Rome is to crack down on street crime and antisocial behaviour in its famed Trastevere district, a once-peaceful tourist mecca whose laid-back atmosphere is being ruined by drunken and drug-taking youths. Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said night-time police patrols would be beefed up in the area, which will become a bastion in the Eternal City’s fight against a rising yob culture. However, he warned that liberal laws allowing offenders
back onto the streets would have to be changed if the battle is to be won.
He said he was dedicating his clean-up campaign to Cofferati and an American tourist stabbed in Trastevere in June and now comatose.
Source: life in italy.com
