Strait Bridge, corruption investigation: the Public Prosecutor’s Office requests documents from the Ministry of Infrastructure
The ROS have been instructed to execute a production order in respect of Dipe/Cipess, the Ponte sullo Stretto company and the Eurolink consortium. At the heart of the request are the documents submitted to the Court of Auditors for audit purposes
Key points
First came the searches to seize documents and smartphones belonging to those under investigation. Now the documents relating to the Strait Bridge project have been sent to the Court of Auditors. The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has instructed the ROS Carabinieri to execute a production order against four parties: MIT, DIPE/CIPESS, the Strait Bridge company and the Eurolink consortium. This marks the latest development in the corruption investigation in which, amongst others, Tommaso Miele, former deputy president of the Court of Auditors, and lawyer Giacomo Saccomanno are under investigation.
Bridge over the Strait: what documents is the Public Prosecutor’s Office looking for?
The request has a specific scope. The magistrates wish to obtain the documentation prepared and submitted to the Court of Auditors as part of the audit of two measures: Cipess Resolution No. 41/2025 and Decree No. 190 of 1 August 2025, signed by Matteo Salvini, Minister for Infrastructure, and Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister for the Economy.
It is therefore the documents prepared and sent to the Court of Auditors for those audits that form the subject of the order addressed to the four recipients.
The corruption investigation and the searches on 9 June
This operation follows on from a previous investigation carried out on 9 June. On that occasion, a search warrant was executed with the aim of seizing documents and electronic devices, including smartphones, used by the individuals under investigation.
The sequence outlined by the magistrates therefore begins with a search for documents and devices belonging to the suspects and continues with a request for the documents sent to the Court of Auditors.
