Overview
- The Executive promulgated a legislative decree amending the Criminal Procedure Code to enable rapid inspection of electronic devices in defined high‑severity crimes.
- The authority applies when suspects are caught in the act and to devices found during surprise operations inside prisons.
- Police may access data on phones, computers and other devices only with prior authorization from the Public Ministry and when the review is indispensable to the case.
- After the inspection, the prosecutor must request a confirmatory ruling from a judge to formalize post‑facto judicial oversight.
- Officials say the change aims to prevent the loss or alteration of messages, call logs or geolocation data and to bolster investigations into networks operating on the streets and from within prisons.