Italian Guardia di Finanza (Financial Guard) Agusta Bell AB412 GF214 MM81466 under Frontex patrolling around Oinousses islands, east of Chios in Aegean Sea late afternoon, monitoring Hellenic borders for illegal migration from Turkish to Chios coasts.
The Guardia di Finanza (GdF) (English: Financial Guard) is an Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. It is a militarized police force, forming a part of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, not the Ministry of Defence. Guardia di Finanza is essentially responsible for dealing with financial crime and smuggling, it has also evolved into Italy's primary agency for suppressing the drugs trade. It maintains over 600 boats and ships and more than 100 aircraft to serve in its missions.
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