Ambassador says unit of under-fire agency will have only an ‘advisory’ roleListen to this articleMilan is hosting the Winter Olympics from February 6 to 22. (Photo: AFP)MILAN - A branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent to Italy for the Winter Olympics will not carry out patrols and will have only an “advisory” role, Washington’s ambassador to Rome said on Wednesday. “At the Olympics, HSI criminal investigators will contribute their expertise by providing intelligence on transnational criminal threats, with a focus on cybercrimes and national security threats. ICE operations in a number of US cities have triggered large-scale protests, and the recent killings of two demonstrators have caused outrage. Agents accused of violence there are from a different division than that earmarked for the Olympics.
