Brussels, 17/10/2014 (Agence Europe)- On Thursday 16 October, the European Commission sent Italy to the European Court of Justice over shortcomings in its victim compensation scheme.
The Commission says that Italy has failed to properly transpose the measures set out for the compensation of victims of crime in EU Directive 2004/80/EC, which require each member state to ensure that their compensation schemes provide fair and appropriate compensation to victims of intentional acts of violence...