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Ministry of Justice - Italy

Electronic monitoring in Italy and the use of secure communication in the Justice system

Programma Operativo

Nazionale

University of Wroclaw, May 13-14, 2005

Ministry

JusticeofITALIA

International conference on Electronic monitoring of offenders


Italian decree law no. 341 of 24.11.2000, which was

converted into statute law no. 4 on 19.1.2001 governs

the control of persons under house arrest and serving

sentences at home, introducing regulations concerning

the application of special technical equipment for

control and supervision.

Italian law about electronic monitoring


Art.275 bis of the criminal code of procedure (1 of 3)

“Paragraph 1. Special methods of supervision. In issuing

house arrest orders and when substituting custodial orders in

prison with house arrest, the judge, if he holds it necessary

in relation to the nature and level of custody requirements,

shall order supervision using electronic equipment or other

technical apparatus after he has established the availability

of the police to supervise such orders. The judge shall

impose, with the same order, the application of custody in

prison whenever the defendant refuses their consent to the

use of such means and apparatus.”


“Paragraph 2. A defendant shall accept the equipment and

apparatus for supervision referred to in paragraph 1

abovementioned or refuse consent to their application by

means of a statement given directly to the official or officer

charged with executing the order imposing the control

measure. The statement shall be transmitted to the judge

who issued the order and to public prosecutor together with

a statement provided for under article 293 paragraph 1.



“Paragraph 3. A defendant who has accepted the use of such

means and apparatus for supervision referred to in paragraph

1 abovementioned is required to assist in the implementation

of such means and apparatus and to observe any other

conditions imposed upon them.”

Statute law no. 4 has also caused changes to article 47-ter of

law no. 354 of 26.7.1975 has follows:



“Paragraph 4 bis. In ordering the imposition of a sentence to

be served at the prisoner’s place of domicile, the Parole

Board, after establishing the availability of the Supervising

Authority to give effect to such an a provision, can order

means of verifying observation of the conditions imposed

also using electronic equipment or other technical apparatus.

These provisions shall be applied to article 275 bis of the

criminal code of procedure.”

Art.47-ter of low no. 354 of 26.7.1975


The types of electronic equipment and other technical

apparatus to be used as well as the method of its application

and use are specified in the Interior Minister’s Decree dated

2.2.2001, issued with the agreement of the Minister of

Justice.

Interior Minister’s Decree dated 2.2.2001


The annexes to this Decree specify the various equipment

that may be used which is composed of the following three

elements:a control device (transmitter and receiver);a telephone line that permits the receiver to be able to send

all signals to a central information system; a central information system at the control headquarters,

that is capable of checking all the devices installed

within the area it controls.

Interior Minister’s Decree dated 2.2.2001:the annexes


Experimentation started in Italy on 20 April 2001 in five

different cities: Milan, Turin, Rome, Naples and Catania,

where the number of persons under house arrest is greatest.

Tagging was intended to be linked with operations rooms of

the three Police Forces in the cities in which it was applied.

Experimentation of the system


Technological evolution allows us to imagine and to

consider further devices for monitoring and supervision. It is

enough to think of voice recognition equipment, automatic

language handling and biometric recognition, which open

up a wide area of experimentation and applicationAFIS Justice ProjectSecurE-JusticeSIDDA/SIDNAE-POC

Future scenario


Prison inmates and defendants, especially people coming from abroad and without proper identification papers, are often difficult to identify, due to:multiple (and different) declared identities;misspelled names.

This could entail a number of problems, when these people have to undergo a trial and during their stay in prison (entry, transfer, release). For example, it becomes difficult to record the criminal history of the person, if detained under different identities

So the Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with Ministry of Home Affairs , has developed the AFIS-Justice Project whose aim is to determine the sure identification of prison inmates and defendants using fingerprints.

AFIS-Justice Project



The project deployment step has provided the Prosecutor's offices and penitentiary institutions of SPAID (Italian acronym for Portable System for Fingerprints Acquisition)

The first project phase, partly financed by the European Union , is currently in progress and involves the regions of Southern Italy.In the second phase, all the remaining regions of Italy will be covered.The project also includes the complete remake of the Information System that manages the inmates database; the SPAID is fully integrated with the new Prison Inmates Management Information System.


The SPAID is connected to the AFIS System (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System) that contains the fingerprints of over 4 million subjects: the identity of prison inmates and defendants can be determined by performing a search in the AFIS system database.




SPAID acquires the fingerprints, mug shot (facial image) and declared demographics data;perform the necessary calculations, such as extraction of the fingerprint features (minutiae), data and image compression, data encryption, receive and display the reply of the AFIS System.

The identification process returns the CUI (Unique Identification Code) and, in case of matching, the list with the previous identification.


Secure communication and collaboration framework for the judicial co-operation environment.

Project funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework.

•Starting Date: February 1st, 2004

•Ending Date: January 31th, 2007

SecurE-Justice


Holland University

of Amsterdam

Holland University

of Amsterdam

Denmark Cryptomath

ic

Denmark Cryptomath

ic

Poland Ministry of

Justice Aram

Poland Ministry of

Justice Aram

Greece European

Dynamics Chorus Call

Greece European

Dynamics Chorus Call

Norway Computas

Norway Computas

Switzerland

A4Vision

Switzerland

A4Vision

France Court d’Appel

de Bordeaux AEC

France Court d’Appel

de Bordeaux AEC

Spain Atos Origin Canaries Islands

Government

Spain Atos Origin Canaries Islands

Government

UK GL2006

UK GL2006

Italy Ministry of

Justice Project

Automation Telecom Sineura Cefriel SDA Bocconi

SecurE-Justice - Partners


Management of Investigation and Trial Phases

• Will address the protection of all the actions and activities relating to the investigation of the crime

• The collection of evidence (including witnesses and testimonies) and the questioning of suspects.

• Will guarantee the improvement of judicial procedures by accelerating experts examination, interpreters translation, and the effective remote participation in the Trial of witness needing protection, dangerous criminals, victims, etc..

SecurE-Justice - Objectives


Secure user management: identification, authentication and authorization of users; PKI, digital certificates and biometric identification technologies.

Secure communication management: confidentiality, integrity and non repudiation; SIP message encryption, SecureRTP.

SecurE-Justice - Research activities (1 of 2)


Remote/Local participation:• Remote Users (i.e. Witnesses, Experts, Interpreters,

etc…) would be able to participate to the trial from other locations through a virtual identification mechanism, using a biometric authentication system

• Local users (i.e. Judges, Lawyers) would be able to access the collaboration platform through a “secure” Web portal.

Privacy protection:

• The privacy of the intercommunication among users, such as judges and policemen, will be guaranteed with cryptography, secure audio-video transmission, VPN and SSL communication protocols and secure procedures.

SecurE-Justice - Research activities (2 of 2)


SecurE-Justice - Hardware Architecture

Video Station

Video Conferencing MCU(with Public IP address)

Collaboration Server Security Server Video Control Computer

Delocalized Video Station

Internet

Internet

SecurE-Justice Intranet

Router (with Public IP address)

Modem

Mobile Device

Court equipment

Biometry control

Web Browser

Smart Card Control

Web Browser


Security Guidelines:SecurE-Justice project will produce security guidelines for Judicial Public Administration aiming at the implementation of innovative organizational models.

Infrastructure for Smart Device:The technological environment will provide an infrastructure of smart devices for secure control of identification, privacy and data protection.

Time Reduction of Investigation and Trials:Judicial authorities will have rapid exchange of investigative information and will reduce the dead time of judicial trials.

Better Collaboration:Information exchange between sites using “secure” multi video conference systems.

SecurE-Justice - Expected Results


•Local databases, in each DDA, to support activities performed by prosecutors and their professional staff

•One national database, in DNA, to provide support to DDAs to carry out investigations and support to DNA to plan and to coordinate activities all over the Italy

•Integration of the national database with other, external data sources, to build up a comprehensive knowledge regarding criminal phenomena and their evolutions, needed for coordination activities carried out by DNA

SIDDA/SIDNA – The Approach


Data feedingLocal

databaseNationaldatabase

Extentionalnavigation

Queries on local data

Queries on external data sources

Queries on the national database and

alarm analysis

Information searching toolsInformation searching tools

2.2.Document analysis and structured data Document analysis and structured data inputinput

•Structured information

Data acquisition in DDAsData acquisition in DDAs(Acts and documents regarding penal (Acts and documents regarding penal

proceedings)proceedings)

1.Document cathaloging and text input

• Textual information

Data extraction /Data fusion

Queries Queries

The Information System for Direzioni Distrettuali Antimafia (SIDDA)

The information sourceThe information source


Alarms to DDAs

Local Local databasedatabase

National National databasedatabase

DDADDA DNADNA

Fusion rules

Data extraction Data fusion Queries on Queries on the national the national

databasedatabase

The Information System for Direzione Nazionale Antimafia (SIDNA)


Example of searching information in the DNA database


Example of navigation among data


• In the context of Eurojust, the E-POC (European Pool against Organized Crime) initiative has been launched

• E-POC main objectives are:

– Delivery of a feasibility study to define a software system to give support both to investigations carried out by local prosecutors in different European countries and to coordination activities performed by Eurojust

– Development of a corresponding software prototype

– Experimentation of the prototype in a number of pilot sites, in different European countries

• The initiative will reuse specific methodologies and software solutions developed in the context of the SIDDA/SIDNA (Information System of Direzione Nazionale Antimafia and Direzioni Distrettuali Antimafia) project

E-POC


• The E-POC Project was presented by the Italian Ministry of Justice, as coordinator, and by the French, Slovenian, and Romenian Ministries as partners

• The proposal was accepted for funding by the European Commission and the grant agreement was signed on 16th April 2003

• Financial contribution: – 70% by the European Commission – 30% by the Italian Ministry of Justice

• Deadline for the project : 15th April 2004

E-POC - Project


Eurojust decision about adopting a version of the E-POC prototype as case management system since 15 October 2004

Second phase of the project is under way in the context of the AGIS Programme 2004 Objectives:

Starting with the E-POC results, to address specific issues regarding:

Specific support to deal with cases of particular interest on cross border, serious and organized crimes: terrorism, drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings

Study of feasible solutions to enable secure data exchange between Eurojust and National authorities

Advanced mechanisms to recognize links between different cases and to promote collaboration between the national authorities

Specific support for the Data Protection Officer at Eurojust

E-POC - Current Activities

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