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Politico (15 May 2026)

Hannah ROBERTS

The ministry of justice has been a magnet for trouble in recent months, including over a pardon for one of the ex-PM’s former associates.

Late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” scandal is back on the Italian political agenda, wreaking havoc in Giorgia Meloni’s justice ministry.

Recent controversies culminated in a hotly debated presidential pardon involving Nicole Minetti, a former dental hygienist convicted for her role in procuring women for Berlusconi’s infamous soirées in Villa Certosa in Sardinia. Earlier this year, she was granted a presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds, reportedly to care for an ill child.

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