ADM, the Guardia di Finanza, Carabinieri and State Police carried out more than 40 checks in the provinces of L’Aquila and Pescara as part of CoPReGI activity. They identified criminal and administrative violations, including premises in both provinces that did not display a licence issued by the police commissioner.
The checks identified licensing violations at gambling premises in both provinces.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | ADM orders internet providers to block 146 gambling sites in Italy | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 5,711,000 | CoPReGI reports €5.711m in penalties after illegal-gambling checks across Italy | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 5,000 | Italy's Council of State upholds €5,000 ADM penalty against online gambling concessionaire | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 20,000 | Italy’s Cassation Court resolves six ADM sanction cases after constitutional ruling | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 60,000 | Carabinieri report €60,000 in penalties at Castellammare betting shop | Not stated |
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Local police in the Campodarsego area found administrative breaches at a betting shop during inspections and issued its owner with a fine of more than €1,000. Police said repeat violations could lead to the business being suspended.
Belluno police fined two betting venues during checks ordered by Questore Roberto Della Rocca for the 1 May holiday period. Each venue received an administrative penalty exceeding €1,000 because the required owner’s representative was absent during opening hours, according to the report.
Italy’s anti-mafia district directorate sought prison sentences totalling more than 330 years for 27 defendants in a Naples abbreviated trial over alleged illegal online betting and related offences. Prosecutors allege a network linked to the Licciardi Russo clan routed wagers through foreign platforms and betting shops across Campania; the case is at the closing-arguments stage, and no verdict is reported.
Bologna’s Guardia di Finanza said it found more than €1.3m in poker winnings that a player had not declared in Italy. Investigators deemed the player’s move to Malta fictitious and referred the case to the Bologna prosecutor’s office over alleged failure to declare income.
Bologna's Guardia di Finanza said it identified more than €1.3m in undeclared poker winnings held by a live poker player who had moved his residence to Malta. The player has been treated as fiscally resident in Italy and referred to the Bologna prosecutor's office over alleged failure to declare income, according to the provincial command's account of the case.
Carabinieri seized assets worth more than €500,000 from a 45-year-old man in Brindisi, Mesagne, Carovigno and Torre Santa Susanna, following an order by the Lecce court’s Prevention Measures Section. The court accepted a proposal from the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate; investigators linked the man to alleged illegal gambling and betting activity.
Carabinieri have placed under preventive seizure illicit assets exceeding €500,000, including property, current accounts and commercial activities, belonging to a 45-year-old man. The order came from the Lecce court's prevention measures section, which fully accepted a proposal by the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate (DDA).