Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS) or Special Operations Group, is part of the Italian Carabinieri. Founded on 3 December 1990 to coordinate investigative activities against organized crime, it now the main investigative arm of the Carabinieri which deals with organized crime and terrorism. The ROS reports directly to the Carabinieri General Command. It was created from the remains of the Special Anti-terrorism Unit in the 1970s by General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to combat terrorism in Italy. It had centers in Genua, Naples, Milan, Padua, Rome and Turin. Having defeated the Red Brigades in the 1980s, the Special Anti-terrorism Unit was also employed to investigate organized crime.