The criminal case has finally been opened , although the criminal charges raised by the Cagliari Public Prosecutor's Office are still unknown. Following the "initiative" investigations initiated independently by the Carabinieri Investigative Unit of the Cagliari Company , the chief prosecutor of the capital, Rodolfo Sabelli , has entrusted the case to one of his expert deputies: now a full-scale investigation will be conducted into the planned merger and privatization of Sardinia's airports.
The magistrate will now have to study the evidence gathered in recent weeks by both the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza, which is also investigating the same matter under a separate mandate from the Regional Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Auditors.
The criminal investigation thus takes shape after preliminary work that has long remained under wraps. Nothing has leaked from the corridors of the Prosecutor's Office, but the new inquiry —according to the few leaked rumors—could mirror several important past investigations involving the procedures for identifying private partners in privatization transactions.
