Editing Carabinieri

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The '''Carabinieri''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ær|ə|b|ɪ|n|ˈ|j|ɛər|i}}, <small>also</small> {{IPAc-en|US|ˌ|k|ɑːr|-}},<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190325133612/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/carabiniere "carabiniere"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/carabiniere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182120/https://www.lexico.com/definition/carabiniere |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=carabiniere |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|carabiniere|accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|it|karabiˈnjɛːri|lang}}; formally '''''Arma dei Carabinieri''''', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps")<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uz8eiwzEMHQC |first1=Ciro |last1=Paoletti |title=A Military History of Italy |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-275-98505-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=Peter G|last2=Bajjaly|first2=Joanne Farchakh|title=The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDttNod0xH4C&pg=PA235|year=2008|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-1-84383-384-0|page=235}}</ref><ref>Richard Heber Wrightson, ''A History of Modern Italy, from the First French Revolution to the Year 1850''. Elibron.com, 2005</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oAqAAAAMAAJ |title=A new survey of universal knowledge |volume=4 |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year=1952}}</ref> are the national [[gendarmerie]] of [[Italy]] who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties. It is one of Italy's main [[law enforcement]] agencies, alongside the [[Polizia di Stato]] and the [[Guardia di Finanza]]. As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri are a military force. As the fourth [[Military branch|branch]] of the [[Italian Armed Forces]], they come under the authority of the [[Ministry of Defence (Italy)|Ministry of Defence]]; for activities related to inland public order and security, they functionally depend on the [[Ministry of the Interior (Italy)|Ministry of the Interior]]. In practice, there is a significant overlap between the jurisdiction of the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri, and both of them are contactable through [[112 (emergency telephone number)|112]], the European Union's Single Emergency number.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Service|url=https://112.gov.it/en/service/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=NUE 112 Numero di emergenza Unico Europeo|language=en-GB}}</ref> Unlike the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri have responsibility for [[Military police|policing the military]], and a number of members regularly participate in military missions abroad.

They were originally founded as the police force of the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]], the forerunner of the [[Kingdom of Italy]]. During the process of [[Italian unification]], the Carabinieri were appointed as the "First Force" of the new national military organization. Although the Carabinieri assisted in the suppression of opposition during the rule of [[Benito Mussolini]], they were also responsible for his downfall and many units were disbanded during [[World War II]] by [[Nazi Germany]], which resulted in large numbers of Carabinieri joining the [[Italian resistance movement]].

In 2000, they were separated from the Army to become a separate branch of the [[Italian Armed Forces]]. Carabinieri have policing powers that can be exercised at any time and in any part of the country, and they are always permitted to carry their assigned weapon as personal equipment ([[Beretta 92|Beretta 92FS]] pistols).

The Carabinieri are often referred to as "La Benemerita" (The Reputable or The Meritorious) as they are a trusted and prestigious law enforcement institution in Italy. The first official account of the use of this term to refer to the Carabinieri dates back to 24 June 1864.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carabinieri.it/arma/curiosita/non-tutti-sanno-che/b/benemerita|title=Benemerita|website=www.carabinieri.it}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Early history ===
Inspired by the French [[gendarmerie]], the corps was created by King [[Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia]] with the aim of providing the [[Savoyard state]] of the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]] with a police corps. After French soldiers had occupied [[Turin]] at the end of the 18th century and later abandoned it to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Royal Carabinieri Corps was instituted under the Royal Patents of 13 July 1814.<ref name=cab /> The name is derived from the French word ''carabinier'', meaning "[[soldier]] armed with a [[carbine]]."<ref>{{cite web | title=Origin and meaning of carabinieri| website=Online Etymology Dictionary | url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/carabinieri | access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

The new force was divided into divisions on the scale of one division for each province. The divisions were further divided into companies and subdivided into lieutenancies, which commanded and coordinated the local police stations and were distributed throughout the national territory in direct contact with the public.<ref name=cab />
[[File:Carb1875.jpg|thumb|Photo of a carabiniere around 1875. The 'Medal of Italian Independence' is worn, indicating a veteran of the [[Risorgimento]] (The Wars for Italian Unification).]]
In 1868, the [[Cuirassiers Regiment (Italy)|Cuirassiers Regiment]] or ''Corazzieri'' was formed, initially as a cavalry escort of honour for the sovereign, and since 1946 for the President of the Republic.<ref name=cab /> The Italian unification saw the number of divisions increased,<ref name=cab /> and on 24 January 1861, the ''Carabinieri'' were appointed the "First Force" of the new national military organization.<ref name=cab />
[[File:0 Chapeau de la grande tenue des Carabiniers italiens.JPG|thumb|Carabinier's bicorne.]]
In May 1915, Italian troops marched to encompass [[South Tyrol]], a territory of their former allies [[Austria-Hungary]], in the [[Italian Campaign (World War I)|Italian front]] . The defenders had sufficient time to prepare strong fortifications there, and at the [[Karst Plateau]] to the east. The Italians, under the overall command of General [[Luigi Cadorna]], found themselves repeatedly repulsed in harsh fighting. The role of the Carabinieri was to act as [[barrier troops]], setting up machine gun posts to control the rear of the attacking regiments and prevent desertion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Mark|title=The White War|year=2009|publisher=Faber|location=London|isbn=978-0-571-22334-3|page=227}}</ref>

=== 1930s and 1940s ===
During [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)]] under [[Benito Mussolini]], the Carabinieri were one of the police forces entrusted with suppressing opposition in Italy.<ref name="collab">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZQlNLN3YXQC&pg=PA274 |title=The Oxford illustrated history of Italy – Google Books |access-date=2009-09-19|isbn=978-0-19-820527-2|year=1997|last1=Holmes |first1=George |last2=Holmes |first2=Chichele|page=274|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> During the same period, while part of the [[Italian African Police]] (mainly in the late 1930s), they were involved in atrocities<ref>{{cite web | title=Massacres and Atrocities of WWII in the Axis Countries | website=members.iinet.net.au | url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/massacres_axis.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194232/http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/massacres_axis.html | archive-date=2016-03-03 | url-status=live | access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/ethiopia/petros2_abuna.html |title=Pétros, Ethiopia, Orthodox |publisher=Dacb.org |access-date=2009-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228190751/http://www.dacb.org/stories/ethiopia/petros2_abuna.html |archive-date=2010-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Adejumobi|first=Saheed A.|title=The History of Ethiopia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-U7aydmefrgC&pg=PA78| year=2007| publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn=978-0-313-32273-0|page=78}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mockler|first=Anthony|title=Haile Selassie's War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCb_nQEACAAJ&pg=PA175|year=2003|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=978-1-902669-53-3|page=175}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkethiopia.org/guide/pankhurst/ethiopian_patriots/ethiopian_patriots_4.html |title=The Pankhurst History Library |publisher=[[Link Ethiopia]] |access-date=2009-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706001537/http://www.linkethiopia.org/guide/pankhurst/ethiopian_patriots/ethiopian_patriots_4.html |archive-date=2010-07-06 }}</ref> in colonial [[Italian East Africa]] during the [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War]]. During [[World War II]], they fought in their function as military police against the Allied forces, and against [[Yugoslav Partisans]] as part of the Italian occupation force of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]].

After the [[fall of the Fascist regime in Italy]] on 25 July 1943, on the orders of the king, Mussolini was arrested by the Carabinieri as he left the [[Villa Ada|king's private residence]] in Rome and subsequently imprisoned on [[Campo Imperatore]] by Carabinieri forces. After the [[armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces]] on 3 September 1943 and the country's split into the fascist [[Italian Social Republic]] in the north and the [[Kingdom of Italy]] in the south, the Carabinieri split into two groups.

In the Kingdom of Italy, the Carabinieri Command for Liberated Italy was founded in Bari, mobilizing new units for the Italian war of liberation. These units were attached to the Italian Liberation Corps and the six Italian Combat Groups of the [[Italian Co-Belligerent Army]], fighting with the Allied forces.

In the fascist Social Republic in the North, the regime organized the [[National Republican Guard (Italy)|National Republican Guard]] (composed of Carabinieri, former officers from the [[Italian African Police]], [[Guardia di Finanza]] and customs police), to employ it as a military police and rapid-deployment anti-guerrilla force. GNR was later joined (but not taken over) by the [[Black Brigades]], which represented a new militant incarnation of the Fascist party.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Due to the role the Carabinieri had played in the downfall of Mussolini, and since one of the few units which fought the German occupation of Rome were the [[Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade]] regiments and the II Carabinieri cadet battalion, the Germans did not view the Carabinieri as loyal to the fascist cause. They disarmed the force and began the deportation of 8,000 officers to Germany for [[forced labour]] on 6 October 1943; the Italian Colonial Police took over their jobs.<ref>{{cite book |last=Paehler |first=Katrin |title=The Third Reich's Intelligence Services|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KphUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA202 |year=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-15719-4 |page=202}}</ref>

Subsequently, large numbers of Carabinieri joined the [[Italian resistance movement]] to fight German and Italian fascists.<ref>{{cite book |last=Friesendorf |first=Cornelius|title=How Western Soldiers Fight: Organizational Routines in Multinational Missions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgpaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|year=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-42910-8 |page=83}}</ref> Nonetheless, some 45,000 officers remained on the job and as of March 1944, this group was the only national security force in Italy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Battistelli |first1=Pier Paolo|last2=Crociani|first2=Piero|title=World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zECXCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |year=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-0894-3|page=14}}</ref>

After the war the Carabinieri counted at least 2735 fallen and 6500 wounded, out of approximately 14,000 who had joined the Resistance in northern and central Italy. In Yugoslavia, the Carabinieri formed a battalion of the Italian [[182nd Armored Infantry Regiment "Garibaldi"]], which fought alongside the Yugoslav partisans against the [[Wehrmacht]] and the Croatian [[Ustaše]]. The battalion lost over 80% of its members in combat and was awarded the [[Silver Medal of Military Valor]] to commemorate the fallen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Curiosita/Non+tutti+sanno+che/R/21+R.htm |title=Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – L'Arma – Curiosità – Non tutti sanno che... - R |publisher=Carabinieri.it |access-date=2009-09-19}}</ref><ref name="milhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Multilingua/EN/MilitaryOperations/ |title=Arma dei Carabinieri – Home - > – EN – Military Operations |publisher=Carabinieri.it |access-date=2009-09-19}}</ref>

One notable act of heroism in this era came from Vice [[Brigadier#Italy|Brigadiere]] [[Salvo D'Acquisto]], who was executed by [[Nazi Germany]] in Palidoro (near [[Rome]]) during World War II. D'Acquisto exchanged his life for the lives of citizens due to be executed in retaliation for the killing of a German soldier; instead, he claimed responsibility and was executed for the offence.<ref>{{cite book|title=Italy Justice System and National Police Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnL4EMUhaSEC&pg=PA196|date=22 April 2018|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-1-4387-2542-0|page=196}}</ref>

=== Present day ===
[[File:Alfa-Romeo159-Carabinieri-di-Roma.JPG|thumb|[[Alfa Romeo 159]]]]
The Carabinieri were in the forefront of many internal conflicts in Italy in the late 20th century, such as the [[Years of Lead (Italy)|Years of Lead]] (against the [[Red Brigades]]) and the [[Second Mafia War]] (against the [[Corleonesi Mafia]]).<ref name=Ginzburg>[[Carlo Ginzburg]], ''The Judge and the Historian. Marginal Notes and a Late-Twentieth-century Miscarriage of Justice'', London 1999, {{ISBN|1-85984-371-9}}. Original ed. 1991.</ref><ref name="ricerca.repubblica.it">{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2003/10/11/strage-alla-circonvallazione-sicari-adesso-hanno-un.html|title=Strage alla circonvallazione i sicari adesso hanno un volto - la Repubblica.it|date=11 October 2003 }}</ref> They participated, and lost men, in events such as the [[Peteano massacre]] in 1972,<ref name="Provvisionato Corriere 1">{{cite news | author = Sandro Provvisionato | url = http://www.corriere.it/europeo/cronache/2009/11/apertura-tre-anni-che-sconvolsero-italia_58dacb9e-d296-11de-a0b4-00144f02aabc.shtml | title = I tre anni che sconvolsero l'Italia | work = [[Corriere della Sera]] | date = 16 November 2009 | access-date = 10 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110125052829/http://www.corriere.it/europeo/cronache/2009/11/apertura-tre-anni-che-sconvolsero-italia_58dacb9e-d296-11de-a0b4-00144f02aabc.shtml | archive-date = 25 January 2011 }}</ref> [[Circonvallazione massacre]] in 1982,<ref name="ricerca.repubblica.it"/> and the murder of [[Emanuele Basile]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Keith|title=73-year-old Sicilian Sergio Mattarella is Italy's new president|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/31/73-year-old-sicilian-sergio-mattarella-is-new-president-of-italy/|access-date=February 5, 2015|work=Euronews|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> Until 2000, the Carabinieri were part of the [[Italian Army]]. On 31 March 2000, they were separated to become the fourth branch of the Italian Armed Forces.<ref name=cab /> [[Interpol]] summarizes this force (part of the Ministry of Defence) as having a "nationwide remit for crime investigations. It also serves as the military police for the Italian armed forces and can be called upon for national defence action."<ref>{{cite web | title=Italy | website=INTERPOL | url=https://www.interpol.int/en/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Europe/ITALY | access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

According to [[Europol]] (the EU's law enforcement agency), the Carabinieri Corps' military duties include "contributing to national defence, participating in military operations in Italy and abroad, executing military police functions and ensuring the security of Italian diplomatic and consular representations". As a national police force, it "carries out public order and security policing, as well as investigative activities on its own initiative or at the request of the judicial authorities". Europol also states that the force is "supplemented by the Specialized Carabinieri Commands, responsible for safeguarding the primary interests of the community: from the protection of the environment, health, work and national cultural heritage, to the observance of community and agri-food regulations, to the suppression of forgery [of] currency".
<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/partners-agreements/member-states/italy |title=Italy |date=7 March 2018 |publisher=Europol |access-date=28 July 2019 }}</ref>

In recent years Carabinieri units have been dispatched on [[peacekeeping]] missions, including [[Kosovo war|Kosovo]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], and [[Iraq War|Iraq]]. In 2003, 12 Carabinieri [[2003 Nasiriyah bombing|were killed in a suicide bombing]] on their base in [[Nasiriyah]], near [[Basra]] in southern Iraq, in the largest Italian military loss of life in a single action since the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/ieri/storia/vista-da-2015/fascicolo-43/la-strage-di-nassiriya |title=Arma dei Carabinieri – La strage di Nassiriya |publisher=Carabinieri.it |access-date=2016-04-17}}</ref> One of the previous projects included training and assisting the Afghan National Security Forces, the Afghan National Police, and the Afghan National Civil Order Police. In Iraq, Carabinieri have trained 13,000 police officers; during the ISIS destruction of historic sites, Italy dispatched troops from the Carabinieri's Command to protect cultural heritage.<ref>{{cite web | last=Braw | first=Elisabeth | title=For Not-Quite-Wars, Italy Has a Useful Alternative to Traditional Troops | website=Defense One | date=2018-04-16 | url=https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/04/todays-not-quite-wars-italy-has-alternative-traditional-troops/147457/ | access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

At the Sea Island Conference of the [[G8]] in 2004, Carabinieri were given a mandate to establish a [[Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units]] to spearhead the development of training and doctrinal standards for civilian police units attached to international peacekeeping missions.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/pksoi/Docs/policeunits.pdf
 |title=Formed Police Units Workshop and Seminar
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616220931/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/pksoi/Docs/policeunits.pdf
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}} Issue Paper No. 2006-04, US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, January 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1080/09662839.2012.747511|title = The European Gendarmerie Force: A solution in search of problems?|journal = European Security|volume = 22|pages = 1–20|year = 2013|last1 = Arcudi|first1 = Giovanni|last2 = Smith|first2 = Michael E.|doi-access = free}}</ref>

The [[State Forestry Corps]] was dissolved on 31 December 2016 and personnel with forestry police function were militarized and absorbed by the Carabinieri.

== Organization ==
[[File:2june 2007 432.jpg|left|thumb|Senior Carabinieri General in a [[VM 90]] during the 2007 Republic Day parade in Italy]]
[[File:Carabinieri - Specialized and Mobile Units Command - Organization July 2020.png|thumb|Structure of the Specialist & Mobile Units Command]]
The corps is headed by the ''{{lang|it|Comando}}'', consisting of the ''[[List of Commanding Generals of the Carabinieri|Comandante Generale]]'' (a [[General]]), the ''{{lang|it|Vice-Comandante Generale}}'' (a [[Lieutenant General]]) and the Chief of Staff, all located in [[Rome]]. The Chief of Staff directs, coordinates and supervises all activities of the force. It directly supervises the Directors of Administration, Health, Engineering, the motor pool and the Veterinary Commission. On the Deputy Chiefs of Staff depend the National Center for Recruitment and Selection, the Administration National Center and the Legislation Office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Oggi/Reparti/Organizzazione+Centrale/ |title=Organizzazione Centrale |access-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227104549/http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Oggi/Reparti/Organizzazione%2BCentrale/ |archive-date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref>

=== Territorial Organization ===
The Carabinieri are organised on a territorial basis for law-enforcement missions. The territorial organization represents the core of the institution; it contains 80 percent of the force and is organized hierarchically in five inter-regional commands, 19 regional commands and 102 provincial commands, 504 Company Commands and
4,672 Station Commands and lieutenancies.<ref name="auto" />

The territorial organization includes four heliborne units:

* [[Carabinieri Heliborne Squadron "Cacciatori di Calabria"]], responsible for operations in [[Calabria]]
* [[Carabinieri Heliborne Squadron "Cacciatori di Sicilia"]], responsible for operations in [[Sicily]]
* [[Carabinieri Heliborne Squadron "Cacciatori di Sardegna"]], responsible for operations in [[Sardinia]]
* [[Carabinieri Heliborne Squadron "Cacciatori di Puglia"]], responsible for operations in [[Apulia]]

=== 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.

== War service ==
[[File:2june2006 134.jpg|thumb|1st Paratroopers [[Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"]]]]
The main battles in which the Carabinieri took part before World War I are:

* Grenoble, 5 July 1815, part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
* [[Battle of Pastrengo]], 30 April 1848 –  the Carabinieri Corps was awarded its first [[Silver Medal of Military Valor]]
* [[Battle of Santa Lucia]], 6 May 1848 –  the Carabinieri Corps was awarded its first [[Bronze Medal of Military Valor]]
* [[Battle of Custoza (1848)|Battle of Custoza]], 24–25 July 1848
* [[Battle of Custoza (1866)|Battle of Custoza]], 24 June 1866
* [[Capture of Rome]], 20 September 1870 (together with the [[Bersaglieri]])

For its contributions during the First World War, the Corps was awarded its first [[Gold Medal of Military Valor]]

In World War II, Carabinieri fought in the following battles:<ref name="milhist" />
* Battle of Klisoura on the Greek-Albanian front from 16 to 30 December 1940 [[Bronze Medal of Military Valor]]
* Battle at Cafe Struga on the Albanian-Yugoslav front on 18 April 1941
* [[Battle of Culqualber]] (Ethiopia), 6 August-21 November 1941 –  Corps was awarded its second [[Gold Medal of Military Valor]]

From 1943 to 1945, the Carabinieri were accountable to the Control Commission of the [[Allied Military Government]] (AMGOT). Their reorganization and reform was organized by Colonel [[Arthur Young (police officer)|Arthur Young]], a British [[police officer]] seconded as Director of Public Safety and Director of Security.

== Uniforms ==
[[File:2june 2007 035d.jpg|200px|thumb|Dress uniform]]
{{See also|Uniforms of the Italian Armed Forces#Arma dei Carabinieri (Gendarmerie)|Rank insignia of the Carabinieri}}

The Carabinieri, as a military and police force, have various uniforms for different functions. For each type of uniform there are seasonal variants and (except for service, combat and historical) versions for men and women.<ref name="carabinieri.it">{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/uniformi|title = Uniformi}}</ref> How, when and why they are to be worn is dictated by the ''"R-11 "Regulation on Uniforms for the Carabinieri Arma''" published by the Carabinieri General Command in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/uso-delle-uniformi|title = Uso delle uniformi}}</ref>

The uniforms of the Carabinieri are divided into: 
# historical and full dress
# ordinary,
# service,
# representative, (for warrant officers, NCOs and constables) 
# Great Winter Uniform (GUI) / Great Summer Uniform (GUE) (for officers) 
# operational use
# athletic gear

Those of service, representation and GUI/GUE are a derivation of the ordinary.<ref name="carabinieri.it"/>

===History===
Originally, the Carabinieri were issued a distinctive uniform in black with silver braid around the collar and cuffs, edges trimmed in scarlet and epaulettes in silver. The mounted division had white fringes, and the infantry had light blue. Their headgear was a distinctive [[bicorne]], popularly called the ''lucerna'' (in use only for historical uniform and ceremonies).<ref name=cab>{{cite web|title=The ancient Corps of the Royal Carabinieri|access-date=2009-05-20|publisher=Carabinieri|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Multilingua/EN/HistoricalReferences/01_EN.htm}}</ref>
They still use a version of the historic uniform today for ceremonies.<ref name=cab />

===Design===
The uniform that the [[Gendarmerie]] wore in 1814 consisted of a [[Turquoise (color)|turquoise]] fabric buttoned suit with a blue collar and padded gloves. Since 1822, some small changes have been made to the uniform. Officials and Marshals had silver swords and sabres, both in a black leather [[scabbard]]. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the rules of the dress code were reinforced because of [[World War I]].

Troopers had three different types of uniforms: the ''Complete uniform'', the ''Ordinary uniform'', and the ''Effort uniform''. The Carabinieri's uniform at that time was made of a green-grey cloth material, and was used by all soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/ieri/equipaggiamento-e-materiali/1910-1940/le-uniformi/l%27uniforme-di-guerra---1940|title=War uniform – 1940|website=Carabinieri|publisher=Ministry of Defence|language=it|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

===Historical and Ceremonial (Special) uniform===
[[File:Dmitry Medvedev in Italy, June 2011-12.jpeg|thumb|Ceremonial uniforms worn by the Carabinieri during a Russian [[state visit]] to Italy]]
For historical and ceremonial use, the Carabinieri uniform consists of a distinctive black uniform made of silver [[braid]]s around the collar and cuffs, edges trimmed in scarlet and [[epaulettes]] in silver. The fringes of the mounted division are white, and the infantry has light blue. The headgear used is the traditional two-pointed hat for Carabinieri, known as the Lucerna, also called a [[bicorne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relicmilitaria.com/product/italy-italian-carabinieri-lucernabicorne-hatceremonial-headdress-circa-1970s-scarce/|title=Bicorne hat, ceremonial headdress|publisher=Relic Militaria|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>

During the 1980s [[Giorgio Armani]] designed the new more modern uniforms.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/jul/10/giorgio-armani-80-eight-facts-fashion-designer|title=Giorgio Armani at 80: eight things you didn't know about the fashion designer|last=Cochrane|first=Lauren|date=10 July 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Ordinary uniform===
[[File:Walking Carabinieri.JPG|thumb|Carabinieri in everyday ordinary uniform, winter version. Note the pistol worn on the left side for cross-draw purposes and the white cross-belt. (March 2015)]]

The modern Carabinieri Force uniform is coloured in black for every seasonal version, with small variations on weather basis (coat or wind jacket), and is composed of:

*a four-button jacket with shoulder pads: all buttons on the uniform are silvered
*a shirt underneath in white, with two pockets
*trousers have a classic cut, with four pockets and has two vertical red stripes along the outer side of both legs, stretching from the hips to the ankles
*flat black shoes are worn.

The uniform is accompanied by accessories such as:

*the black tie, 
*the white cross-belt, or [[Sam Browne belt|Sam Browne]] or no belt, 
*peaked cap (males), bowler cap (females) 
*black leather gloves,
*V-neck sweater
*wind-breaker
*waterproof coat

There are differences for season, duties, rank and location. For instance, in the summer the four-button jacket and white shirt and tie are replaced with a short-sleeved blue shirt.

Depending on the weather conditions, the uniform can be worn with a waterproof coat (or beaver cloth for officers) and an anorak. Inside the military installations, the jacket can be removed or replaced with the "V-neck" sweater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/uniforme-ordinaria|title = Uniforme ordinaria}}</ref>

In 2020 new 'bomber-style jackets', with appropriate logos were introduced which can be worn instead of the four-button jacket. The white cross belt is still worn on top and either a roll-neck base layer or a white shirt and tie is worn underneath.

Accessories are the same, although ''Wanted in Rome'' reported that: ''"The old leather holster will also be retired, replaced by an external belt with a quick-release holster, made of plastic material.  The old gloves will be replaced with modern, cut-resistant gloves.  However, style has not been sacrificed for function, begging the question, are the Carabinieri of Rome the most stylish police force in the world?"'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italys-carabinieri-get-a-new-uniform-complete-with-neck-warmer.html|title = Italy's Carabinieri get a new uniform complete with neck warmer|date = 14 December 2020}}</ref>

====Headdress====
The regulation peaked cap is rigid with a ''frieze'' of the Carabinieri (metallic for pinned, Carabinieri and students, embroidered in silver fabric for NCOs, gilded for the inspectors and officers while for the generals the frieze is the eagle of the staff with RI monogram in the centre, silver for brigade and division generals, gold for corps generals). The commanding officers of the department wear the frieze embroidered in gold-edged with red.

The official emblem is placed at the center of the cap.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione|title=Regular uniform-Carabinieri|website=Carabinieri|publisher=Ministry of Defence|language=it|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

Each cap is black and has a wimple held by two rounded buttons, the wimple is black for carabinieri, pinned, brigadiers and students; for the chief brigadiers the wimple is also black but with the addition of a silver galloncino mottled with black. The wimple becomes silver mottled with black in the center from the rank of marshal to that of chief marshal with the number of chevrons increasing as the rank increases. For the major marshals, the wimple is silver edged in red with three silver gallons flecked with black; for the top rank of non-commissioned officers, i.e. the lieutenant, the wiggle is silver edged in red with four silver braids edged in red.

For the lower officers, the wiggle and the braids are entirely in silver without streaks, for the superior officers, the wiggle becomes a double braided cord always silver with silver braids. Finally, for the general officers, the wimple becomes a silver braid with silver braids.

Other forms of headdress include berets and mountain-style caps. Carabinieri MP Units also wear a dark navy blue beret.

===Service uniform===
[[File:Carabinieri a cavallo.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri on horseback wearing '''service''' uniform for mounted duty; note the riding safety helmet with capbadge and tall boots.]]
The service uniform is essentially the same as the ordinary uniform but is adapted for the specific duty of the soldier.
 
E.g.:
*mountainous areas – [[ski]] patrol; ski kit is worn, 
*mounted (horseback) patrol; different boots are worn, 
*'radio-mobile' (car) patrol; different boots and a 'paletta' (stop sign used to stop vehicles) are worn, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/accessori-uniformi-di-servizio|title = Accessori uniformi di servizio}}</ref>

===Representative (dress) uniform===
''(For carabinieri, NCOs, warrant officers, officers.)''

The representative uniform is essentially the same as the ordinary uniform, but worn for more formal, but still on duty occasions, where the ordinary and ceremonial uniforms are unsuitable. It differs from the ordinary uniform for the following elements:

*white cords (agiluettes) on the four-button jacket, 
*sabre (sword) with pendants and dragon, 
*black belt with shoulder strap (only marshals and chief brigadiers) or white cross-belt/bandolier (for the remaining staff).
*white gloves
*and a black-cape in colder conditions<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/un-di-rappresentanza|title=Un. Di rappresentanza}}</ref>

Sometimes the pistol is worn with the sword, other times it is not. The cap worn is the peaked cap.

===Operational uniform===
The operational uniform is worn for public order (riot) situations, raids, cross-country work and is worn for operations only.
It is blue in color with red piping and a 'Polychrome' uniform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/uniforme-operativa|title = Uniforme operativa}}</ref>

It consists of:

*jacket (with four patch pockets, shoulder straps fastened by a button and thermal lining) and trousers; 
*blue fleece suit (to be used as an alternative to the sweater); 
*blue neckerchief with red piping; 
*black leather gloves with reinforcement; 
*operational black amphibious ankle boots
*and a dark-blue beret with cap badge

A "particular" version of this uniform is worn by the soldiers of the Special Intervention Group, as well as the following departments: The "Tuscania" CC Parachute Regiment, Carabinieri Regiment on Horseback and Airborne Squadrons CC Cacciatori. The colours (for the trousers and jacket) are often camouflage rather than blue and red and maroon/red (for the beret) rather than blue.

Riot helmets, body-armour, equipment vests, rescue helmets etc., are worn when necessary.

===Gymnastic===
It consists of a tracksuit (jacket and pants), t-shirt and shorts.

The suit consists of a jacket and long trousers in blue fabric, with red inserts. The jacket is made up of a body with a central zip, two detachable sleeves with a zip and a collar.
The trousers consist of two leggings, an elastic waistband with a drawstring at the waist and a zip at the bottom. The jacket, the T-shirt and the shorts bear the ''frieze'' of the Carabinieri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/uniformi-ginniche|title=Uniformi ginniche}}</ref>

===Other===
There are also evening-dress style (mess kit) uniforms for dinners and galas, as well as variations for the above uniform for occasions (e.g. medals, sabres to be worn etc.).

''The full set of different Carabinieri uniforms today is presented here ([http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Oggi/Uniformi/ in Italian]).''

====Females====
[[File:Arma dei Carabinieri female officer in uniform .jpg|thumb|Arma dei Carabinieri female warrant officer in '''ordinary''' uniform. Note the [[Sam Browne belt]] worn by warrant officers ]]
The uniforms adopted for female staff are essentially an adaptation of the male ones.

The variants concern the buttoning, the shape of the jackets (without upper pockets), the use of skirts inside the Offices, off-duty or with formal uniforms and shoes.

No changes were made to any other items of clothing/equipment already in use by male personnel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/oggi/uniformi/classificazione/uniformi-femminili|title = Uniformi femminili}}</ref>

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== Decorations ==
The State Color of the Carabinieri bears the following decorations:
*6 Cavalier Crosses of the [[Military Order of Italy]]
*3 Gold Medals of Military Valor
*3 Gold Medals of Army Valor
*5 Silver Medals of Military Valor
*4 Bronze Medals of Military Valor
*11 Gold Medals of Civil Valor
*1 Silver Medal of Civil Valor
*2 War Crosses of Military Valor
*4 Gold Medals of Civil Merit
*6 Gold Medals of Benemerited Public Security
*6 Gold Medals of Benemerited Service to Education, Culture and the Arts
*2 Gold Medals of Benemerited Service to the Environment
*1 Gold Medal of Service in the Earthquake of 1909
*1 Bronze Medal of Civil Defense Excellence 1st Class

== Weapons ==

[[File:Vicenza_officials_practice_for_emergencies.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri officers armed with a [[Beretta M12|Beretta PM-12]] [[submachine gun]] ]]

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Weapon
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
|-
|  [[Beretta 92]] 
| rowspan="3" | {{flag|Italy}}
|  Individual armament
|-
|  [[Beretta 8000]]
| Individual armament for officers, to be replaced by the Px4 
|-
|  [[Beretta Px4 Storm]] 
| Individual armament for officers, replacing the decommissioned Cougar 8000<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Command of the Carabinieri regulation regarding the use of the Beretta Px4 Storm |url=https://www.carabinieri.it/docs/default-source/gareappalto/2019/7947832672/determina-611-r-u-a-del-14-06-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=ca1d2323_2}}</ref>
|-
|  [[Glock 17]] 
| {{flag|Austria}}
| Special armament supplied to GIS
|-
|  [[Beretta M12|Beretta PM12-S2]] 
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|Italy}}
| Ordinary armament, to be replaced by the PMX 
|-
|  [[Beretta PMX]]
| Ordinary armament, intended to replace the PM12
|-
|  [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] 
| {{flag|Germany}}
| Special armament
|-
|  [[Beretta AR70/90|Beretta 70/90]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|Italy}}
| Ordinary armament, "AR" and "SCP" versions, to be decommissioned 
|-
|  [[Beretta ARX160|Beretta ARX-160A3]] 
| Ordinary armament, replacement of the 70/90 rifles <ref>{{Cite web |title=ARX160A3 in use by the Carabinieri |date=13 April 2018 |url=https://www.armietiro.it/arx-160a3-per-i-carabinieri-9620}}</ref>
|-
| [[M4 carbine]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| Special armament
|-
| [[Accuracy International Arctic Warfare|Accuracy International AWP]]
| {{flag|UK}}
| rowspan="2" | Special armament, used by snipers and GIS
|-
| [[:File:Mauser sp66.JPG|Mauser Sp 66]]
| {{flag|Germany}}
|-
| [[MG 3 machine gun|Beretta MG 42/59]]
| {{flag|Italy}}
| rowspan="2" | Special armament
|-
| [[FN Minimi]]
| {{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|}

== Vehicles and equipment ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2020}}
Until very recently the Italian police (including the ''Carabinieri'') operated only Italian-made vehicles, but that changed with the introduction of [[Land Rover Defender]]s and [[Subaru]]s into service. Normal ''Carabinieri'' patrol vehicles are dark blue with a white roof, with a red stripe along the side. Carabinieri license plates begin with "CC" or previously with "EI" (formerly Esercito Italiano, Italian Army), and a Carabinieri car is traditionally called a ''Gazzella'' ([[gazelle]]). Small or medium-sized cars are used for ordinary patrol work, with larger and more powerful vehicles being used for emergency response, highway patrol, and special services. The vehicles of the ''Carabinieri'' military police and mobile units are painted in NATO camouflage scheme as done with the other Italian Armed Forces vehicles.

=== Cars ===
[[File:2june2006 285.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri [[Alfa Romeo 159]].]]
[[File:MSU_Carabinieri_Land_Rover_Discovery_4.jpg|thumb|[[Multinational Specialized Unit|MSU]] Land Rover Discovery IV in [[Kosovo]].]]
* [[Alfa Romeo 159]]
* [[Alfa Romeo Giulia (952)|Alfa Romeo Giulia]]
*[[Alfa Romeo Giulietta (940)|Alfa Romeo Giulietta]]
* [[Subaru Forester]]
* [[Lancia Kappa]]
* [[Land Rover Freelander]]
* [[Land Rover Defender]]-90 hard top
* [[Land Rover Discovery]] II e III e IV
* [[Lotus Evora]] S
* [[Fiat Ducato]]
* [[Hummer H1]]
* [[Fiat Grande Punto]]
* [[Fiat Tipo (2015)]]
* [[Jeep Renegade]]
* [[Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2)|Jeep Grand Cherokee]]
* [[Mitsubishi Pajero]]
* [[Mitsubishi i-MiEV]]
* [[Isuzu D-Max]]
* [[Renault Clio]]
* [[Iveco Daily]]
* [[SEAT León]]
* [[Suzuki Jimny]]

=== Motorcycles ===
[[File:2june2006 266.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri [[BMW motorcycles|BMW R1100-RTP]]]]
* [[Moto Guzzi California]] Cruiser
* [[BMW 650 single|BMW F650GS]]
* [[BMW R1100RT|BMW R1100-RTP]]
* [[BSA M20]]

=== Aircraft ===
[[File:Agusta-Westland AW-109N Nexus, Italy - Arma dei Carabinieri JP7482156.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri AgustaWestland AW109N]]
*Fixed-wing aircraft
** [[Piaggio P.180 Avanti]]
*Helicopters
** [[AgustaWestland AW109]]
** [[Bell 412|Agusta-Bell AB 412]]
** [[AgustaWestland AW139]] (2019)

=== Tactical vehicles ===
[[File:2june2006 288.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri Mercedes Unimog 3000 – 5000 mobile labs for CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear) activity]]
[[File:VM90 CC.jpg|thumb|Carabinieri Iveco [[VM 90]]P Protected.]]
* [[Land Rover Defender]] 110 soft top
* [[Iveco Daily]] 4×4 40.10WM 4×4 off-road light armored military truck
* [[Unimog]]
* [[RG-12]]
* [[Iveco VM 90]]T Torpedo
* [[Iveco VM 90]]P Protected
* [[Iveco LMV]]
* [[Puma (AFV)|Puma 4×4]]
* [[Puma (AFV)|Puma 6×6]]
* [[M113 armored personnel carrier|VCC1]]
* [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]]
* [[M3 Half Track|M3]]
* [[Hummer H1]]

=== Ships ===
* [[Patrol boat|Offshore patrol boats]]
** Motovedetta classe 800
** Motovedetta classe N700
** Motovedetta classe 600
* [[Patrol boat|Coastal patrol boats]]
** Motovedetta classe 200
** Motovedetta classe 100
* Motorboats
** Motovedetta classe 300
** Motovedetta classe N100
** Motovedetta classe T120
** Motovedette classe S
** Battello pneumatico Stinger

=== Special Vehicles ===
[[File:2june 2007 453.jpg|thumb|right| An Italian Carabinieri [[Global Electric Motorcars|GEM]] e2 (called the ''Ovetti'' – "little eggs") in Carabinieri service. Used for patrolling urban areas.]]
* [[Global Electric Motorcars|GEMCAR]]
* Snowmobile Polaris

=== Uniforms ===
<gallery>
File:Carabiniere a Bologna (April 2006).jpg|A Carabiniere in everyday uniform
File:Milano Italy Carabinieri-01.jpg|Carabinieri with capes
File:CarabinieriPompei.jpg|Summer dress
File:Firenze.Carabinieri01.JPG|Carabinieri at a demonstration in Florence
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Italy}}
*[[Italian Carabinieri Bands]]
*[[Civilian control of the military]]
*[[Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City]]
*[[Gendarmerie]]
*[[Law enforcement in Italy]]
*[[Military police]]
*[[Multinational Specialized Unit]]
*[[Zaptie]]
*[[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]]
*[[Centro Sportivo Carabinieri]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Arma dei Carabinieri}}
* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Multilingua/EN/default.htm Official ''Carabinieri'' website]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.fiep.org/member-forces/italian-carabinieri/ FIEP – Italian Carabinieri]
* {{in lang|it}} [http://www.assocarabinieri.it/ Carabinieri Association website]

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