Taking advantage of the tensions of the Cold War, an Italian mafia-like system took control of Trieste and used the city and its surroundings as a landfill.

Taking advantage of the tensions of the Cold War, an Italian mafia-like system took control of Trieste and used the city and its surroundings as a landfill.
The EZIT belongs to the Free Territory of Trieste, being established by the British-US A.M.G. F.T.T. (Order No. 104 of 12 May 1949).
The adhesions come from Austria and Czechia. The European Commission’s archive reveals new details about the legal relations between Trieste and the EU.
February 1955: NATO confirms to recognize the Free Territory of Trieste under a special trusteeship mandate, sub-entrusted to the Italian Government.
[VIDEO] On 21 September 2015, Free Trieste announced the establishment of the International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste.
Geneva, September 23, 2015: the UN discusses «Free Territory of Trieste and International Free Port of Trieste – abuses committed by the Italian Government».