Five months ago, he was injured in the armed assault on Vigilpol vans in Siligo . He suffered some fractures in the collision between his vehicle, another Vigilpol vehicle stopped by the bandits and the compactor used by the criminals to block the column carrying millions of euros.
Angelo Azara, 41 years old from Sassari, security guard , has not yet recovered. He remembers every detail of that morning under gunfire but doesn't want to talk about it. There are ongoing investigations and he has already testified before investigators. But when he saw, like everyone else, the social images of the attack on Mondialpol in Sassari in the Caniga district, subsequently replicated in Puglia in similar ways, he relived those moments and decided to have his say, making a brief analysis. As an insider and with skills. He has three degrees, with theses on these specific topics and deals with geopolitics, security and intelligence as an analyst.
«I have been supporting this for some time – he explains – the private security sector, as it is organized, is obsolete , with a legal framework that is not in step with the times. The valuables transport service is a sieve , carried out as it was decades ago. Furthermore – he adds – there is too much cash circulating in Italy." If surveillance systems (military and police) were activated, attacks on valuables would be prevented. «An assault of this magnitude, with a subversive strategy, military and urban guerrilla tactics – explains Azara – raises questions at different levels, because it cannot be improvised, like the use of explosives». Furthermore, again according to Azara, millions and millions of euros must be preserved taking into account «the physical security of the building, the location of the vault, the use of adequate human resources to protect the sensitive infrastructure with firepower capable of counteracting actions similar. Finally - he concludes - we need reliability from the danger of hostile penetration of an informational nature".
Finally, a reflection on the defense system for public safety and citizens, after a part of the city remained in the hands of criminals who fired 150 shots, often at eye level, for tens of minutes. «The monopoly of legitimate violence belongs to the State, however in Caniga there has been a reversal of roles. And it's unacceptable. We need – he concludes – more effectiveness and less form on the part of the State."
