U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games in Italy, according to several reports.
Ice and the U.S. embassy in Rome have confirmed to the Associated Press and France’s Afp that Ice agents will be travelling to Italy for the upcoming Feb. 6-22 Winter Games, but only in a capacity of supporting diplomatic security details.
“At the Olympics, Ice’s Homeland Security Investigations is supporting the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations,…