Editing Carabinieri (section)

=== Specialist and Mobile Units Command Organization ===
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Outside the territorial organisation, the Specialist and Mobile Units Command ''Palidoro'' ({{lang|it|Comando delle Unità Mobili e Specializzate "Palidoro"}}, based in Rome) controls the [[Carabinieri Mobile Units Division]], the [[Carabinieri Specialist Units Division]] and the [[Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale|ROS]].

==== Carabinieri Specialist Units Division ====
{{See also|Carabinieri Specialist Units Division}}
The [[Carabinieri Specialist Units Division]] is the Carabinieri formation, established in 2001, dedicated to the performance of specialist police activities and the support to the Territorial Organizations. The Division directs, controls, and coordinates its own units, which carry out tasks related to the protection of Italian artistic heritage, to the currency protection, to the protection of Italian embassies abroad, to the health protection, to the labour policing, to Bank of Italy needs, to the Carabinieri forensics police services. In addition, the Division provides Carabinieri air support.

==== Mobile Units Division ====
[[File:0 Béret de carabinier parachutiste italien.JPG|thumb|Paratrooper Carabinieri beret.]]
{{See also|Carabinieri Mobile Units Division}}
The [[Carabinieri Mobile Units Division]] is located in [[Rome]] and has two brigades tasked with mass manoeuvres during emergencies, defending the nation and participating in military operations abroad. It supports [[Public-order crime|public order]] and territorial control in urban areas, and contributes to the operations of civil authorities in terms of public safety. 1st Mobile Brigade, whose headquarters is located in Rome and includes six Regiments and four Battalions mainly employed in public order tasks. 2nd Mobile Brigade headquartered in Livorno includes the [[Gruppo di Intervento Speciale]]  special forces group, the [[1st Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"]], and the 7th "Trentino-Alto Adige" and 13th "Friuli-Venezia Giulia" regiments, which, together with the [[Multinational Specialized Unit]], are mainly engaged in international missions.

==== Special forces ====
{{See also|Gruppo di Intervento Speciale}}
The [[Gruppo di Intervento Speciale]] in one of the six [[Italian special forces]].

==== ROS ====
The ROS (''[[Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale]]'' or Special Operational Group) is an elite unit founded in 1990 to deal with [[organised crime]] ([[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]] and others), subversive activities, [[terrorism]] and more complex types of crime. An anti-crime section is found in every city and district public prosecutor's office.

==== Special Tasks Departments ====
[[File:2june2006 374.jpg|thumb|Corazzieri]]
Special Tasks Departments are outside the ordinary organisational framework and are used for special missions:
''[[Corazzieri]]'' ([[Cuirassier]]s) are an elite corps and honour guard of the [[President of the Italian Republic]], located in the [[Quirinal Palace]]. They are distinguished by their uniforms and height (the minimum height for admission is {{convert|1.9|m|ftin|abbr=on|disp=or}}). They have almost no other everyday duties, although they may be seen patrolling occasionally. 

Other departments are in service to constitutional bodies such as, the Presidency of the Republic, the Senate, Parliament, the Judiciary, the [[prime minister]] and the National Council of Economy and Labour. Carabinieri also perform [[military police]] and security duties for the Ministry of Defence, military high commands, the offices of the military judiciary and allied military organisations in Italy and abroad. They also have personnel attached to the [[Polizia di Stato|Department of Public Security]] in various departments, as well as anti-Mafia and anti-drug investigative task forces. ''Carabinieri'' officers are charged with surveillance and security at Italian embassies and consulates abroad, performing the same services entrusted to the [[Marine Corps Embassy Security Group]] in United States diplomatic and consular offices.

Together with the [[Polizia di Stato]] and the [[Guardia di Finanza]], the Carabinieri is also responsible for [[border control]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/doc_centre/borders/docs/List%20of%20national%20services%20responsible%20for%20border%20control.pdf|title=List of national services responsible for border control}}</ref>

==== Command Unit for environmental, agri-food and forestry protection ====
The specialized ''Comando unità per la tutela forestale, ambientale, e agroalimentare'' has its headquarters in Rome, and 15 regional commands and approximately 700 Station Commands around the country, with 7,000 personnel. Its missions are preventing production and distribution of illicit agri-foodstuffs, environmental and biodiversity protection, prevention of poaching, and suppression of all criminal organizations that, with their activity, affect the environment. In the Unit, there are also 29 NOEs (''Nucleo Operativo Ecologico''), teams highly specialized in complex investigations in environmental matters against organized crime.