A serious risk for the democracy of our country: this is the belief of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Milan, which recently completed an investigation that culminated in four arrests and two suspensions from service. This intervention dismantled an alleged espionage network led by the former super policeman Carmine Gallo, the operational arm of Enrico Pazzali, president of the Fiera Foundation and owner of Equalize, an investigation company at the center of a disturbing industrial dossier activity. According to the magistrates, this operation could have exercised control over citizens and institutions, influencing business dynamics and public proceedings, including judicial ones.

The investigation documents show that the group operated from a base located in via Pattari, in the heart of the city, involving thousands of names and even high-profile figures in our country. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni commented that “no state of law can tolerate” such practices, while Minister Antonio Tajani defined the situation as “an unacceptable threat to democracy”, concerned about the potential use of confidential information by our geopolitical enemies.

Particularly alarming was an intercepted conversation that suggests that the network led by Gallo managed to infiltrate the Quirinale as well. Nunzio Samuele Calamucci updated Gallo on the sending of communications to “twenty people”, including an email addressed to Mattarella, with specific details on the President of the Republic’s account. This interception is the subject of the investigation coordinated by the public prosecutor Francesco De Tommasi together with the deputy Alessandra Dolci and the prosecutor Marcello Viola. Calamucci and Gallo imply that they had access to or even cloned an email attributed to the highest office of the State. At the moment there are no official comments from the Quirinale since the investigation is still ongoing.

The group under observation also showed interest in the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa and his family. Pazzali allegedly made reckless use of the dossier by asking for detailed reports on Senator La Russa. In some conversations, the search for personal information on his sons Geronimo and Leonardo clearly emerges, raising concerns that they may have been spied on simply because of their last name. La Russa himself expressed his disgust for this situation, hoping for clarity on who may have commissioned such activities.

The network in question had ties to mafia organizations and foreign secret services; Pazzali actively collaborated with Gallo to collect data on public figures such as Matteo Renzi, bypassing the protective systems designed to safeguard sensitive information regarding notables. However, they were not limited to politicians: among the subjects monitored were also Carlo Sangalli, president of Confcommercio-Imprese per l’Italia and lawyers involved in controversial proceedings.

Among the clients that emerged from the investigation are well-known names such as Senator Licia Ron