Overview
- After the presidency questioned the constitutionality of a bonus for lawyers involved in migrant repatriations, the government said it will pass a corrective decree following confidence votes on the security law.
- Prosecutors in Milan opened an inquiry into an alleged extortion plot against entrepreneur Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, and Carabinieri ROS carried out searches tied to ex‑intelligence officer Vincenzo De Marzio and former security chief Mario Cella for extortion, unlawful IT access and aggravated fraud.
- Investigators say the scheme sought up to €10 million by using private images taken from Del Vecchio’s home surveillance to pressure payments and sell a paid “reputation due‑diligence” contract, and Del Vecchio said he will seek civil damages.
- In a separate Milan case, prosecutors led by deputy prosecutor Bruna Albertini secured four house‑arrest orders and a preventive seizure of over €1.2 million in a network that allegedly organized escorts and drugs around high‑end events; prosecutors said no footballers are under investigation as reports describe private rooms and nitrous oxide use.
- Elsewhere in Italy, the Bari anti‑mafia directorate is probing the nightclub killing of 43‑year‑old Filippo Scavo in Bisceglie as a mafia‑aggravated homicide, and Pavia police detained a 17‑year‑old on suspicion of fatally stabbing 25‑year‑old Gabriele Vaccaro with the motive still under review.