Overview

• Ilaria Bugetti resigned as Prato’s mayor on June 20 after the Florence prosecutor’s office requested her house arrest in an electoral-financing investigation.
• Investigators allege Bugetti granted favors to businessman Riccardo Matteini Bresci in exchange for campaign support during her time as regional councillor and mayor.
• Vice-mayor Simone Faggi received a formal notice as a suspect for allegedly providing false statements to the public prosecutor.
• Opposition leaders in Prato’s city council welcomed the resignation and are calling for the judicial probe to expand its scope.
• Councillors from Fratelli d’Italia filed a motion to convene Tuscany’s regional council to examine the case before Bugetti’s June 23 interrogation.