Carabinieri Specialist Units Division

The Carabinieri Specialist Units Division (Divisione Unità Specializzate Carabinieri) is the Carabinieri formation, established in 2001, dedicated to the performance of specialist police activities and the support to Territorial Organization and consisting of highly qualified personnel working with Ministries for the safeguard of socially sensitive issues.

The Division, which directly depends on the Mobile and Specialists Units Command "Palidoro", directs, controls, and coordinates its own units, which carry out tasks related to the protection of Italian artistic heritage, to the currency protection, to the protection of Italian embassies abroad, to the health protection, to the labour policing, to Bank of Italy needs, to the Carabinieri forensics police services. In addition, the Division provides Carabinieri air support.

History
The Division tracks its origins back to the XII Carabinieri Brigade, which until 2001 grouped the specialist police units of the Carabinieri. On 1 February 2001, with the elevation of the Carabinieri to the rank of autonomous Armed Force (i.e. with an equal status to the Army, Navy and Air Force), the XII Brigate was elevated to the rank of Division.

In 2016, due to the merger of the State Forestry Corps into the Carabinieri, the Carabinieri Command of Units for Forestry Environmental and Agri-food protection was established. Therefore, some units until then subordinated to the Carabinieri Specialist Units Division were transferred to the newly-established command: the Carabinieri Command for Environmental Protection (Comando Carabinieri per la Tutela dell’Ambiente) and the Carabinieri Command for Agricultural and Food Policies (Comando Carabinieri Politiche Agricole e Alimentari).

Subordinate units
The Carabinieri Specialist Units Division controls eight Carabinieri units and commands tasked with carrying out specialist police services. These units are:
 * Carabinieri Foreign Ministry Command (Comando CC Ministero Aaffari Esteri);
 * Carabinieri Artistic and Cultural Heritage Protection Command (Comando CC Tutela Patrimonio Culturale);
 * Carabinieri Group for Forensic Investigations (Raggruppamento CC Investigazioni Scientifiche);
 * Carabinieri Health Protection Command (Comando CC Tutela Salute);
 * Carabinieri Aircraft Group (Raggruppamento Aeromobili Carabinieri);
 * Carabinieri Bank of Italy Command (Comando CC Banca d'Italia);
 * Carabinieri monetary anti-counterfeiting command (Comando CC Antifalsificazione Monetaria);
 * Carabinieri Labour Protection Command (Comando CC Tutela Lavoro).