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![“[for indicted foreigners] simple expulsion is not enough (...) they must be arrested immediately, tried using a fast-track procedure, and then expelled to serve their sentences in the countries they came from, (...) it isn't right that foreign criminals are being housed in our [Italian] jails.” quote by Franco Frattini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a36/franco-frattini-80151_arrested_for-indicted-foreigners-simple-expulsion_105082.jpg)
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