Ermes Antonucci

The former Cosa Nostra super-boss, deemed “completely untrustworthy” by the prosecutors, wants to circulate a document to the Italian public setting out his own “truths” (or, rather, hoaxes) about the Mafia massacres of 1992–1993 and the alleged links between Berlusconi, Dell’Utri and Cosa Nostra

The Chamber of Deputies has refused the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to obtain the chat records between the former undersecretary and Caroccia, following a debate in which the government and the opposition put on an embarrassing spectacle. And there is controversy over the comments made by Bignami (FdI) regarding Scalfaro

With 636 auditors currently in post, there are as many as 104 senior positions: in effect, there is one president for every five auditors. This is a disproportionate number. The legislative decree approved by the Council of Ministers reduces this figure by 22 per cent

Rather than returning the material, which had been submitted in an irregular manner by MP Lo Voi, to the sender, the Speaker of the Chamber made it available to the Authorisations Committee, and the opposition requested to examine it. Fontana prevented this and now intends to refer the decision back to the committee

The Rome Public Prosecutor sent a letter to the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies an hour before the vote on the request for authorisation to access Delmastro’s chat records. The vote was postponed, amid criticism from the centre-right. Later that evening, the former undersecretary forwarded the messages to the public prosecutor’s office

The National Magistrates’ Association has decided to provide financial support for the appeal to the Regional Administrative Court lodged by a group of left-wing magistrates against the Higher School of the Judiciary, the presidency of which has passed into the hands of the ‘conservative’ Padalini after years of dominance by left-wing factions

“The acts of violence at the Chiomonte construction site constitute terrorism. The relevant prevention and enforcement measures must be applied,” says Andrea Padalino, a former public prosecutor in Turin. “The judiciary has shown itself to be too weak and ideological”

The 14-year and 9-month prison sentence handed down to jeweller Mario Roggero, who killed two robbers on 28 April 2021 following a raid on his shop, has been definitively upheld. Roggero has become a symbol for Salvini and Vannacci, but taking the law into one’s own hands has nothing to do with self-defence