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About 25 people, some belonging to the state police, the carabinieri and border police, were placed under investigation prompting searches in nine Italian regions, Domenico Porcelli, the Genoa prosecutor, told a news conference.
The two people arrested, Gaetano Saya and Riccardo Sindoca, leaders of the National Union of Police Forces, founded the “Department of Strategic Anti-Terrorism Studies” after the Madrid train bombings last year. Officials said that the group saw its mission to “limit and control the financing of terrorists, identify and infiltrate terrorist cells to prevent attacks and carry out counter-espionage analysis”.
Prosecutors believe the group attempted to gain contacts and funds from Nato, the United States and Israel, but with little success. The group allegedly conducted police-like operations, following people around, writing reports and running background checks by illegally accessing the Interior Ministry’s databanks. The website of the extreme-right Destra Nazionale lists Signor Saya as a founding member and president of the party. Signor Sindoca is described as Destra Nazionale’s Cabinet chief and as “an expert in criminology”.
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