Overview
- Italy’s Supreme Court declared the Milan prosecutors’ appeal inadmissible, effectively confirming the Riesame’s August annulment of arrests for Manfredi Catella, Alessandro Scandurra and Andrea Bezziccheri and wiping out remaining interdictions reported for other officials.
- Cassation prosecutor general Cristina Marzagalli advised against the appeals, writing that the record did not show a corrupt pact and that payments to Scandurra could reflect legitimate professional work, with full motivations still to be published.
- Despite the setback, Milan prosecutors are continuing seizures of building sites, including a new stop in viale Papiniano, as City Hall reports roughly 150 projects affected and Mayor Beppe Sala calls for direct talks to break the stalemate.
- The Fondazione Einaudi’s committee publicly refuted a false Giovanni Falcone quote that Naples prosecutor Nicola Gratteri read on La7, with outlets including Repubblica noting the interview never existed and Il Fatto’s Marco Travaglio issuing a correction, while Gratteri has not apologized publicly.
- In a separate development, police have begun inspections and excavations in the underground galleries beneath Rome’s Casa del Jazz as part of renewed searches into the 1994 disappearance of judge Paolo Adinolfi.