The Italian Finance Police officers are searching the headquarters of the country's Data Protection Authority as part of an ongoing investigation over alleged embezzlement and corruption, according to local media reports on Thursday.
Finance Police (Guardia di Finanza) officers are currently conducting a search at the headquarters of the data protection watchdog as top officials of the authority are under investigation for embezzlement and corruption, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
The operation came as the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the Authority's President Pasquale Stanzione and other members of the authority.