The Joint Committee for Italian Development Cooperation has approved, among others, two collaboration projects for the economic and financial security of Latin America.
The initiatives are carried out by the Finance Guard and the Carabinieri and are part of a strategic partnership of collaboration with the International Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA).
The objective is to support the training of police forces in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Mexico in the main criminal phenomenologies directly linked to economic and financial flows and the resulting analysis, investigation and law enforcement techniques.
Furthermore, the projects aim to encourage collaboration and exchange of information between Italian and Latin American institutions in the sectors of environmental protection, health, conservation of cultural heritage and labor.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, welcomed the launch of the two new projects as part of the relaunch of Italian relations with its Latin American partners, highlighting how “among the areas of close collaboration, legal and security diplomacy are of fundamental importance in the fight against organized crime and in strengthening the spread of the culture of legality that characterizes Italy's action in the region”.
The training courses will focus on analysis, investigation and law enforcement techniques, promoting the exchange of information between the institutions involved to reduce crime rates and improve the well-being of countries.
“Since the beginning of my mandate, I have wanted to give a clear signal of the priority I intend to give to relations with Latin America, where I will soon be heading,” added the Italian Deputy Prime Minister.
According to Tajani, his government will carry out “growth diplomacy actions to further strengthen” Italy’s relations “with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.” (HANDLE)
