Politics · Italy · 6 hrs ago
Italy’s Revenue Agency cancels training deal with Carabinieri
Italy’s Revenue Agency cancelled a five-year training deal with the Carabinieri less than 24 hours after it was signed on 28 October.
The agreement would have let the Carabinieri use their experience and training facilities to build Revenue Agency staff skills in investigative techniques.
It also aimed to train Carabinieri in economic and financial fields, including tax checks and market analysis.
The Guardia di Finanza objected that these are its core areas of work, and its unions warned that the deal could sideline its 60,000 personnel.
The Guardia di Finanza works on economic and financial policing and collaborates directly with the Revenue Agency.
The dispute raised tensions between the two police forces, and Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti reportedly intervened before the deal was cancelled.
The agreement is no longer in force, and no further steps are described.
Italy’s Revenue Agency cancelled a five-year training agreement with the Carabinieri less than 24 hours after it was signed.
The agreement, signed on 28 October, aimed to develop Carabinieri personnel’s skills in economic and financial investigations.
The Guardia di Finanza objected that the subjects covered were within its traditional remit and warned the deal could sideline its 60,000 personnel.
The unions representing Guardia di Finanza personnel wrote to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti.
Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that Giorgetti intervened before the agreement was cancelled.
- Who
- Italy’s Revenue Agency and the Carabinieri signed the agreement; the Revenue Agency later cancelled it.
- What
- A five-year agreement to train Agency personnel in investigative techniques and develop Carabinieri personnel’s economic and financial capabilities was rescinded.
- When
- It was signed on 28 October and cancelled less than 24 hours later.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- Guardia di Finanza personnel unions objected that the training concerned areas typical of their corps and could weaken its role.
Guardia di Finanza unions
Revenue Agency and Carabinieri
Scope of responsibilities
Guardia di Finanza unions
The unions said the agreement covered areas typical of the Guardia di Finanza, Italy’s general economic and financial police force.
Revenue Agency and Carabinieri
The agreement aimed to develop economic and financial investigative skills through cooperation between the Agency and the Carabinieri.
Institutional impact
Guardia di Finanza unions
The unions warned that the deal risked making 60,000 Guardia di Finanza personnel feel sidelined and could weaken the institution.
Revenue Agency and Carabinieri
The agreement’s stated aim was to consolidate Agency personnel’s investigative skills; the sources do not report a response to the unions’ concerns.
The Carabinieri and the Revenue Agency signed a five-year agreement.
Guardia di Finanza unions sent a letter to Giorgia Meloni and Giancarlo Giorgetti objecting to the agreement.
The Revenue Agency rescinded the agreement; Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that Giorgetti intervened.
- Agreement term
- Five years
- Signing date
- 28 October
- Cancellation
- Less than 24 hours after signing
- Guardia di Finanza personnel
- 60,000
- Unions signing the letter
- Usif, Silf and Siaf
What people are saying
the risk that the sixty thousand members of the Guardia di Finanza feel pushed aside
The Guardia di Finanza is and remains the only police force with general economic and financial policing authority in our country