Italian far-left Marxist-Leninist militant group formed in 1970, responsible for numerous violent attacks during Italy's Years of Lead, including the kidnapping and murder of former prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978. The group sought to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle and remove Italy from NATO. It was broken up in the 1980s but had a resurgence in the late 1990s to 2000s.
CRIMENET has extracted 11 linkages for this organization, including 6 cooperative ties across 6 organizations, 4 conflicts across 4 organizations, 1 other connections and footprints in 4 countries.
Soviet and Czechoslovak small arms and explosives came from the Middle East via heroin traffickers along well-established smuggling routes.
In 1985 some Italian members living in France returned to Italy. The same year, French President François Mitterrand guaranteed immunity from extradition to BR members living in France...
he used to sail between Lebanon and Italy during summers, ferrying Soviet weapons for a fee from the PLO to Sardinia
Pacepa further claimed logistic support and training were carried out directly by the Czechoslovak StB both in Prague and at remote PLO training camps in North Africa and Syria.