Overview
- The Supreme Court on October 16 rejected the appeal filed by lawyer Francesco Olivieri, making the custodial measure executable though not yet carried out.
- Prosecutors in Florence accuse Maria Concetta Riina of intimidating two Tuscan entrepreneurs to obtain money, including a Siena industrialist who, according to case filings, handed over €1,000 and goods.
- The Florence Review Court had previously overturned a gip’s refusal, finding serious indications of guilt and the applicability of the mafia method aggravation.
- Her husband, Antonino Ciavarello, is implicated in the same probe and is already incarcerated for another matter, with investigators alleging unauthorized phone contacts from prison.
- The investigation, led by the Florence anti-mafia directorate and conducted by the Carabinieri ROS, began in August 2024 and includes an attempted extortion in the Pisa area.