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Italy Expands Police Cooperation With Egypt as Regeni Outcry Grows

Critics say Rome is sidelining justice for Giulio Regeni to preserve security collaboration with Cairo.

Overview

  • Italy’s interior minister met Egyptian counterpart Mahmoud Tawfik at the Viminale, with an official Egyptian note quoting Matteo Piantedosi praising Egypt’s security services and agreeing to continuous coordination.
  • The Italian Interior Ministry’s communiqué reported satisfaction with excellent police cooperation and did not mention the Regeni case.
  • Italy signed a new police‑training memorandum with the Cairo Police Academy in Rome at the ITEPA2 conference, attended by Police Chief Vittorio Pisani and Egyptian academy president Ibrahim Youssef Nedal Abdelkader.
  • Regeni family lawyer Alessandra Ballerini, opposition figures including PD deputy Gianni Cuperlo, and NGO Mediterranea condemned the outreach to Cairo during the tenth anniversary of Regeni’s abduction and killing.
  • A criminal case in Rome naming four Egyptian National Security officers remains suspended pending a Constitutional Court ruling on state coverage of defense technical‑expert costs.