Overview
- Italy’s Catanzaro Court of Appeal scheduled a Nov. 17 hearing at noon local time before Judge Antonio Battaglia to consider Brazil’s request, submitted by Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
- Brazil’s Supreme Court First Panel will hold a virtual session from Nov. 7 to 14 to decide whether to accept the prosecutor general’s complaint and turn Tagliaferro into a formal defendant.
- Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet accuses Tagliaferro of leaking confidential messages between Moraes’s aides and of obstruction and coercion tied to investigations from May 2023 to August 2024.
- The Italian court will assess dual criminality and rights protections, with reporting noting a potential analogy to Italian Penal Code article 326 on the revelation of official secrets.
- Local restrictions that confined Tagliaferro to Torano Castello and retained his passport were lifted, though he remains barred from leaving Italy while the extradition case proceeds.