ps ▁in ▁Nap les ▁were ▁attacked ▁and ▁set ▁on ▁fire ▁by ▁local ▁residents . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁high ▁court ▁in ▁Italy ▁over th rew ▁the ▁conv iction ▁of ▁defend ants ▁who ▁had ▁public ly ▁demanded ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁Roman is ▁from ▁Ver ona ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁reported ly ▁ruled ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁acceptable ▁to ▁disc rim inate ▁against ▁Roma ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁th ieves ". ▁One ▁of ▁those ▁fre ed ▁was ▁F lav io ▁T osi , ▁Ver ona ' s ▁mayor ▁and ▁an ▁official ▁of ▁the ▁anti - imm igr ant ▁L ega ▁Nord . ▁The ▁decision ▁came ▁during ▁a ▁" n ation wide ▁cl amp down " ▁on ▁Roman is ▁by ▁Italian ▁prime ▁minister ▁Sil v io ▁Ber lus con i . ▁The ▁previous ▁week , ▁Ber lus con i ' s ▁interior ▁minister ▁Roberto ▁Mar oni ▁had ▁declared ▁that ▁all ▁Roman is ▁in ▁Italy , ▁including ▁children , ▁would ▁be ▁finger print ed . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁National ▁In clusion ▁Str ategy ▁Rom ▁De i ▁Sint i ▁and ▁Cam in anti ▁ ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁European ▁Commission ▁has ▁defined ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Roman i ▁cam ps ▁as ▁an ▁un accept able ▁condition . ▁As ▁already ▁under lined ▁by ▁many ▁international ▁organizations , ▁the ▁pre val ent ▁position ing ▁of ▁the ▁R SC ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁c . d ▁" nom ad ▁cam ps " ▁fu