Messina – The investigation resulted in the house arrest of the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Totrekindles the debate on the lack of regulation of lobbying in Italy. Meanwhile in Messina the judges file the reasons of the appeal ruling on the case Emilia Barrileone of the first in Italy to see the crime of illicit influence traffickingAndclosely linked on a criminal level to the lobbying aspect.
The point on lobbies in Italy
Despite the many bills presented in Parliament, Italy still does not have unified and adequate legislation for lobbying. Recently the former minister Brunetta said he was in favor of the establishment of a register of lobbies at the CNEL but nothing else has moved. Meanwhile the crime of influence trafficking illicit activities are under the spotlight of the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, which has included its repeal or adaptation among the objectives of the recent ongoing reforms. In jurisprudence, the application of the crime has had a troubled path and the most recent ruling from the Court of Cassation, considered unitary, came from the joint sections a few weeks ago, with sentence 19357/2024, which sheds light on the regulatory continuity with the crime of boasted credit.
The trial of Emilia Barrile
In Messina, the lack of legislation on lobbying influenced the trial of the former president of the city council, Emilia Barrel, sentenced on appeal to 3 years and 8 months, at the end of last November, and acquitted of almost all the charges. The crux of the verdict is precisely the crime of influence trafficking. The judges of the Court of Appeal explain why in the reasons filed in recent days (read here)
