Agi: Bimba morta schiacciata dall’acquasantiera, assolto in appello l'insegnante di religione

AGI - La Corte d'Appello di Trieste ha assolto il sacerdote e docente di religione Ioan Marginean Cocis al processo di secondo grado per la morte di Penelope Cossaro, la bimba di 7 anni schiacciata da un'acquasantiera il 21 novembre 2019 durante una lezione di catechismo nella chiesa di Santa Chiara dell'educandato Uccellis che ha sede a Udine.
Confermata inoltre l'assoluzione della dirigente scolastica Anna Maria Zilli, già decisa in primo grado. La sentenza ribalta così parzialmente il verdetto del Tribunale di Udine, che aveva condannato padre Ioan a 2 anni e 4 mesi per omicidio colposo.
La reazione della famiglia
Durissimo lo sfogo della madre di Penelope, Laura Libanetti. La donna ha definito la decisione vergognosa auspicando un eventuale ricorso in Cassazione da parte della Procura, dal momento che la famiglia non si è costituita parte civile nell'appello, ma ha scelto la via del processo civile per il risarcimento.

The Puglia region as a landfill for the Campania region, the Bari Dda (Waste Management Agency) carries out 19 precautionary measures: over 3,500 tons of waste illegally disposed of.

The Puglia region is being used as a dumping ground for waste from Campania. This is revealed by “Operation Erebus,” the code name for investigations by the Bari District Attorney’s Office and the Noe Carabinieri, which documented 64 sites and 126 episodes of illicit waste dumping organized by “Cerignolani” and Salerno criminal organizations, a key axis of environmental crime. Approximately 3,500 tons of waste were illegally disposed of, often burned, primarily in the provinces of Foggia and Barletta-Andria-Trani, including the Tavoliere Plain, the Alta Murgia National Park, private agricultural lands, quarries, and abandoned industrial buildings.

On Wednesday, May 27th, Carabinieri executed 19 precautionary measures (6 house arrests, 7 obligations to appear before the judicial police, and 6 one-year bans from conducting business activities) across the provinces of Foggia, Salerno, Naples, Benevento, Rome, and Latina. Thirty individuals are under investigation, 16 companies are implicated, and 132 charges have been filed.

The illicit dumping occurred almost exclusively in Puglia: in Bari, Minervino Murge, Margherita di Savoia, Candela, Ostuni, Trinitapoli, Foggia, Molfetta, Castelluccio dei Sauri, Ascoli Satriano, Cerignola, Lucera, Barletta, Manfredonia, Carapelle, Andria, Ordona, Ortanova, and Stornarella. It also occurred outside the region, in Rome, Ferentino, Ripi, Cassino, Anagni, San Martino Valle Caudina, and Casamarciano.

These figures represent a summary of a roughly 460-page order issued by Judge Ilaria Casu, following a request from prosecutors Marco D’Agostino and Domenico Minardi. The order stems from citizen complaints regarding air pollution and observations of illegal waste dumping in Cerignola, reported by municipal police and forestry officials, starting in April 2022. The discovery of a pile of garbage at Madonna di Ripalta and the truck that dumped it – a blue vehicle with a white semi-trailer bearing a dark, wavy logo – led to the identification of the truck's license plate. The vehicle was registered to a company not listed in the National Environmental Manager Registry, managed by a Cerignola businessman. This marks the beginning of the investigation into the “Cerignolani.”

The investigation utilized standard investigative techniques: wiretaps revealing the defendants' awareness of the illicit nature of the operations, GPS and cellular data tracking of trucks, videos from surveillance cameras in warehouses and fields, and checks and seizures confirming the falsity of transport codes. "These are criminal actions," one defendant stated on the phone while dumping packaging and cardboard in Foggia.

Each illegal disposal operation was “meticulously organized and equipped from a logistical standpoint,” even utilizing "a network of accomplices and lookouts who ensured there were no police checks.” The coordinator of Bari’s District Attorney’s Office, Giuseppe Gatti, explained. “There were also people available to facilitate these operations.” Prosecutor Roberto Rossi recalled that the pollution caused by this continuous flow of waste "poses serious health problems for the people of Puglia and threatens the beauty of a territory we cherish and must protect."

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https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/27/operazione-erebus-rifiuti-campania-puglia-notizie/8400959/

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Chiesta l’archiviazione per l’ex assessora pugliese Maurodinoia (Pd) nell’inchiesta sullo scambio elettorale politico-mafioso

La Dda di Bari ha chiesto l’archiviazione per Anita Maurodinoia, ex assessora pugliese ai Trasporti, nell’inchiesta sul presunto scambio elettorale politico-mafioso. L’inchiesta, nel febbraio 2024, portò all’esecuzione di 130 arresti. Centonove imputati sono già stati condannati in abbreviato. Maurodinoia era indagata, ma dagli approfondimenti degli inquirenti non sono emersi elementi tali da sostenere l’accusa a dibattimento. Per questo il pm Fabio Buquicchio, che ha coordinato le indagini della Squadra mobile insieme al collega Marco D’Agostino, ne ha chiesto l’archiviazione. Ora dovrà esprimersi il giudice per le indagini preliminari.
L’inchiesta ruota attorno alla presunta compravendita di voti dalla malavita per le elezioni amministrative di Bari del 2019. Personaggio principale dell’inchiesta è l’ex consigliere regionale Giacomo Olivieri, accusato di aver comprato voti da tre clan di Bari per favorire l’elezione della moglie, Maria Carmen Lorusso, al consiglio comunale. Olivieri, ai domiciliari dal 2025 dopo aver trascorso oltre un anno in carcere, è stato condannato in primo grado a 9 anni di reclusione. In quella tornata elettorale, oltre a Lorusso, attualmente imputata a dibattimento, fu eletta anche Maurodinoia.
L’ex assessora resta imputata in udienza preliminare nell’ambito di un’altra inchiesta su presunte elezioni truccate. Per la Procura, avrebbe fatto parte della presunta associazione finalizzata alla corruzione elettorale che avrebbe inquinato le Regionali del 2020 – quando la stessa Maurodinoia fu eletta con quasi 20mila voti nella lista del Pd – e le comunali di Grumo Appula (2020) e Triggiano (2021). Con lei e altri 16 è imputato anche il marito Sandro Cataldo, fondatore del movimento politico Sud al centro e considerato il promotore della presunta associazione.
L'articolo Chiesta l’archiviazione per l’ex assessora pugliese Maurodinoia (Pd) nell’inchiesta sullo scambio elettorale politico-mafioso proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

The request for archiving has been made for the former Puglia-based (Pd) assessor Maurodinoia in the investigation into the political-mafia vote-buying scheme.

The Bari District Attorney (DDA) has requested the closure of the case for Anita Maurodinoia, former Puglia Transport Minister, in the investigation into the alleged political-mafia vote-buying scheme. The investigation, in February 2024, led to the arrest of 130 people. One hundred and nineteen defendants have already been convicted under abbreviated proceedings. Maurodinoia was under investigation, but further investigations by the authorities did not reveal evidence sufficient to support a trial. For this reason, Prosecutor Fabio Buquicchio, who coordinated the Mobile Squad’s investigations with colleague Marco D’Agostino, requested her closure. The preliminary judge must now issue a ruling.

The investigation centers around the alleged sale of votes by the mafia to the 2019 municipal elections in Bari. The main figure in the investigation is former regional councilor Giacomo Olivieri, accused of buying votes from three Bari clans to favor the election of his wife, Maria Carmen Lorusso, to the municipal council. Olivieri, under house arrest since 2025 after spending over a year in prison, was sentenced in first instance to 9 years in prison. In that election, in addition to Lorusso, currently on trial, Maurodinoia was also elected.

The former minister remains a defendant in preliminary hearings as part of another investigation into alleged rigged elections. According to the Prosecutor, she would have been part of the alleged association aimed at electoral corruption that would have polluted the 2020 Regional elections – when Maurodinoia herself was elected with nearly 20,000 votes on the Pd list – and the municipal elections in Grumo Appula (2020) and Triggiano (2021). She and another 16 are also defendants along with her husband Sandro Cataldo, founder of the political movement Sud al centro and considered the promoter of the alleged association.

The article "Closure Requested for Former Pugliese Minister Maurodinoia (Pd) in Vote-Buying Mafia Investigation" comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/03/03/maurodinoia-archiviazione-scambio-elettorale-bari-news/8312362/