Italy allows vigilantes for first time since Mussolini's Blackshirts
Italy has sanctioned the creation of vigilante patrols for the first time since Benito Mussolini's notorious Blackshirt volunteer militia.
A new law gives an official stamp of approval to vigilante groups that have sprung up in several Italian cities, especially in the northern strongholds of the Right-wing, anti-immigrant Northern League.
The vigilantes will be able to alert police to public order offences or suspected criminals but do not have the power of arrest.
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A new law gives an official stamp of approval to vigilante groups that have sprung up in several Italian cities, especially in the northern strongholds of the Right-wing, anti-immigrant Northern League.
The vigilantes will be able to alert police to public order offences or suspected criminals but do not have the power of arrest.