San Marino. The activity of the Guardia di Rocca in 2022, between prevention, security and control of the territory
The Guardia di Rocca illustrates the activities carried out by the Corps during 2022
“In the past year – reads a note from the Command -, within the sphere of its competences, the Rock Guard Corps has mainly focused its activity on prevention, security, territorial control services, on the cross-border transport of cash and similar instruments, on the control of incoming goods, as well as on the usual representation and surveillance services at the Institutional Headquarters.
The Rocca Guard Corps ensured daily patrolling of the territory, as well as border checkpoints and occasionally joint checkpoints with the Gendarmerie. During these vehicular checks were carried out with theidentification of 2,621 controlled persons, 1,095 have been subjected to targeted inspections to counter the phenomenon of the transport of cash and similar instruments which have resulted in various sanctions.
At the Single Court they were initiated 141 Criminal Proceedingsof which 8 by delegation from the Judicial Authority; they are part of them 6 reports of crimes in the fight against violence against women and gender, 4 arrests one of which is inter-force with the Gendarmerie and Civil Police in the sector of the prevention of predatory crimes. Among these, the activities related to the seizure of three vehicles, two of which were subsequently stolen in Germany and Italy, one of which had had its chassis number changed in order to be able to re-register it. Following the three kidnappings, 3 investigative activities were opened in collaboration with the German, Polish, Ukrainian and Italian Police Forces; in particular with the Traffic Police Sections of Fano, Ventimiglia and Naples. The joint activity made it possible to identify decisions of vehicles registered in Italy using false San Marino documentation, leading to the denunciation of decisions of people residing on Italian soil, including characters affiliated with the organized crime of Campano.
Again with an initiative activity, with the support of “Nike Italia”, the Corps carried out an operation that led to the seizure of 53 counterfeit clothing itemsfootwear being equal, with the consequent complaint of a citizen of San Marino and an Italian citizen residing in Malta.
In addition to what has been described, the Corps has dealt with activity related to computer networksin particular to misdeeds of “Revenge porn”, extortion, fraud, cloning and finally the theft of money following hacked bank transfers with the technical note of the “sniffing”.
And again:
- 146 lost reports collected;
- 12 interventions for “Blue Code”;
- 34 interventions for theft/robbery alarms;
- 30 interventions for disputes;
- 43 interventions on road accidents;
- 38 escorts;
- 83,044 electronic visas for the importation of goods into the territory;
- 7,417 customs documents cleared with the NTCS system;
- 1,263 controls c/o economic activities;
- 110 reports sent to the Tax Office for irregularities found on imports;
- 35 Representation Services.
With the support of the Artillery Company, the traditional Sentinel Service and Changing of the Guard was carried out from 27 June to 18 September.
The Corps also contributed to the surveillance service at the headquarters of the Single Court”.