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Spyware scandal - journalists' union submits criminal complaint

Italian Journalists’ Union Files Complaint Over Spyware Scandal

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian journalists’ union Fnsi and the journalists’ guild OdG have filed a criminal complaint with the State Attorney’s Office in Rome. They are demanding an investigation into the alleged spying on at least one journalist using Paragon Solutions’ military-grade Graphite hacking software.

Daniela Santanchè faces a third no-confidence vote Credit: ANSA

Santanchè again faces no-confidence vote

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Minister Daniela Santanchè faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament. Five Star, PD, and AVS demand her resignation after her indictment for false accounting in the Visibilia investigation and the looming charge of aggravated fraud at INPS. However, the vote has been postponed to an undetermined date.

Cesare Parodi, ANM president to meet Meloni over justice reform and other issues

Meloni to meet ANM head over justice reform

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni has agreed to meet the new head of the magistrates’ union, ANM, amid a dispute over justice reform and other political-judicial issues.

ICC - Italy did not sign declaration supporting ICC after Trump imposed sanctions

Italy declines to sign declaration supporting ICC

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy has declined to join 79 countries in signing a joint declaration supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on its staff.

Salvini claims the hacking software is not in his area of expertise

Salvini Suggests Spyware Scandal May Involve Intelligence Services Clash

February 8, 2025February 8, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday that the alleged use of Paragon Solutions’ ‘Graphite’ military-grade hacking software to spy on activists and journalists, including in Italy, could be due to internal tensions within the nation’s intelligence services. However, he emphasised that this was not his area of expertise.

There is no open case with the ICC over Almasri. Image: ICC

No open case with ICC over Almasri affair

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

There is no open case at the ICC against Italian officials, an ICC spokesman confirmed on Thursday.

Luca Casarini to File Complaint Over Alleged Spyware Use

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Luca Casarini, mission chief and founder of NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, announced on Thursday that he will file a criminal complaint with prosecutors in Rome or Palermo. This over the alleged use of military-grade hacking software by Paragon Solutions to spy on 90 individuals, including himself.

Paragon Solutions Terminates Contract with Italy

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Paragon Solutions, the surveillance technology firm accused of deploying military-grade spyware against journalists and activists in multiple countries, has severed ties with Italy following revelations of alleged misuse.

Meloni says majority will pass new election law if opposition refuses to talk Meloni described not as Frodo but "butter man" by Matteo Renzi

Opposition attack Meloni for not facing Parliament

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italia Viva (IV) leader and senator Matteo Renzi criticised Premier Giorgia Meloni in the Upper House on Wednesday. He called her a “butter man” who was “strong with the weak and weak with the strong” after Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi reported on Libyan official Osama Almasri’s release and flight home.

Interior Minister Piantedosi in Parliament

Nordio and Piantedosi report to Lower House over Almasri

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi dismissed claims on Wednesday that the government had been blackmailed into releasing Libyan general Osama Almasri last month after his arrest in Turin on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.