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New Tunnel Search Reopens 1994 Disappearance of Judge Paolo Adinolfi

Investigators are probing previously unexplored galleries under a mafia-confiscated site linked to the Banda della Magliana.

Overview

  • From November 12, Carabinieri, State Police and Guardia di Finanza coordinated by the Rome Prefecture began inspecting underground galleries beneath the Casa del Jazz.
  • Officials have reported no discoveries to date, and Prefect Giannini said teams are not seeking a specific item as the effort serves as a fresh physical check in a case archived twice in past years.
  • The venue stands on land seized from organized crime, which gives weight to a line of inquiry that has long examined possible ties to the Banda della Magliana.
  • Adinolfi had just moved to the Rome Court of Appeal after years in the civil tribunal’s bankruptcy section, where he handled high-profile collapses such as the Fiscom case involving figures later linked to the gang.
  • Key unresolved traces from July 1994 include a postal money order sent to his wife, his house and car keys left in his mother’s building mailbox, his car found near the Villaggio Olimpico and reports of an unidentified young man seen with him.