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, justice minister Angelino Alfano and right-wing political representative Francesco Storace all attended the school.
