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36-685: The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia ( DIA ), also known as the Anti-Mafia Investigation Division , is an Italian multi-force investigation body under the Department of Public Security of the Ministry of the Interior . Its main task is the fight against the mafia -related organized crime in Italy . DIA was established with the law decree n. 345 of 29 October 1991, following the intensification of

72-438: A peripheral structure formed by 12 operative centers ( Turin , Milan, Genoa , Padua , Florence , Rome, Naples , Bari , Reggio Calabria , Palermo , Catania , Caltanissetta ) and 9 operative sections ( Trieste , Salerno , Lecce , Catanzaro , Messina , Trapani , Agrigento , Bologna , Brescia ). DIA has the tasks of performing investigations of judiciary police related to crimes of mafia-type association and it ensures

108-571: A prison system, so the Vatican sends convicted criminals to the Italian prison system. According to Interpol , this force (as part of the Ministry of Justice) has a "nationwide remit for prison security, inmate safety and transportation". The Polizia Penitenziaria was formed in 1990 to replace the former Corpo degli Agenti di Custodia . Professionalization and demilitarization were motives for creating

144-557: A series of hallways. Notable aspects include the imposing triple arched entrance of the Palazzo della Presidenza, the staircase of honour of the Palazzo degli Uffici, the chamber of the Council of Ministers , and entrance to the stairway leading to the piano nobile , with wooden, marble, and stucco decoration. In 1961, the headquarters of the Office of Prime Minister was separated from the Ministry of

180-445: A slightly different function. Their number is 112. The Polizia Penitenziaria are an armed police force, like most Italian police forces and it uses a variety of firearms and weapons for self-defence: As a national, civilian police force, the uniform and insignia is similar to other Italian police forces, with historical, service and seasonal variations, as well as rank Principally, there are: Uniforms are then further split along

216-418: Is an inter-force composition; members are selected from those of the Italian police forces and from the civil personnel of the internal administration (belonging to the public security). DIA has its own collocation within the Department of Public Security. It has full administrative-financial and management autonomy and its organization is defined by the Ministry of Interior with proper decrees, after consulting

252-533: The Consiglio generale per la lotta alla criminalità organizzata ('General Council for the Contrast Against Organized Crime'). At the top of the structure there is a director, chosen in rotation between general officers of Guardia di Finanza and Carabinieri as well as senior directors of Polizia di Stato who had matured a specific competence in the field of the fight against organized crime. In

288-473: The Direzione Nazionale Antimafia ('National Anti-Mafia Directorate'), with its national anti-mafia prosecutor, and the direzioni distrettuali antimafia ('Districtual Anti-Mafia Directorates'), spread on all the Italian territory within the 26 Court of Appeal. The first director of DIA was the general of Carabinieri Giuseppe Tavormina . Since 2013, as a police force with general competence,

324-539: The First World War , its overall structure was not significantly modified. With the rise of Italian Fascism , there was little change. An exception is Law no.1601 of 3 December 1922, which transferred the General Directorate of Prisons and Rehabilitation to the Ministry of Mercy, Justice, and Worship . In general, Benito Mussolini controlled the ministry personally, but it progressively lost its guiding role in

360-512: The Italian Armed Forces for one year (VFP1) or for four years (VFP4). On 1 January 2017, the public selections were newly open to civil citizens and a share of 40% of the available working roles began to be reserved to them. The psycho-physical requisites were the same fixed by the Decree of Italian President of Republic n. 904, which had come into force on 23 December 1983. As of July 2021,

396-554: The Polizia Penitenziaria has been part of the DIA organics according to the legislative decree n. 218 of 15 November 2012. The DIA is a specialized investigation body with the exclusive task of ensuring the proceeding, in a coordinated form, of the preventive investigation activities regarding the organized crime, and to carry out judiciary police investigations related exclusively to crimes attributable to like-mafia associations. It

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432-510: The Polizia di Stato was reformed and transformed from the General Directorate of Public Security into a Department. This anticipated the future departmental structure of the ministry as a whole. In the 1990s, the Bassanini Reforms  [ it ] involved a complex process of reorganisation of the administrative structure of the Ministry. In particular, Decree Law no.300/1999 dealt with

468-461: The Central DNA laboratory of Polizia Penitenziaria for own investigations. From 1992 to 31 December 2018, DIA seized assets for over €17 billions and confiscation for almost €10 billions. Moreover, in the same period, about 10 501 people accused of mafia association had been arrested. Ministry of the Interior (Italy) The ministry is responsible for internal security and the protection of

504-804: The Fire Fighters Department ( Vigili del Fuoco ) and the Prefect The minister therefore sits on the High Council of Defence . The main functions of the ministry are declared in the Executive Order No. 300, promulgated on the 30th of July 1999 and are as follows: Currently, the Ministry's duties and powers are regulated by the Presidential decrees of 5 June 1976, no. 676 and 7 September 2001 no. 398. The following departments, directorates, special commissions, and other offices and secretariats of

540-600: The Interior and transferred to Palazzo Chigi , where it remains today. Polizia Penitenziaria The Polizia Penitenziari a (in English, "Penitentiary Police"), formally the Corpo di Polizia Penitenziaria , is a law enforcement agency in Italy which is subordinate to the Italian Ministry of Justice and operates the Italian prison system as corrections officers . Vatican City , an independent state, does not have

576-696: The Interior has been based in Rome at the Palazzo del Viminale since 1925. Before that, the Ministry, as well as the office of the Prime Minister, were based at the Palazzo Braschi . The Viminale was commissioned in 1911 by Giovanni Giolitti . The architect was Manfredo Manfredi , who was instructed to design a fitting structure for a government headquarters. The Viminale was officially inaugurated on 9 July 1925. The building has five stories and hundreds of rooms linked by

612-579: The Kingdom of Italy's existence, the Prefectures gave the government tight control over local affairs, representing the central government locally. In many areas of Italy, the Prefectures were the only offices of the central government. The Ministry was reorganised in 1870 by Minister Giovanni Lanza and again in 1874 and 1877, under the first government of the left-wing of the Liberal Party. During these years,

648-400: The Ministry acquired control of the police (separate from the judicial police), prisons, and social policing (meaning offices of public health). Towards the end of the 19th century, Minister Francesco Crispi strengthened the ministry and the prefectures. Subsequently, Minister Antonio di Rudinì decentralised some functions, entrusting various roles to the prefectures which had previously been

684-679: The Ministry of Interior are as follows: The Ministry of the Interior was among the oldest ministries of the Kingdom of Sardinia . It experienced a notable growth in responsibilities from 1861, as a result of the Unification of Italy . As a result of the absence of any kind of Head of Government from the Albertine Statute , the Ministry of the Interior had priority over the Presidency of the Council from

720-604: The Ministry of the Interior lost control of the Archive of State  [ it ] . In the 1980s, the Department of Civil Protection was created, which is headed by an independent Minister without portfolio , but is based on the organisation of the Ministry There was also a reorganisation of the centralised structure of the Ministry and the number of General Directorates declined from even to five. Moreover, with Law no. 121/1981,

756-462: The Ministry were executed by a system of prefectures , based on the French model , with provincial seats whose authority derived from the central government. The attributes of the prefect were intended by the liberal Historical Right government to unify Italy. It was Minister Bettino Ricasoli who initiated this policy of marked centralisation in 1861 with the "Decrees of October." In the first decades of

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792-498: The administration of the state. In 1931, the General Directorate of Support for Worship and of Support for Charity and Religion of the City of Rome, as well as the General Directorate of Religious Affairs, which had previously belonged to the Ministry of Mercy and Justice, were entrusted to the Ministry of the Interior. These offices are still part of the Ministry of the Interior. After the fall of Fascism, institutional changes resulted from

828-511: The beginning. During the establishment of the unitary state, the Minister of the Interior represented a strongly centralised model of state, desired by the Piedmontese statesmen in order to strengthen the state which they saw as excessively diverse. Along with the Ministry of Finance , the Ministry of the Interior was one of the two pillars on which Italian national unity was built. The functions of

864-546: The constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons and for administrative questions. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation. The Ministry of the Interior is the political authority for the administration of internal affairs. It controls the State Police ( Polizia di Stato ),

900-440: The creation of a departmental structure for the Ministry. Additionally, the prefecture system was overhauled and they were renamed "Government Territorial Prefecture Offices." Since the completion of these reforms, the Ministry has had authority over "general" administration, including relationships between centre and periphery, and particularly for the protection of fundamental functions and the security of citizens. The Ministry of

936-498: The creation of the Republic of Italy . The main theme of these changes was the increased decentralisation of power to the Regions and the progressive transfer of competencies from the Ministry of the Interior to them over the course of the 1960s. The main role of the Ministry also changed or rather reverted to the role it had had under Giolitti decades earlier. Its role in social protection

972-517: The exercise of his functions, the director is joined to two deputy director, and to one of them is given also the vicarious function, who have the task of overseeing respectively the operative and administrative activities. The organization is formed by a central building in Rome, articulated in a cabinet division, 3 departments ('Preventive Investigations', 'Judicial Investigations' and 'International Relations for Investigation Purposes') and 7 offices. DIA has

1008-513: The fight against the Sicilian Mafia in Italy, just before the killing of magistrate Giovanni Falcone , the main inspiration and promoter, and was created with the urgent decree during the Andreotti VII government and Italian Minister of Justice Claudio Martelli as a police multy-force body ( Carabinieri , Polizia di Stato and Guardia di Finanza ). The DIA was established just before

1044-416: The lines of: The type of uniform worn depends also on the duty being carried out. E.g. office work, or prison landing work, or armed exterior patrols, or riots, all require different uniform and equipment. The Polizia Penitenziaria recruits its members through an open, public and competitive exam which is announced by the Ministry of Justice . A quote of the available working posts can be reserved by law to

1080-658: The new organisation. The Polizia Penitenziaria carries out the functions of the Judicial Police, Public Safety, Traffic Police and Corrections. They support other law enforcement agencies, such as with traffic roadblocks (known as a controllo ). The Polizia Penitenziaria is one of the four national police forces of Italy (along with the Carabinieri , the Polizia di Stato and the Guardia di Finanza ), with each force performing

1116-406: The prefectures were called upon to mediate in labour conflicts and improve working conditions, in collaboration with the government labour office, and to "municipalise" essential services like tramlines, streetlighting, kindergartens, etc. In this area too, their powers and administrative role expanded. Although the Ministry continued its ordinary role in maintaining security, order and health during

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1152-415: The progress of preventive investigation activities regarding organized crime. The director of DIA can propose to courts, competent for territory, the imposition of preventive measures both personal (like special surveillance) and patrimonial (seizure of assets) kind. In particular, the DIA, coordinated by Anti-mafia National Prosecutor, and the anti-mafia district directorates use their instruments as well as

1188-402: The promotion of internal workers or people who have contracted a permanent and irreversible infirmity in the fulfillment of their duty. An analogue right could be reserved to their more proximate relatives. Until the approval of the ordinary law n. 225 23 August 2004, the selection was open to any Italian civil citizen who had the requisites for absolving the military service . Those people had

1224-413: The responsibility of the Ministry itself. Under Giovanni Giolitti , in the early twentieth century, the Ministry became the key means of state action. It exercised watchful and strict control over the comuni and provinces , especially in matters of public order. In the arena of public health, it enforced a rationalisation of health laws in 1913, with the so-called "Sanitary Codex". In the social sphere,

1260-475: The right to absolve it directly within the Polizia Penitenziaria, after having passed the public exam for the qualification as an auxiliary agent. The selection was reserved to the Italian male residents who were eligible for the military service. From 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2016, the working positions, which had been object of public selection, were reserved to volunteers who had a conscription in

1296-418: Was reinforced and, along with the Ministry of Labour , it played a key role in welfare politics, providing support to the socially disadvantaged and guaranteeing protection in the event of disaster. The important sphere of public health was removed from the control of the Ministry in 1958, with the institution of the Ministry of Health . With the creation of the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Environments ,

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