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Russian funds: Metropol audio crime news

2/13/2020, 3:16:14 PM


The content of the audio file of the Metropol hotel in Moscow delivered to the magistrates by a journalist constitutes a "crime report" and, as such, can be used for the continuation of investigations and the search for evidence. (HANDLE)

(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 13 - The content of the audio file of the Metropol hotel in Moscow delivered to the magistrates by a journalist constitutes a "crime report" and, as such, can be used for the continuation of investigations and the search for evidence. So the sixth penal section of the Cassation in the reasons for the sentence with which on 17 December confirmed the evidentiary seizure of telephones, computers and tablets to Gianluca Savoini in the context of the Milanese investigation into alleged Russian funds to the League. The audio had been recorded in the hotel lobby in October 2018 and delivered by the journalist to the magistrates making use of the professional secret on the source. The file, according to the defense of Savoini, constitutes an illegal and anonymous unusable collection, while for the court of Milan delriesame is a crime report and can be used during investigations.