Naples Prefect Michele di Bari issued seven anti-mafia measures against businesses across Naples and nearby municipalities, including a betting shop, according to the report. The measures restrict affected businesses from obtaining public contracts, concessions, licences, authorisations or funding.
The restrictions could prevent the affected betting business from accessing public contracts and authorisations.
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The Veneto Regional Administrative Court rejected a company’s challenge to an anti-mafia notice issued by the Prefecture of Venice, according to a report. The company, which operates in food service and holds a public gambling concession, argued that it was independent of the family context and cited internal measures; the court upheld the notice after finding the reported links were structural rather than occasional.
Carabinieri in Naples Bagnoli temporarily closed a betting shop during checks in the city’s western outskirts. The operation also recorded 67 people identified, 48 vehicles checked and two people reported for legal violations; the source does not specify the grounds for the shop closure.
The Campania regional administrative court rejected a betting centre’s challenge to the Naples police authority’s refusal to issue a new public-security licence. The premises were about 100 metres from a church, within the 250-metre limit; the court found that revocation of the former licence meant the proposed reopening could not rely on protections for previously authorised venues.
The Campania regional administrative court, Sezione Quinta, has rejected a challenge brought by a betting centre against the refusal by the Questura di Napoli to grant a new public-security licence for betting collection. The court upheld the police authority's denial, according to the ruling of 26 October 2026.
A judge at Naples court issued precautionary measures against people suspected of involvement in illegal online betting and other offences, following a request by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate. Investigators allege an organised operation used online platforms and companies registered to third parties; authorities also ordered the preventive seizure of company shares, business assets and commercial premises. The suspects remain presumed innocent pending a final judgment.
Italy’s State Police said the Catania police chief ordered two businesses to close for seven days: a kiosk-bar in Cibali and a bar-betting shop in Antico Corso. Police said repeated checks found people with criminal records at both venues, which authorities considered a risk to public order and safety.
Italy's State Police ordered the temporary suspension of two businesses in Catania: a kiosk-bar in the Cibali district and a betting centre in the Antico Corso area. The closure orders last seven days and were issued by the Catania police chief.