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Italy’s Supreme Court upholds asset confiscation in case citing illegal gambling

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Italy’s Supreme Court rejected appeals by three third parties and upheld the confiscation of assets linked by lower courts to a person associated with a local mafia group. The court accepted the lower court’s reasoning, which cited alleged illegal gambling and online betting activity among its assessment of social dangerousness and the disparity between declared income and assets.

The ruling confirms confiscation in a case where alleged illegal gambling and online betting formed part of the courts’ assessment.

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