Overview

• Carabinieri carried out orders on October 8 in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Rome, imposing custody on Leopoldo Cobianchi, house arrest on his brother Alvise, and residence and reporting obligations on a third suspect.
• Investigators say the group sought control of local drug sales, then leveraged a Rome-based front company to impose event management and compliant staff in venues before targeting Olympic-related contracts.
• Case files cite violent intimidation, including a debtor locked in a car trunk, assaults on rivals, and threats with a firearm, with messages asserting, “we are mafiosi.”
• An attempted 2023 extortion aimed at then municipal assessor Stefano Ghezze sought influence over Olympic works via an intermediary; he did not accede to the pressure.
• Operation Reset stems from a drug probe dating to late 2022 and was formalized by anti-mafia prosecutors in June 2024, with searches on four additional individuals and an ongoing investigation praised by government officials.