Italy allows private guards on board its flag vessels

(BRUSSELS2) In the decree-law that defines government refinancing of military missions abroad, the Italian government has defined additional measures to combat military piracy. And in particular the possibility for merchant and fishing vessels, flying the Italian flag, to use private security companies in areas exposed to piracy. These private guards may be armed. But all the conditions are not yet defined. According to a dispatch from the Ansa agency, a new decree must be adopted within sixty days, to establish " the conditions and requirements for the possession, use, acquisition and transport of arms and ammunition by security guards”.