Alessandra Sgarella, who was kidnapped by the ‘Ndrangheta for nine months in the late 1990s, is said to still be keeping the secret of how her release was achieved. Carmine Gallo, 65, who as a ‘super cop’ stood shoulder to shoulder with the most recalcitrant judges on the front lines of the most important operations against the Calabrian mafia in Lombardy more than three decades ago, was placed under house arrest yesterday afternoon. The charge is serious: Criminal organization aimed at unauthorized access to computer systems. According to the indictment of the Milan DDA, recognized by the investigating judge, he outlined the ‘operational strategies’ and planned the ‘illegal activities’ of a group of hackers, IT consultants and law enforcement officers who allegedly prepared the files. and reports on payment and commission, particularly from the economic world, using confidential information in national strategic databases. His involvement in the case filed in the past for the crimes of disclosure of official secrets and aiding and abetting was also a fault. In 2008, while serving in the Milan Mobile Team, he allegedly revealed confidential information – this was the accusation – and favored a former money launderer working for the Calabrian clans. In the past, Gallo was involved in dozens of investigations in solving the murder of Maurizio Gucci. Enrico Pazzali, president of Fondazione Fiera Milano, allegedly used his past ‘relationships and know-how’ as CEO of research company Equalize srl to create an impressive collection of data between 2019 and this year. And according to the records, he was always the one who called the ‘customers’, managed the relationships with them and was directly involved in the ‘illegal wiretaps’. The former police inspector’s first client would be Pazzali himself, although he was not required to pay, according to records. In a wiretap from 2022, the former police officer ‘comments’ about ‘the amount of reports Pazzali had to prepare to meet his personal needs’. He’s talking about ‘thousands’ of files. The paid activity earned the group ‘hundreds of thousands of euros’ just last year. According to the investigating judge, Pazzali could have handed over the ‘entire operation’ of Equalize to Gallo, Calamucci, Camponovo and Cornelli; these were the four people who were later arrested, and they would eventually become ‘dependent’ on them, and might even ‘gain benefits’ from them. ‘He first benefits from the company’s services and obtains information about the people he is interested in’. In fact, Gallo and others were also carrying out a ‘real strategy’ to overthrow him.