Overview

• Former Pavia prosecutor Mario Venditti is under investigation for suspected bribery in judicial acts, following searches tied to the 2017 archiving of Andrea Sempio.
• Investigators seized a note reading “Venditti gip archivia X 20.30 €,” viewed by prosecutors as a possible payment reference, while the Sempio family offers benign explanations.
• Brescia prosecutors cite untranscribed or missing 2017 intercepts and flag opaque contacts between Sempio and two former carabinieri; one call arranging a lengthy notification meeting was broadcast by TV.
• Venditti denies wrongdoing, his defense will challenge the seizures at the Riesame, and he is set to resign from the board of the Casinò di Campione d’Italia.
• Forensic experts say nail DNA from Chiara Poggi is usable for probabilistic comparison; court-appointed specialists received an extension to deliver findings by December 18, with the contested “impronta 33” excluded from the current tests.