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Woman attacked at gas station, man had knife

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Knife seized by the Carabinieri of Naples SOMMA VESUVIANA - Hands banging on the door, windows closed, heart racing. A 46-year-old woman experienced moments of terror on Via Circumvallazione in Somma Vesuviana (Naples) when her ex-partner—a 49-year-old man already reported for abuse—surprised her while she was filling up at the gas station. It was a sudden, violent scene, played out in just a few minutes but leaving its mark. The man, driving a white Jeep, slammed on the brakes as soon as he saw her. He got out and lunged at the woman's car, a small black hatchback. First he attempted to open the passenger door, then, failing, he began pounding on the driver's door, screaming that he just wanted to talk to her. The screams, the punches, the rage: it all came together in a moment when fear took over. The owner of the petrol station was the one to stop the violence between the various people present Moments of terror that lasted three minutes but seemed endless. "He was scre...

A minor responsible for serial thefts and damages has been arrested.

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The Catanzaro Carabinieri are on the trail of the minor. LAMEZIA TERME - Thefts, damage, and fires of parked cars in the city center. A minor has been arrested and is believed to be responsible for serial thefts and damage. Footage from private citizens' security cameras is crucial. Twenty-seven crimes were committed in a single night. On Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Lamezia Terme, the Carabinieri arrested a 17-year-old local man believed to be the perpetrator of the fire that destroyed six parked cars and a moped on Viale 1 Maggio on the night of July 6, 2025. The young man is also believed to be responsible for the theft, committed that same night, of a car parked nearby on Via XX Settembre. Having driven without a license to flee, the young man damaged numerous parked cars, destroying everything in his path: street furniture, benches, flowerbeds, and shrubs. The minor was also charged with participating, on the night between February 28 and March 1, 2025, together with another...

Five arrested for referee-directed sports fraud

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Carabinieri and finance police involved in Operation Penalty REGGIO CALABRIA – Since the early hours of Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the Carabinieri of the Reggio Calabria provincial command and the financial police of the Guardia di Finanza's Special Currency Police Unit have executed a precautionary house arrest order issued by the Reggio Calabria court against five individuals under investigation for the crime of criminal conspiracy to commit sports fraud. The investigation, coordinated by the Reggio Calabria Public Prosecutor's Office, headed by Prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli, began in January 2024 by the Carabinieri of the Reggio Calabria Investigative Unit and continued with the participation of the financial police of the Special Currency Police Unit, who were already investigating with another Public Prosecutor's Office, stemmed from a report from the Customs and Monopolies Agency regarding an anomalous flow of bets on a Primavera football match. Sums of money that co...

Public incentives for photovoltaic systems: a €5 million fraud

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Financial Police, Varese Provincial Command VARESE – Finance police from the Varese provincial command, as part of an operation aimed at combating the improper disbursement of public funds, have identified three companies controlled by Spanish entrepreneurs who improperly requested and obtained over €5 million in incentives for solar energy production from renewable sources. The investigation, conducted by the Gallarate-based company, began by analyzing electricity companies within the department's jurisdiction. This analysis revealed the presence of numerous companies with limited share capital but owners of significant photovoltaic plants, located primarily in central and southern Italy. These companies are managed by foreigners domiciled but not actually resident in Italy. Based on these initial findings, the positions of the companies under investigation were further investigated, including through an examination of their bank accounts. The sums paid out were immediately transf...

670 kilos of hashish seized at sea, a fishing vessel blocked

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Guardia di Finanza, Naval Air Operations Department of Palermo PALERMO - The State Police and the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) have arrested five Tunisians on suspicion of criminal conspiracy, issued by the Palermo Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate. They are seriously suspected of conspiracy to engage in international drug trafficking. On the night of October 20, 2025, as part of joint operations between the State Police and the Trapani Guardia di Finanza's Naval Operations Section, aimed at combating migrant and drug trafficking along the Trapani province coastline, including by monitoring vessels heading from the coast toward international waters, personnel from the Trapani Flying Squad and the Palermo SISCO (Italian Coast Guard), coordinated by the Central Operations Service, detected the presence of a dinghy equipped with a powerful outboard motor in the waters off the city of Marsala (Trapani). The encounter between the vessel and a Tuni...

Procedural fraud and false expert report for inducement, one arrest

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The-Carabinieri-of-Cosenza-are-working-to-unmask-the-scammer. COSENZA - On the morning of Monday, October 27, 2025, the Carabinieri of the Cosenza Provincial Command executed the precautionary house arrest order issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Cosenza Court against a suspect based on the deemed existence of serious circumstantial evidence regarding multiple crimes of material forgery committed by a private individual in a public document, procedural fraud, and false expert report by inducement. The precautionary measure was adopted at the request of the Cosenza Public Prosecutor's Office, following a detailed investigation conducted by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command - Judicial Police Section of the Cosenza Public Prosecutor's Office. The investigation was initiated following a report from magistrates of the Labor Section of the Cosenza Court regarding several allegations of procedural fraud committed in order to obtain social security or welfare...

Parish priest stabbed; attacker identified and arrested

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Carabinieri officers in Caltanissetta, from the video just before the stabbing. GELA - On the evening of Thursday, October 23, 2025, Carabinieri officers from the Gela Territorial Unit arrested a 26-year-old local man with a criminal record, identified as responsible for the crime of aggravated assault against Father Nunzio Samà, parish priest of the Beata Vergine del Carmelo Church in Gela. Responding immediately following the serious incident, the Carabinieri launched a thorough and ongoing investigation, coordinated by the Gela Public Prosecutor's Office, which quickly allowed them to gather conclusive evidence against the arrested individual. In particular, the initial investigation was guided by images acquired and extracted from various video surveillance systems in the area. These images helped to contextualize the young man's presence inside the church, where the attack, which resulted in the stab wounding the priest in the stomach, allegedly took place in the parish pr...