Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said on
Monday the government plans to introduce further changes to the
rules on wiretaps to protect the freedom and secrecy of
conversations.
"We will intervene to fully implement Article 15 of the
Constitution, which affirms the freedom and secrecy of
conversations. Right now we have intervened partially to protect
the third party, that is, the person who is mentioned in the
conversations of others," Nordio told Agorà on Rai Tre,
referring to measures contained in a new justice bill set to
come before parliament next week clamping down on the
publication of information obtained from wiretaps.
"Later on we will also intervene to protect the dignity and
freedom of people who are talking and must speak to each other
in confidentiality, because confidentiality is the flip side of
freedom," he continued.
Nordio said such changes would not compromise investigations
into major organised crime.
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