Primary targets are NGO workers, housing rights activists, and anarchists

Criminalising social struggles and dissent as an instrument of political action: according to several experts, this is the true goal of the security laws pushed by Giorgia Meloni’s government, starting with the security bill that was approved last June. But the measure, increasing penalties and strengthening investigative techniques, comes after years of normalising stakeouts, wiretaps, spyware, and undercover ops, all in the name of greater security. The real goal was not to bring criminals to justice, but to monitor and map activist groups and, now, even political parties.