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Italy’s Court of Cassation upholds asset confiscation and supervision in betting case

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Italy’s Court of Cassation rejected appeals against a Palermo appellate court order imposing two years of special supervision and confiscating a businessman’s assets. The court upheld the measures in a case involving illegal online gambling and betting linked to mafia support, and ordered payment of costs and a sum to the state fund for fines.

The ruling leaves the confiscation and two-year supervision measures in force in a case involving illegal betting activity.

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Italy’s Cassation Court upholds six-month sentence for Bari club operator

Reportedly, Italy’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by a private club operator in Bari as inadmissible. The decision makes the operator’s six-month prison sentence for breaching gambling law final.

Italy's Court of Cassation has rejected an appeal by the operator of a private club in Bari, making a six-month prison sentence for gambling law breaches final, according to a ruling by the court's Seventh Criminal Section. The court declared the appeal against the judgment of the Bari Court of Appeal inadmissible.

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