With the new year, checks will be increased to enforce stricter regulations on driving under the influence of alcohol
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Tag: Italian police
American tourist writes on Ponte Vecchio
An American tourist wrote a message in English with marker pen on Ponte Vecchio bridge. She risks a one-year suspended jail term and a 3,000-euro fine.
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Man shot in central Florence dies
A 70-year-old black man was shot multiple times in central Florence Monday and died of his wounds.
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33 arrested in operation targeting Chinese mafia
Italian police conducted a huge operation targeting the Chinese mafia.
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Nigerian sprayed with pepper-spray in Florence
A Nigerian man complained of being attacked during a fight with pepper spray near Florence’s Duomo.
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Two of Florence jail-break trio caught
Two of three Romanians who escaped from Florence’s Sollicciano prison on February 20 was caught in Switzerland and Turin on Wednesday April 5, 2017.
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Manhunt for three after Sollicciano jailbreak
Police across Italy on Tuesday February 21, 2017 were looking for three Romanian inmates who escaped from Florence’s Sollicciano prison the previous night.
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False bomb threat at Pitti Uomo fashion fair
The bomb alarm sparked by an abandoned suitcase near the ticket office for the Pitti Uomo men’s fashion fair at Florence’s Fortezza da Basso is over.
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Firefighters saved a cat by giving it oxygen
The Florence Firefighters saved a cat from death by giving it oxygen on Monday May 9, 2016.
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Reporter of fake foiled attack in Florence identified
Police have identified and cited an alleged member of the hacktivist group Anonymous known as X who claimed the organisation had prevented an ISIS terrorist attack in Florence.
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