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Ex-Pavia Prosecutor Mario Venditti Investigated for Suspected Corruption to Clear Sempio in Garlasco Case

Prosecutors say a handwritten note plus suspicious €40,000 family transfers tied to the 2017 archiving triggered the new line of inquiry.

Overview

  • Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza executed early-morning searches at Venditti’s residences in Pavia, Genova and Campione d’Italia, at the homes of Andrea Sempio’s parents and relatives, and at the addresses of two former Carabinieri from Pavia’s judicial police section.
  • The Brescia prosecutor’s office registered Venditti as an indagato for corruption in judicial acts related to decisions that twice led to the archiving of inquiries into Sempio, who remains the sole suspect in the reopened Garlasco homicide probe.
  • Investigators report finding a block‑notes page at Sempio’s parents’ home with the name “Venditti,” the figures “20/30 €,” and the phrase “gip archivia,” dated to early February 2017, days before Sempio was officially notified he was under investigation.
  • Financial analyses cited by investigators indicate about €40,000 moved from Sempio’s paternal aunts through an uncle to his father’s account starting in December 2016, with the hypothesis that part was withdrawn in cash and passed on.
  • Brescia prosecutors detail 2017 investigative anomalies, including omitted portions of intercepted conversations, opaque contacts with judicial police, a brief interrogation, and indications Sempio’s family knew the questioning topics in advance; a separate hearing in Pavia today addresses experts’ request to extend the incident probatorio.