Staring from today, 16.02.2009, five Romanian border policemen carry out, on the Italian territory, operative missions to support the Italian authorities in preventing and fighting illegal migration and trafficking in human beings.
The activity - performed within one month - is carried out based on the Memorandum signed in Rome, on 9 October 2008, between the management of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Border Police and the Central Directorate for Immigration and Border Police within the Ministry of the Interior of the Italian Republic.
In the framework of these missions, the representatives of the Romanian Border Police will take part, together with the Italian colleagues, in the control of the travel documents, carried out in the airport border crossing points, as well as in the checking the Romanian citizen for the compliance with the Italian / European legislation. Also, on this occasion, an efficient experience exchange, in what regards the Schengen related issues and the border management at the level of community standards, will take place.
The five border policemen have until now carried out their activity in the Henri Coanda Airport B.C.P. Bucharest, Aurel Vlaicu Airport B.C.P. Baneasa, Airport B.C.P. Constanta and Sibiu, having thus the necessary knowledge and training for this kind of activities.
The cooperation between the Romanian Border Police and the Italian authorities is being carried out in optimal conditions, our institution considering that only an intense interinstitutional cooperation at European level and an operative data and information exchange represent the valid means for preventing and fighting crossborder crime.
We recall that after the border policemen from Arad detained the Romanian citizen Gigi Voetisi - on whose name the Court of Rome issued a European Arrest Warrant for committing the crime of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, the Italian authorities thanked the Romanian authorities for the good cooperation mentioning that "the entire investigation was realised together with the colleagues from Romania, with the support of the Romanian Police Cooperation Center, and the final result was possibile due to the professionalism of the Romanian Border Police which arrested the coordinator of the criminal group".