After its participation in protests during the G8 summit in Genoa , 2001 , the caravan was arrested in Italy . The 25 activists , journalists , and hitchhikers who were arrested there were kept in the custody of local police and then spent the next 3 – 4 weeks in the Voghera and Alessandria prisons in Italy before being deported and banned from re-entry . They were accused of being members of a " criminal organisation " that Italian authorities gave the name of the " black bloc " whose imputed goal was said to be " devastation and looting " . They were charged with property destruction , looting , and criminal association . The police evidence against them included their possession of black clothing , knives used to create a mobile street kitchen , as well as juggling clubs , poi , and other props
G8 summit in Genoa
27th G8 summit
Publixtheatre Caravan