«In Carloforte the licenses were issued at the restaurant. It was a system and I adapted to it." Having exploded last year the investigation into nautical licenses assigned without examination, according to the accusation in exchange for favors or bribes worth a few hundred euros, on 5 December 2023 the lieutenant Pierpaolo Spagnolo, 56 years old, had in fact made almost a confession before prosecutor Andrea Vacca.
Shortly before, he had left his job, including that at the Port Authority which had led him, since 2015, to cover the role of deputy commander of the Carloforte one. For this reason, the precautionary custody order in prison ordered by the investigating judge of the Court, Luca Melis, came almost unexpectedly, so much so that in the next few hours his lawyers, Marco Aste and Michele Pilia, will ask the investigating judge - in the guarantee interrogation - to change the measurement.
The operation
In addition to prison for the former non-commissioned officer, the judge ordered 10 other precautionary measures: five house arrests and the same number of signature obligations. In total, there are 84 suspects, but only 36 appear in the order because the majority have already started contacts with the Prosecutor's Office in order to reach a plea agreement ( HERE IS THE LIST OF NAMES ). Leafing through, however, the 186 pages of orders carried out on Saturday at dawn by around fifty soldiers of the Special Intervention Unit of the General Command of the Port Authorities - Rome Coast Guard - the excellent names of those who, according to the Prosecutor's Office, also stand out he would obtain the license in exchange for favors or mini-bribes. On the list there are industrialists, professionals, managers and wealthy people from Sulcis, from the Middle Campidano, from the capital and from the Province of Cagliari.
