Overview

• The Tribunale del Riesame annulled arrest warrants for developer Andrea Bezziccheri and former Commissione Paesaggio member Alessandro Scandurra, ordering their immediate release.
• Milan prosecutors announced a ricorso in Cassazione to challenge the Riesame’s decision and maintain that precautionary measures are needed to prevent interference and repeat offenses.
• New WhatsApp conversations extracted from seized phones, including messages mentioning Mayor Giuseppe Sala and projects such as 'Pirellino' and 'Torre Botanica', were deposited as evidence this week.
• Hearings for ex-assessors Giancarlo Tancredi and Giuseppe Marinoni, as well as for Federico Pella and Manfredi Catella, have been adjourned to mid- and late August to allow defense teams to study the newly submitted material.
• Forensic review of all seized mobile chats by the Guardia di Finanza is ongoing, with investigators warning that keyword searches across vast data sets could take months.