According to Italian media reports, Comprehensive Compilation of Struggle in Italy: In view of the fact that between New Year’s Eve 2021 and 2022, a planned group sexual assault occurred in Duomo Cathedral Square in Milan, and at least 9 victims were injured or violated. Police Chief Lamberto Giannini said: The police have been deployed in advance on the streets and squares to promptly stop anyone who wants to replicate New Year's Eve robberies and sexual assaults. Even if a criminal associate acts as a human wall or a barrier blocking the view of the harasser, the crime will be captured by the surveillance system.
(File picture: Duomo Square on New Year’s Eve 2022)
At the same time, in major cities across Italy, the police not only deployed uniformed police, but also deployed plainclothes police at various crowded concerts and parties. The gendarmerie and tax police also conduct simultaneous checks on some suspicious gatherings.
(File picture: Police in Duomo Cathedral Square, Milan)
There will be no performances on New Year’s Eve in Milan’s Duomo Cathedral Square, but it is still foreseeable that there will be a large flow of people. MilanMayor Beppe Sala has signed a decree that prohibits any business (mobile vendors) in the city center from selling outside bottles of alcohol between 18:00 and 6:00am on New Year's Day. The ban also includes the sale of drinks in glass containers or cans. Therefore, this year’s New Year’s Eve at Milan’s duomo cathedral will have no music, no parties, no alcohol, and will be replaced by frequent police checks.
(Information picture: Ferrara New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show)
Florence , Genoa , Palermo and Naples municipal authorities also signed the same decree. At the same time, the investigation and punishment of New Year's fireworks and firecrackers have been intensified. On the first day of preventive seizure yesterday, more than 4 tons of non-compliant fireworks and firecrackers were investigated and punished in Palermo, Caserta and more than 700 kilograms in Rome Province.
(Data map: Rome New Year's Eve Concert)
Regarding the security work for New Year's Eve events, the Circo Massimo New Year's Concert in Rome can accommodate nearly 50,000 people, and the police deployed thousands of gendarmes and police there in advance. The stage in Piazza Castello in Turin can only accommodate 14,000 people. Naples Streets around Piazza Plebiscito were closed. The city government of Parma closed down Garibaldi Square and banned the use of roller skates, bicycles, drones and selfie sticks. (Struggle in Italy)
