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Morandi Bridge: Former Autostrade per l'Italia CEO Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
On July 16, 2026, a Genoa court delivered its verdict in the Morandi Bridge case: 32 of 57 defendants were convicted. Giovanni Castellucci, former CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia — the Italian motorway operator managing 2,968 km of highways, privatized in 1999 and renationalized in 2021 — received the heaviest sentence: 12 years in prison for complicity in multiple involuntary homicides through negligence. The bridge's collapse in August 2018 claimed 43 lives. The defense announced an appeal.