Overview

• On July 25, Daniel was transferred under strict confidentiality at the La Caleta court in Granada to his father’s custody and subsequently departed for Italy
• The Audiencia Provincial de Granada has initiated an official inquiry into Juana Rivas for alleged child abduction for failing to comply with an Italian custody order
• A psychological report submitted by Spain’s Ministry of Youth and Children described Daniel as highly tense and adamant that he did not want to return to Italy
• Gabriel Arcuri filed a criminal complaint accusing his father and a psychologist of coercing his younger brother during the first handover and sought urgent protective measures
• Rivas’s legal team plans challenges in Italian courts while Francesco Arcuri prepares for a September trial in Italy on alleged child maltreatment charges