A delegation consisting of high managers and officials of the French law enforcement officers visited the forest, environment and agri-food Carabinieri unit (CUFAA). With the training exchange program, participants can deepen the activities for environmental and agri -food protection that are carried out by the Carabinieri weapon
A high -level delegation for environmental protection
The group of visitors consisted of forty members, including managers at high level and officials who belong to various French administrations and law enforcement agencies, including the National Police and Gendarmerie. The visit to Italy was part of the twinning between theInstitute for High Studies of the French Ministry of the Interior (Speech) to School of specialization for the police of the Italian Ministry of the InteriorThe first Interforce school in Europe.
Reception and presentation of the activities of Cufaa
The delegation was accepted by the commander of the NearGene. Ca Fabrizio Parculli, who welcomed the participants. In the room “Forestry parliament of the forests”Captain Mattia Perugini, commander of the Agri -Food and Forestry Environmental Police Investigative Unit from Belluno, held a briefing from French language.
During the intervention, the most important activities of Cufaa were illustrated. Special attention has been paid to the prevention and repression of environmental crime, the protection of biodiversity and the protection of the Italian agri food sector.
A focus on the operational specialties of Cufaa
The French delegation then continued the visit to some of the command specialties. Under this, the Boschivo Firefighting Information UnitNiab and the Cites grouping. The first is about the prevention and repression of fires and the second specialized in the protection of final -threatened fauna and flora species.
But also the protection of the agri foods, dedicated to supervision of fraud, refinements, falsifications, falsifications and other action at the expense of consumers in the sector.
A unique environmental police model in Europe
The comparison and exchange of experiences have strengthened cooperation between the two countries. And the frequency of the IHEMI in Paris was able to touch the varied activity of the CUFA with their hand that nowadays represents a flagship, often defined as “Environmental Police”Unique of its kind in Europe.
