Reuters, 16/02 17:30 CET
ROME (Reuters) – Italy launched a United
Nations-backed task force on Tuesday with a mission to protect monuments
and cultural sites threatened by conflict and natural disaster around
the world.
Home to 51 sites deemed important to global heritage by U.N. cultural body UNESCO,
Italy has volunteered a team of military police and civilian experts to
share their experience with countries whose own artistic sites might be
at risk.
Archaeological sites in Italy have been plundered so
extensively that its police force has a corps dedicated to tracking down
treasures that are often smuggled abroad.
Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said cultural
sites, once under greatest threat from accidental damage during war,
were now a source of publicity and funds for militants.
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Source: Euronews
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