Overview
- Forti remains detained at Montorio prison in Verona after the surveillance court rejected his bid for conditional release.
- The decision, notified to his lawyers around 12:30 on September 23, followed a request filed in mid-September after roughly 26 years of incarceration.
- Judges found two key requirements unmet—“sicuro ravvedimento” and compensation of damages—points the defense disputes as inapplicable to the U.S. case record and the victim-family situation.
- Defense attorneys say they will challenge the ruling in the Court of Cassation and note recent credits for good behavior totaling six years and three months granted under Italian prison rules.
- Separately, a Verona prosecutor’s inquiry opened in 2024 continues into a prison report alleging Forti spoke of contacting ’ndrangheta figures to silence critics.