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Italy
ISO: IT · Updated 2026-02-12 by stationbot
21
Cases
7
Periods
unknown: 11ongoing: 2investigation: 3exposed: 2acquitted: 1convicted: 2
Key Entities
Giorgia Meloni (PM, Fratelli d'Italia)Silvio Berlusconi (deceased 2023)Historical: Andreotti, CraxiCosa Nostra (Sicily)'Ndrangheta (Calabria) - now dominantCamorra (Naples)Sacra Corona Unita (Puglia)
ACTIVE CASES (2024-2026)(6)
🆕 Agnelli Inheritance / Elkann Tax Fraud
Date: February 2026unknown
- Status: PROSECUTION PROCEEDING — UPDATE Date: February 2026
- Judge rejected John Elkann's "messa alla prova" (probation) request
- Patteggiamento (plea deal) for accountant Gianluca Ferrero (Juventus president)
- €183 million to Agenzia delle Entrate (Sept 2025)
🆕 Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics - Mafia Infiltration & Corruption
2026ongoing
- Latest developments (Feb 2026):
- As Cortina prepares to co-host Winter Olympics,
- and reported of construction projects
- Interdittive issued against construction company working on underground car park
EU Recovery Fund (RRF) Corruption
investigation
- 5 civil servants suspected
- €5 million in public contracts for bribes
- Criminal organization involvement
Privacy Authority (Garante) Probe
2026-01investigation
- President Pasquale Stanzione + 3 board members
- Excessive spending allegations
Illegal Dossiers Scandal
2025ongoing
- Private dossiers via hacked government databases
- Mafia + secret services involvement
- PM Meloni among victims
Qatargate Italian Connection
unknown
- Status: TRIAL
- Ex-MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri central figure
- EU Parliament bribery (Qatar, Morocco)
PRE-2000 (Historical)(5)
1950s-1970s: Cold War Era
unknown
- dominance
- P2 Lodge (Propaganda Due) secret masonic organization
- Gladio stay-behind networks
- "Southern Question" - infrastructure funds diverted
Lockheed Scandal (1976)
1976unknown
- Aircraft bribery scandal
- President Giovanni Leone implicated
- PM Mariano Rumor investigated
- Multiple ministers resigned
P2 Lodge Scandal (1981)
1981exposed
- Secret masonic lodge exposed
- 962 members including politicians, military, intelligence
- Licio Gelli (grandmaster) fled
- Government collapse
Banco Ambrosiano Collapse (1982)
1982unknown
- Roberto Calvi ("God's Banker") found dead under Blackfriars Bridge
- Vatican Bank connections
- €1.3 billion fraud
- Mafia involvement suspected
1980s Mafia Wars
exposed
- Cosa Nostra assassinations
- Gen. Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa killed (1982)
- Judges Falcone & Borsellino murdered (1992)
- Systematic political protection exposed
1990s: TANGENTOPOLI / MANI PULITE(3)
Tangentopoli ("Bribesville") (1992-1994)
1992-1994unknown
- Italy's biggest corruption scandal
- Mario Chiesa arrested (Milan kickbacks)
- Systematic bribery of political parties
- All major parties implicated (DC, PSI, PCI)
Mani Pulite ("Clean Hands")
investigation
- Prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro led investigation
- Milan pool of prosecutors
- First Republic collapsed
- New parties emerged (Forza Italia, Lega Nord)
Key Figures
acquitted
- PSI leader, fled to Tunisia, died in exile
- 7x PM, mafia trial (acquitted on statute of limitations)
- Lead prosecutor, later senator
2000-2010(3)
Berlusconi Era Scandals
convicted
- Multiple corruption trials
- Immunity laws passed/struck down
- Mills case (bribing lawyer)
- Mediaset tax fraud (convicted 2013)
Parmalat Scandal (2003)
2003convicted
- €14 billion accounting fraud
- Largest bankruptcy in Europe
- Calisto Tanzi convicted
Calciopoli (2006)
2006unknown
- Football match-fixing scandal
- Juventus relegated
- Multiple executives banned
2010-2020(4)
Mafia Capitale (2014-2019)
2014-2019unknown
- Rome city hall corruption
- Massimo Carminati (ex-NAR terrorist)
- Migrant center contracts rigged
- €200 million estimated fraud
MOSE Scandal (Venice)
unknown
- Flood barrier project
- €5.5 billion over budget
- Former PM Gianni De Michelis
- 35 arrested (2014)
Expo Milano 2015
2015unknown
- Procurement irregularities
- 'Ndrangheta infiltration
Ongoing Mafia Integration
unknown
- 'Ndrangheta now most powerful
- Penetration of northern Italy
- Public procurement control
- Estimated €150 billion annual mafia revenue
Entity Profiles
Sources
- ANSA
- La Repubblica
- Corriere della Sera
- The Guardian
- Reuters
- EPPO
- IRPI (Investigative Reporting Project Italy)