Overview
- UCIS raised the journalist’s security from fourth to second level, doubling the escort to four agents, adding a second armored vehicle, and stationing military outside his Campo Ascolano home.
- The decision followed Ranucci’s November 4 Antimafia hearing, after which chair Chiara Colosimo requested stronger protection.
- COPASIR has asked to obtain the secret portions of Ranucci’s hearings, and Vigilance Commission chair Barbara Floridia scheduled a vote for Wednesday, December 3, to consider the request.
- Rome prosecutors continue to investigate the October 16 explosions that destroyed Ranucci’s and his daughter’s cars, with no claim of responsibility and several leads under review.
- In classified testimony Ranucci addressed an alleged surveillance by intelligence services said to have been activated by Undersecretary Giovanbattista Fazzolari, an accusation he denies.