Overview

• The Direzione Nazionale Antimafia and DDA Milano finalized the main Equalize investigation, issuing a notice of conclusion to 15 suspects on 202 counts including criminal association, unauthorized data access, corruption and disclosure of official secrets.
• Prosecutors are set to request indictments for figures such as IT expert Nunzio Samuele Calamucci, former ROS carabiniere Vincenzo De Marzio and ex-Fondazione Fiera Milano president Enrico Pazzali.
• GIP Mattia Fiorentini ordered Andrea Bezziccheri into custody and placed former urban planning assessor Giancarlo Tancredi, Coima CEO Manfredi Catella, Commissione Paesaggio president Giuseppe Marinoni, architect Alessandro Scandurra and designer Federico Pella under house arrest.
• Court documents describe a “consolidated system of corruption and collusion” in Milan’s redevelopment, citing intercepted messages that reveal conflicts of interest and pressure to steer land-use approvals.
• All six urban planning detainees have appealed to the Tribunale del Riesame under the Nordio reform’s preventive interrogation rules to seek revocation of their custody measures.