2006年VOA标准英语-Italy Arrests Group Suspected of Aiding Al

By Sabina Castelfranco
Naples
19 April 2006
 

Chouimet Amirouche, front at center, and Mellouk Djelloul, rear at center with his face covered, both of Algeria, are detained by Italian police officers, in Naples, April 19, 2006  
  
Police in Italy and France have arrested several Algerians and two Italians suspected of raising funds and providing fake documents to a militant² Algerian Islamic group with links to al-Qaida.

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Italian investigators⁴ say Naples was the logistic base for the production of false documents, which may have allowed entry of terrorists or subjects with close contacts to terrorist cells.

In a dawn anti-terrorist operation, Italian police arrested six Algerians and two Italians in Naples, the nearby city of Caserta and in Milan. Antonio Sbordone of the Italian anti-terrorism police in Naples said the men are accused of providing fake documents.

Sbordone said Naples is a sort of European capital for the sorting and production of fake documents.

Police found printing presses where these fake documents were being produced in large numbers. The documents were for use by anyone and allowed access into any chosen country, not necessarily in Europe.

Police say the fake documents were sold according to a list of prices, starting from a minimum of nearly $200. Twice a week buses would depart from Naples with the documents and other counterfeit⁵ goods headed for France and from there to Algeria.

Investigators say the Algerians arrested in Italy had links with terror groups. The two Italians arrested are accused of corruption⁶ for allegedly taking money in exchange for providing the fake documents.

Investigators say that the selling of false papers and permits also allowed those arrested to raise money to help fund an Algerian militant group, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

The group, known by its French initials GSPC, is fighting for the creation of an Islamic state in Algeria and has declared allegiance to Osama bin¹ Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network.

An investigator³ in Naples, Stefania Castaldi, said the Italian operation was also preventative, intended to put an end to efforts that can make it easier for subjects to move to the next step.

As arrests were being carried out in Italy, French police were doing the same in the southeastern city of Marseilles, as part of a joint⁷ Italian-French operation dubbed⁸ Bon Voyage.

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。

6 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》