On September 16, 2024, Ambassador Luca Sabbatucci received the 52nd Advanced Course of the Financial and Economic Police School of the Guardia di Finanza. The delegation accompanied by Gen.C.A. Bruno Buratti, Commander of the Inspectorate of Training Institutes and Gen.D. Francesco Mattana, Commander of the PEF School, visited the Permanent Representation of Italy as part of a study mission that took the attendees of the advanced training course to some International Organizations based in Europe.
The Course, reserved for a limited number of Officers selected through a competition based on qualifications and exams, is a cycle of excellence within the Corps, in relation to the objectives pursued, the subjects covered, the logistical context and the prestige of the teaching staff. During the Course, students deepen their knowledge in the legal, economic, financial, fiscal and commercial subjects that characterize the sectors of the institutional mission of the Guardia di Finanza. They also participate in numerous seminars, conventions and conferences and carry out study missions in Europe and around the world. During the visit to the Permanent Representation of Italy, possible further forms of cooperation that the Corps could implement in the multilateral framework were discussed.
Furthermore, in this context, on September 17 they were welcomedto the headquarters of the OECD by the Deputy Secretary General Fabrizia Lapecorella and participated in three professional meetings: the first with the Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration Manal Corwin, where the main initiatives in the field of international taxation were discussed, the second with the Deputy Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Nicolas Pinaud, analyzing the innovations relating to the prevention and fight against corruption of Public Officials in international transactions and the third with the Head of the Risk and Data Unit, Michael Fowler, of the FATF in which the new recommendations approved by the Organization to prevent and repress new criminal trends in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing were discussed.
