Overview
- In a Cassation appeal, Milan prosecutors formally introduce bid‑rigging to the urban‑planning case involving Manfredi Catella, Giancarlo Tancredi and Christian Malangone.
- Filings cite newly analyzed chats that prosecutors say indicate coordinated efforts to steer municipal tenders and secure favorable planning terms.
- Investigators describe an organized allocation of public assets, including rail‑yard areas and piazzale Loreto, with opinions from the Commissione Paesaggio flagged as pivotal.
- Specific lots under scrutiny include largo De Benedetti, via Messina 50 and 53, and via Cenisio, with prosecutors noting advisory work for architect Alessandro Scandurra close to the sales timeline.
- The inquiry is widening to new suspects and projects such as the Mind site, while a Supreme Court hearing on several positions is scheduled for November 12; Catella denies corruption and previously had house arrest revoked.