Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores Rome's Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, a multi-year school that allows parents, many of whom are politicians or intelligence operatives, to make a connection or two.
On the right bank of the Tiber, in Rome's Della Vittoria district, just a stone's throw from the upscale Prati and Flaminio districts, sits the Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, a school complex that has gained fame in recent years as the establishment where Italy's political elite send their offspring. The children of mayor Gianni Alemanno,
