2007, in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under Civilian control of the military, civilian control. The agency was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propaganda 2
(; P2) was a Masonic lodge, founded in 1877, within the tradition of Continental Freemasonry and under the authority of Grand Orient of Italy. Its Masonic charter was withdrawn in 1976, and it was transformed by Worshipful Master Licio Gelli into an international, illegal, clandestine, anti-communist, anti-Soviet, anti-Marxist, and radical right criminal organization and secret society operating in contravention of Article 18 of the Constitution of Italy that banned all such secret associations. Licio Gelli continued to operate the unaffiliated lodge from 1976 to 1984. P2 was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries, including the collapse of the Holy See-affiliated Banco Ambrosiano, the contract killings of journalist Carmine Pecorelli and mobbed-up bank president Roberto Calvi, and political corruption cases within the nationwide Tangentopoli bribery scandal. P2 came to light through the investigations into the collapse of Michele Sindona's financial empire. P2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SISMI
(; , ) was the military intelligence agency of Italy from 1977 to 2007. With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services approved on 1 August 2007, SISMI was replaced by Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE).Legislative Act n.124 of 08/03/2007, reported on the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, General Series, n.187 of 08/13/2007 History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times ( SIM 1900–49, SIFAR 1949–65, SID 1965–77) and last SISDE (civil) and SISMI (military) from 1977 to 2007, in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control. The agency was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agencies. * In 1977, with Legislative Act n.801, the SISMI was created after a former chief of the SID, Vito Mice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligence Agency Of Italy
Italian intelligence agencies are the intelligence agencies of Italy. Currently, the Italian intelligence agencies are the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE), focusing on foreign intelligence, and the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna (AISI), focusing on internal security. They form part of the Department of Information for Security, which in turn is part of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The agencies have been reorganized multiple times since the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946 to attempt to increase effectiveness. History Military Information Service The Military Information Service, known in Italian as ''Servizio Informazioni Militare'' or SIM, was founded on October 15, 1925. It originated from a military information system structure within the Italian Armed Forces. From February 6, 1927, it was placed under the direct control of the Chief of General Staff. Benito Mussolini is said to have changed the leadership frequently as he did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Intelligence Agencies
Italian intelligence agencies are the intelligence agencies of Italy. Currently, the Italian intelligence agencies are the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE), focusing on foreign intelligence, and the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna (AISI), focusing on internal security. They form part of the Department of Information for Security, which in turn is part of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The agencies have been reorganized multiple times since the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946 to attempt to increase effectiveness. History Military Information Service The Military Information Service, known in Italian as ''Servizio Informazioni Militare'' or SIM, was founded on October 15, 1925. It originated from a military information system structure within the Italian Armed Forces. From February 6, 1927, it was placed under the direct control of the Chief of General Staff. Benito Mussolini is said to have changed the leadership frequently as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Contrada
Bruno Contrada (born September 2, 1931 in Naples, Italy) is the former police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE who was arrested based on revelations of former Sicilian Mafiosi turned pentiti, Gaspare Mutolo and Giuseppe Marchese. Biography Contrada was born in Naples. He entered the Italian police in 1958, and in 1973 he received the command of the judiciary police in Palermo. In 1982 he moved to SISDE with the responsibility of the offices in Sicily and Sardinia. In 1986, he was called to Rome in the Operational Division of the SISDE directory. In 1992, together with Italian Police head Arturo Parisi, he had a secret meeting with antimafia judge Paolo Borsellino under the direction of the then Minister of Interiors, Nicola Mancino. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Gabrielli
Franco Gabrielli (born 13 February 1960) is an Italian police officer, prefect and civil servant. He has been director of SISDE (the civil intelligence service) and prefect of L'Aquila. In November 2010, he was named chief of the Italian Protezione Civile, an office he held until 2015. In 2016, Gabrielli was named chief of the State Police, holding the office until 2021. Biography Born at Viareggio, he graduated in jurisprudence. He subsequently worked for DIGOS (the Italian anti-terrorist department) in Florence, and later moved to the , an interforce directorate for police coordination on the national territory. In 2001 he became chief of DIGOS in Rome and from 2003 he coordinated investigations on the New Red Brigades. In 2005 he became director of the Central Antiterrorism Service and, in the July of the same year, he contributed to the arrest of Hamdi Adus Isaac, responsible for the 21 July 2005 London bombings. Other investigations he directed were those on the mafia V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agenzia Informazioni E Sicurezza Esterna
The Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE; Italian language, Italian: ''External Intelligence and Security Agency'') is the Espionage, foreign intelligence service of Italy. AISE was established in 2007 to replace the SISMI, Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) as part of reforms of Italian intelligence agencies, Italy's intelligence services. The agency operates outside of Italy to protect national security and interests mainly through the use of HUMINT and is responsible to the prime minister of Italy through the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy), Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The current director of AISE is General Giovanni Caravelli. History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times: * Servizio Informazioni Militari, SIM 1900–49, * SIFAR 1949–65, * SIOS 1949–97, * Servizio Informazioni Difesa, SID 1965–77, * SISMI (military branch), and SISDE (civil branch), CESIS, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COPACO
Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (''Comitato Parlamentare per la Sicurezza della Repubblica'', COPASIR) is a body of the Italian Parliament deputed to survey and oversee the activities of the Italian intelligence agencies. History Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control. The committee was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agencies. * In 1977, with Legislative Act n.801 of 24/10/1977, this came after a former chief of SID, Vito Miceli, was arrested for "conspiration against the State" (See Golpe Borghese), and the intelligence agencies were reorganized in a democratic attempt. This re-organization mainly consisted of: ** The split of SID, the intellig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agenzia Informazioni E Sicurezza Interna
The Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna ( Italian for "Internal Intelligence and Security Agency"), commonly known as AISI, is the domestic security agency of Italy. References See also * Italian intelligence agencies *Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna The Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE; Italian language, Italian: ''External Intelligence and Security Agency'') is the Espionage, foreign intelligence service of Italy. AISE was established in 2007 to replace the SISMI, Militar ... Italian intelligence agencies Domestic intelligence agencies {{italy-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
