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(U//FOUO) U.S. State Department Social Media Landscape: Italy

Strategic use of social media by the Italian government is minimal, but there is evidence of limited use by political parties, particularly politicians who are leveraging their Facebook profiles to engage with voters. Commercial employment of social media and digital communications is limited in Italy although global brands are beginning to demonstrate some level of engagement with consumers through different social media platforms, primarily Facebook which is often used to generate conversation around specific products. Smaller businesses are expected to emulate this kind of social media engagement over the coming months.

Greece and Italy Riot Photos December 2010

Fabrizio Terrezza – http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabriter1985/ Michele Massetani – http://www.flickr.com/photos/gigiomc/ Giacomo Cosua – http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacko83/ Andrea Veroni – http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreatm/ Alessandro – http://www.flickr.com/photos/diffaphoto/ makisraf – http://www.flickr.com/photos/efthymios-gourgouris/

IMF Italy Anti-Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Report

An assessment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime of Italy was onducted based on the Forty Recommendations 2003 and the Nine Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing 2001 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and prepared using the AML/CFT Methodology 2004. The assessment considered the laws, regulations and other materials supplied by the authorities, and information obtained by the assessment team during its mission April 4–20, 2005, and subsequently.