Overview
- The parliamentary Antimafia commission’s draft says a deviated cell inside the National Anti‑Mafia Directorate operated under a weak control system and asserts former chief Federico Cafiero De Raho knew of irregular practices.
- The draft details “hundreds of thousands” of database accesses by Guardia di Finanza officer Pasquale Striano and says illegally obtained dossiers benefited specific reporters, while faulting prior inquiries for giving De Raho only minimal scrutiny.
- Political reactions escalated, with centre‑right figures demanding full clarification, Matteo Renzi calling the findings shocking and reserving legal action, and De Raho rejecting the draft as false and defamatory.
- Separately, on January 15 the Rome prosecutor’s office opened searches at the Data Protection Authority, seizing phones and computers as president Pasquale Stanzione and other Collegio members were listed under investigation for peculato and corruption.
- According to the search decree and related reporting, investigators are examining a sharp rise in representation and operating expenses, examples such as charges for meat purchases, luxury travel and ‘Volare’ executive cards, and decisions on cases involving Meta and Ita Airways, while Stanzione says he is tranquil and M5S urges the Collegio to resign.