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Italy's law-and-order crackdowns under Meloni

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Italy is set to approve a new package of measures aimed at strengthening law enforcement following recent civil unrest. Since taking office in 2022, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has introduced several security packages, including the Rave/Justice Decree targeting illegal gatherings, the Cutro Decree addressing migrant issues and maritime safety, and the Caivano Decree responding to juvenile crime. The latest Security Decree from 2025 expands penalties for various offenses like squatting and protest blockades, contributing to a 17% increase in Italy's prison population over four years, adding almost 10,000 inmates.

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As of October 21, 2026, Italy's government has deployed 500 troops to Milan after two days of violent protests over rising living costs and poor public services. Luxury shops in Milan’s Via Montenapoleone district removed merchandise from their windows as a precautionary measure against potential unrest. During the weekend, several hundred hooded protesters set bins ablaze and looted stores including Decathlon and Arc’teryx, while clashing with police forces. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini announced these security measures will include enhanced surveillance and penalties for rioters, though soldiers will not be granted additional policing powers due to opposition from President Sergio Mattarella. The unrest also saw dozens of arrests and injuries among police officers, with more protests expected in the coming days.

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CAIVANO DECREE Caivano Calabria Italy ROME

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It also curbed migrants' grounds for "special protection" against expulsion, facilitated construction of new migrant reception and repatriation centres and extended the period of detention in them. CAIVANO DECREE, 2023 Adopted after a high-profile case involving the alleged rape of two girls in Caivano, near Naples, the law broadened the scope for putting minors in pre-trial custody, and reduced the option of rehabilitation programmes after grave juvenile offences.

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🔮 ROME, Oct 20 - Italy will approve a package of measures on Tuesday aimed at strengthening law-and-order after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property.

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Italy's law-and-order crackdowns under Meloni · assertive framing

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ROME, Oct 20 - Italy will approve a package of measures on Tuesday aimed at strengthening law-and-order after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property. asserted

demonstrators → approve → property

The legislation is the latest in a stream of bills and emergency decrees toughening sanctions for protesters and other groups approved by Meloni since she took office in 2022. asserted

she → toughen → 2022

" RAVE/JUSTICE DECREE, 2022 One of Meloni's first measures, the decree targeted illegal rave parties and other gatherings that could endanger public safety, with prison sentences of up to six years. uncertain

that → target → years

CUTRO DECREE, 2023 Following a migrant shipwreck off the southern region of Calabria, the decree created a new crime punishable with up to 30-years in prison, for cases in which death or serious injury results from illegal-migration offences. asserted

death → follow → offences

law → curb → offences

It increased penalties for possession of weapons and for minor drug offences, and allowed disruptive young inmates to be moved from juvenile to adult prisons. asserted

inmates → increase → prisons

It also made violation of compulsory-schooling obligations a crime, with responsible adults facing prison terms for failing to enrol a child. asserted

adults → make → child

The decree triggered a 50% rise in the juvenile prison population, prisoners' rights group Antigone said in August. asserted

group → trigger → August

SECURITY DECREE, 2025 The decree created new crimes and toughened sanctions in a range of areas including squatting, road blockades during protests and revolts in prisons and migrant detention centres. asserted

decree → create → prisons

It also tightened rules on the revocation of citizenship following final conviction for terrorism- or subversion-related crimes. asserted

It → tighten → crimes

In four years under Meloni, Italy's prison population has increased by more than 17%, or almost 10,000 people, government data shows. asserted

data → increase → %