Roberti says powers to counter terrorism

(ANSA) - Bari, February 26 - National anti-mafia prosecutor Franco Roberti on Thursday called for more instruments to combat terrorism including use of judicial police services to acquire information that might then translate into criminal investigations at local level.
    "The national anti-mafia prosecutor has just acquired competence for the centralised coordination of terrorism investigations and we are monitoring all the investigations that are currently underway through liaison magistrates in district offices," Roberti said.
    The national anti-mafia prosecutor added that he had called for changes to the recent government anti-terrorism decree to give him "more incisive powers" in relation to the coordination and initiation of terrorism investigations akin to those already in his possession to combat mafia crimes.