The SISMI-Telecom scandal, uncovered in
Italy in 2006, refers to a
surveillance scandal believed to have begun in 1996, under which more than 5,000 persons' phones were tapped.
First arrests
As part of the judiciary investigation on the ''
Imam Rapito'' case, the
Italian justice system discovered an illegal domestic
surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as c ...
program run by
Marco Mancini, former #2 of the
SISMI military intelligence agency, with the help of
Giuliano Tavaroli People with the Italian given name or surname Giuliano () have included:
In arts and entertainment Surname
* Geoffrey Giuliano, American author
* Maurizio Giuliano, writer and Guinness-record-holding traveler Given name
* Giuliano Gemma, actor
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, former chief of security at the
Italian Telecom company and of
Pirelli
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, and private
Florentine detective
Emanuele Cipriani. All authorized requests made by magistrates to make wiretaps passed by Tavaroli.
[Telecom Italia wiretapping scandal]
'' EDRI-gram'' - Number 4.15, 2 August 2006
On 21 July 2006, Adamo Bove, predecessor of Tavaroli as responsible of security at the Telecom company and former
DIGOS member, died in
Naples by falling from a motorway bridge. Bove had discovered a flaw in the system which enabled people to enter the Telecom system and implement wiretaps without leaving a trace.
[ He had announced this fact to the Milan magistrates, leading to the top-secret investigation.][
Giuliano Tavaroli, the chief of security of Telecom, was arrested on 20 September 2006, along with twenty other persons, including policemen and other members of the secret services, on charges of spying and ]corruption
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. The files included reports on the Democrats of the Left (DS) and other politicians.["Da Telecom dossier sui Ds" Mancini parla dei politici](_blank)
'' La Repubblica'', 26 January 2007
Marco Mancini and Emanuele Cipriani were arrested on 13 December 2006. They were charged with conspiracy corruption and revealing professional secrets. Mancini allegedly received money from Cipriani and Tavaroli, who constituted approximately 30 reports on magistrates, journalists, businessmen and politicians and members of other intelligence agencies ( SISDE).
Using confidential information provided by Mancini via his work at SISMI, Cipriani is accused by the Italian magistrates of having constituted files on various figures in the political, media and financial world.Inchiesta Telecom, Mancini arrestato per i dossier e le intercettazioni illegali
'' La Repubblica'', 12 December 2006
5,000 targets
Targets of the surveillance program included '' La Repubblica'' reporters Giuseppe D'Avanzo
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from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...
and Carlo Bonini Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to:
*Carlo (name)
*Monte Carlo
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, who broke the Yellowcake forgery story and who also broke this scandal. Valentino's former creative director, Alessandra Facchinetti, was also tapped.[Don't Call Us]
, '' Vogue'', 23 July 2008 Further investigations uncovered that more than 5,000 persons [ (including politicians, magistrates, football players and referees ][) had been placed under illegal surveillance. The scheme, allegedly instigated by Giulio Tavaroli and Marco Mancini, is believed to have begun in 1996.][ Data was analyzed using Enterprise Miner (from SAS System) and Analyst's Notebook.][
According to '' La Repubblica'', the main mystery concerned the exact use of these files. Money is one of the first, clear motives: participants in the deal, including Marco Mancini, Giuliano Tavaroli, Emanuele Cipriani, and a former SISDE fiduciary, Marco Bernardini, shared 20 million euros between them.
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See also
* List of political scandals in Italy
References
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External links
(IT) Source: La Stampa "Ordinanza 23.09.2006 GIP Dott.ssa Paola Belsito: il nome di tutti gli arrestati e i capi di imputazione
(IT) Informazione di garanzia e avviso di conclusione delle indagini, 14.07.2008 - 1st part
https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055931/http://static.repubblica.it/milano/pdf/telecom/telec_2.pdf - 2nd part
- 3rd part
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080818120127/http://www.report.rai.it/R2_popup_articolofoglia/0%2C7246%2C243%5E1071124%2C00.html (IT) Il servizio della trasmissione televisiva Report sullo scandalo Telecom - full verbatim]
(IT) Source: Il Sole 24 ore, 21.07.2008 "Dossier illegali Telecom, Tronchetti e Buora vittime"(IT) Source: La Repubblica, 22.07.2008 "Dossier illeciti Telecom: ecco l'atto integrale dei PM"
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/07/sezioni/cronaca/dossier-telecom/verita-tavaroli-2/verita-tavaroli-2.html - 2nd part "Tronchetti mi ordinò un dossier sui soldi ai DS"]
(IT) Source: La Repubblica, 25.07.2008, "Mancini racconta la sua verità: 'Pollari riferiva a Tronchetti'"
Political scandals in Italy
Surveillance scandals
2006 in Italy
Telephone tapping