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The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.

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Carabinieri

Italian police force

The Carabinieri are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties. It is one of Italy's main law enforcement agencies, alongside the Polizia di Stato and the Guardia di Finanza. As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to…
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Gendarmerie

Military force also tasked with law enforcement among the civilian population

A gendarmerie is a military or paramilitary force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term gendarme is derived from the medieval French expression gens d'armes, which translates to "men-at-arms". In France and some Francophone nations, the gendarmerie…
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