Overview

• On Oct. 8, the Italian Court of Cassation denied Carla Zambelli’s appeal for house arrest, keeping her in the Rebibbia women’s prison in Rome.
• During the Cassation hearing, an Italian prosecutor formally argued against granting her release.
• The extradition request from Brazil remains with the Rome Court of Appeal, which is awaiting the Prosecutor General’s opinion before scheduling the next hearing.
• A judicial medical report found she receives regular psychiatric care and that her condition does not preclude continued detention or a transfer to Brazil.
• In Brazil, a request to strip her congressional mandate is advancing in the Chamber’s Constitution and Justice Commission, and allies now privately predict extradition, even as the AGU has placed a five-year confidentiality on documents sent to Italy.