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- Nov 2
Italian police arrest 644 young people in nationwide crackdown on youth crime
Police report 644 arrests, 69 of them minors, and 1,695 people reported while at liberty across Italy. The operation, which ran over roughly two weeks, also seized drugs, firearms and stolen goods.
- Oct 22
Four Padua youths file complaint against Fedez and bodyguards over alleged beating
Four young men from Padua say Fedez and his bodyguards beat them outside a Milan nightclub after they asked for a selfie. The 12-page complaint was filed with Milan prosecutors on Monday, 19 October, while the rapper's lawyers deny any beating.
- Oct 17
Padua police arrest 40-year-old accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old in bar bathroom
Parents broke down a locked bathroom door at their bar in Padua and found a 40-year-old Pakistani man with their 13-year-old son. Police arrested him for aggravated sexual violence and began procedures to revoke his residence permit.
- Oct 8
Padua prosecutors open file on Islamic arbitration chamber, no suspects or charges
Prosecutors in Padua have opened a file with no suspects and no alleged crime on the Islamic Arbitration Chamber of Italy, an association that says its rulings carry the effect of a court judgment. Lega and Fratelli d'Italia politicians have demanded action, while the main Muslim umbrella body has distanced itself from the chamber.
- Oct 1
Italian mayor halts citizenship for Moroccan woman over language proficiency
Cadoneghe Mayor Marco Schiesaro paused the naturalisation of a Moroccan woman married to an Italian citizen for 15 years after she could not read the oath in Italian.
- Sep 13
Pensioner arrested in Saonara after suffocating elderly mother-in-law and calling police
A 70-year-old man in Saonara surrendered to carabinieri after suffocating his bedridden mother-in-law with a bag on 13 September 2026, citing emotional exhaustion from caregiving.
- Jun 28
32-year-old woman burned with acid outside parents' home in Scorzè, near Venice
A 32-year-old woman is hospitalized with serious burns after a man threw corrosive liquid on her in Peseggia di Scorzè, a town near Venice, on the evening of June 26. She is not in life-threatening condition.