Overview

• Andrea Cavallari has been flown back from Spain under a European arrest warrant and is currently held at Civitavecchia prison near Rome pending reassignment.
• He faces his original 11-year, 10-month sentence for the 2018 Lanterna Azzurra massacre, which Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed in 2022.
• Cavallari’s July 3 escape exploited a day-release permit granted for his Bologna university graduation and triggered a two-week international manhunt.
• Carabinieri units and Spanish National Police used ATM transactions and mobile-phone data to locate him, leading to his July 17 arrest in Lloret de Mar.
• Italian prosecutors in Ancona and Bologna have opened ongoing inquiries into accomplices who may have facilitated his flight, which could prompt tougher prison restrictions.