Overview
- Carabinieri in Sorrento executed a preventive seizure on Jan. 30 on a judge’s order for suspected lottizzazione abusiva, notifying owners Antonio Mellino and Rita Vinaccia.
- Investigators report thirteen expansions totaling about 3,000 cubic meters from 1982 to October 2025 that converted a rural casolare into a large hospitality site in a landscape‑protected, hydrogeologically sensitive area.
- The decree and municipal actions single out a pool, an underground cellar and a suite for restoration, with allegations of an unauthorized underground work beneath Via Amerigo Vespucci used for connection.
- The Torre Annunziata prosecutor alleges Massa Lubrense issued illegitimate condoni over decades, supported by a mid‑January technical report that cites artificial splitting of applications and missing legal prerequisites.
- The Mellino family disputes the characterization of a continuing illegal subdivision, says many works were already regularized, and plans to seek review at the Tribunale del Riesame while the investigation proceeds.