In 1994 he was appointed as Prefect and on 26 May 2000 as Chief of the Italian Police Department - Director General for Public Security . He is in charge of the Italian Police during the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa , including the raid on the Diaz school . For such deeds , Italy will later be condemned by the European Court of Human Rights in 2015 and 2017 for not having prevented and punished acts of torture by state agents . De Gennaro was prosecuted , condemned and later cleared by Cassation for inducing false testimonies
2001 G8 summit in Genoa
27th G8 summit
Giovanni De Gennaro (police officer)