Italy
Military: Italy
Military branches:
Italian Armed Forces: Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 12-month service obligation (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 13,865,688
females age 16-49: 14,003,755 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 11,247,446
females age 16-49: 11,348,695 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 288,188
female: 281,671 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 76
Transnational Issues: Italy
Disputes - international:
Italy's long coastline and developed economy entices tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from southeastern Europe and northern Africa
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 11,345 (Eritrea); 9,284 (Somalia); 5,058 (Afghanistan) (2012)
stateless persons: 470 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling