Retired Lieutenant Paratrooper Brigade "Folgore" Fabiano Manzan has been away in Baghdad for a few days. IS' a computer engineer who has been hired by a company Italian company that produces industrial machinery. We asked him to tell us some details of his journey:

BAGDAD- February 12, 2021- An important fulfillment in Italy is the Document validation risks that the company has any

transferee, employee or contractor traveling abroad must produce, as prescribed by the D.L.GS. 231/2001. the Document of evaluation is especially valuable if you will have to travel to areas a risk.

  A few years ago four technicians were kidnapped in Libya during a land transfer. Two were killed by the terrorists and the company who had sent them on a mission was held responsible criminally and, consequently, was also declared responsible of civil compensation.

My document provides:

• OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTION TRANSFER BAGHDAD

• ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL MODEL REFERRED TO D.L.GS. 231/2001 and Legislative Decree 81/2008

• REFERENCE STANDARD

• FIELD OF APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS

• RISK FACTORS AND OPERATING METHODS

• WARNINGS

• SIGNING UP BY THE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF A LIFE / KIDNAPPING / INVALIDITY INSURANCE AGREEMENT ETC.

• EMERGENCY PLANS AND PROCEDURES IN CASE OF TRANSFER TO HOSPITAL

ARAB EMIRATES AS HOSPITALS IN BAGHDAD WERE NOT DEEMED

SUITABLE AT EUROPEAN LEVEL ESPECIALLY DURING COVID 19.

• ONLINE TRAVEL RISK TRAINING COURSE IN SEMI-PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENTS

and / or NON PERMISSIVE MADE BY A COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN THE SECTOR.

• SATELLITE PHONE

• Contract with armed escort with a security company that has made available (I quote their specifications):

-NR. 1 MCPTB6SUVD-MOBILE CLOSE PROTECTION TEAM B6 ARMORED VEHICLE DRIVER / OPERATIVE ARMED (LOCAL NATIONAL)

-NR.2 OPERATORS

-MINIMUM 5 YEARS CLOSE PROTECTION / MILITARY / POLICE EXPERIENCE.

-MOI CRIMINAL DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE

-BASIC MEDICAL TRAINING

-REASONABLE ENGLISH SPAKING AND UNDERSTANDING

-MEDICAL – FIT FOR WORK

The arrival in Baghdad in times of COVID is via Istanbul at 05.00 AM.

Thanks to the security agency, the entry procedure is very fast against the usual 4 or 5 hours, because the border police check with the Iraqi foreign ministry via telephone / computer there identity of the person entering.

The escort reminded me of the behavior to adopt:

• Do not get out of the vehicle for any reason

• Geo localization activation (8 hours) via whatsapp.

• Seat belts always fastened.

• Follow the team leader's instructions to the letter at all times.

A third support vehicle leaves the airport after 2/3 km provided the two SIVs in my convoy with weapons, which they could not enter the airport: four AK47s with three magazines each e four 9mm Glock pistols.

As I passed through Baghdad, the situation seemed unusual to me quiet, because we moved from 06.30 to 08.00 del

morning.

  It is advisable to choose the time of arrival, because Baghdad is perpetually jammed with traffic during working hours and it's not much

healthy to stand in line for hours even in light of the recent attacks some weeks ago.

Arrived at the photo factory, greeted the escort, which I will see again for go for the covid test before leaving, at a hospital, with return to the airport the following day.