The review court in Assisi revoked the preventive seizure of premises linked to an investigation into alleged illegal gambling at Circolo Bocciofila Life ASD. It ordered the premises returned for use only in the club’s institutional activities; the court said it would issue its reasons within 45 days.
The ruling returns the premises to the club but restricts their use while the investigation remains relevant.
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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).
Italy’s Court of Cassation declared inadmissible an appeal against the preventive seizure of €4,255 in cash in the “Penalty” investigation, according to the report. The investigation concerns alleged match-fixing and illicit sports betting; the court upheld the seizure after rejecting the defence’s challenge.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court provisionally suspended the Modena police chief’s order closing a public premises for ten days over minors’ participation in public games. The court said the dispute over which authority may impose sanctions requires further examination and suspended the order until its panel hearing on 4 November 2026.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court has provisionally suspended a ten-day closure order issued by the Questore of Modena against a public premises, in a case concerning the participation of minors in public games. The court suspended the order until its panel hearing on 4 November 2026. The measure does not annul the decree.
Police reported a stationery shop owner over an illegal betting premises inside the shop in Acireale. State police have stepped up inspections of betting premises, gaming halls and internet points across Catania province.
State police in Acireale reported the owner of a stationery shop to the judicial authority after officers found an unauthorised betting operation in rooms attached to the shop, according to a police account reported on 9 October 2026. The owner faces allegations of lacking the licence issued by the Questore and of unlawfully accepting and collecting bets, including through intermediation. The presumption of innocence applies until any final conviction, the report said.
Italy’s Court of Cassation declared an appeal inadmissible, leaving in place the confiscation of assets and business holdings connected to Calogero Jonn Luppino, according to the report. The confiscated property includes businesses linked to gaming and betting agencies, whose company names were not given. The court upheld the lower ruling that the assets were connected to support from the Cosa Nostra organisation.