Italian Police and British Embassy present a new guide in English for victims of sexual violence
British Ambassador, Edward Llewellyn, and Francesco Messina, the Director of the Central Anti-Crime Italian State Police met today at Villa Wolkonsky to present a new English-language pamphlet designed to explain essential information and protection measures for victims of sexual abuse in Italy. The pamphlet is the result of a determined collaboration between the British Embassy in Italy and the Anti-Crime Directorate of the Italian State Police.
The leaflet presented this morning is intended to reach not only British citizens but anyone who, not being fluent in Italian, is able to understand English and has been a victim of sexual violence in Italy.
The guide provides the necessary information to file an official complaint with the Italian State Police and access assistance and protection guaranteed in Italy, including the so-called ‘Code Red’, which can make the judicial response to claims of sexual violence more effective and timelier.
Thanks to this initiative, the Italian State Police will make this pamphlet available in all police headquarters and other offices of the Italian State Police and Carabinieri, and on the institutional website www.poliziadistato.it.
For the Central Anti-Crime Director of the State Police, Francesco Messina:
The British Ambassador, Edward Llewellyn, said: