ATM staff suspended for using security cameras to film women
ATM employees placed under criminal investigation and stripped of pay after footage from onboard CCTV systems was allegedly shared in sexist group chat.
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Prato’s shadow bank moved €100million a year for mafias
Italian investigators have dismantled an illegal shadow bank in Prato that allegedly channelled up to €100 million a year through an untraceable hawala payment network for Chinese, Albanian and Italian organised crime groups,. There were 41 arrests and €60million seized.
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Teenager stabs aunt to death and throws body into Livenza river
A 17-year-old boy has confessed to stabbing his 53-year-old aunt Chiara Guerra and disposing of her body in the Livenza river near their home in San Stino di Livenza, in the Metropolitan City of Venice.
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Fresco cycle discovered in Giacomo Leopardi’s library
A major fresco cycle concealed for centuries has been uncovered during restoration work at Casa Leopardi in Recanati.
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Venezi formally contests La Fenice dismissal
The conductor Beatrice Venezi has declared her sacking null and discriminatory, launching a legal challenge against the opera house that fired her before she ever raised a baton as its musical director.
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Dassilva acquitted of Pierina Paganelli murder
Louis Dassilva walked free in the early hours of Tuesday after a Rimini court acquitted him of the murder of 78-year-old Pierina Paganelli. This leaves one of Italy’s most high-profile recent criminal cases without a culprit.
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Florence cracks down on unauthorised tourist transport
Municipal police have seized three vehicles and issued fines totalling €980 in a fresh enforcement operation targeting unlicensed tourist transport services operating in and around the UNESCO-listed city centre.
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€44 for two ice creams: American tourist’s receipt goes viral
A photograph of a receipt from a gelateria near Piazza di Spagna has caused a social media storm after a Florida tourist was charged more than forty euros for what she expected to be two small ice creams. It’s the latest in a long series of overcharging controversies targeting visitors to the Italian capital.
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Former Venice mayor Brugnaro indicted over election spending
Luigi Brugnaro, who served as Venice’s centre-right mayor for a decade before the recent end of his mandate, has been indicted on charges of violating electoral spending laws relating to his 2020 local election campaign.
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Ancient Roman domus discovered beneath Rome school
A second-century AD domus (townhouse) has been unearthed beneath the boys’ gymnasium of the Liceo Scientifico Cavour in central Rome. The dig reveals frescoes, mosaics and stucco decoration of exceptional quality.
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