In any event, counting coasts as borders is not something Italians would usually do. I’d think it’s much easier to escape a country undetected (at least in the Schengen area) from a land border than from the coast. I’d say that P(x is trying to flee Italy|x is in Venzone) >> P(x is trying to flee Italy|x is in Rome), or Naples, or Milan, or indeed most (by population) of Italy.
I’m curious, would it even matter if he had escaped to Austria? I was under the impression that the EU had fairly tightly integrated law enforcement & extradition within the Schengen area precisely because it’s so easy to move around, and that being in Austria would be a very minimal obstacle for the Italian police.
Milan, Turin and Bologna aren’t, though the former two are relatively close to the Swiss border.
“Almost every”. I did not say Florence was the only exception.
Milan and Turin are well within 70km of Switzerland and France, though, so I don’t know why you mention them.
This is why I don’t comment as much on LW as I used to.
I was just nit-picking, sorry.
In any event, counting coasts as borders is not something Italians would usually do. I’d think it’s much easier to escape a country undetected (at least in the Schengen area) from a land border than from the coast. I’d say that P(x is trying to flee Italy|x is in Venzone) >> P(x is trying to flee Italy|x is in Rome), or Naples, or Milan, or indeed most (by population) of Italy.
I’m curious, would it even matter if he had escaped to Austria? I was under the impression that the EU had fairly tightly integrated law enforcement & extradition within the Schengen area precisely because it’s so easy to move around, and that being in Austria would be a very minimal obstacle for the Italian police.
Good point.