ALBAWABA - According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and other high-ranking officials are involved in a high-stakes espionage case involving Israel's spy organization Mossad.
According to the article, Mossad worked with a Milan-based private investigation agency that employed senior security personnel from both the past and present. This company is accused of collecting Meloni's and other Italian politicians' personal information with the goal of utilizing it for blackmail.
So far, many are being investigated and four people have been detained. Experts in cybersecurity believe that servers belonging to the Italian Ministry of the Interior may have been compromised, possibly revealing private information.
The controversy has been described by Italian media as a "top-level conspiracy" that involves foreign organizations, such as Mossad, Italian intelligence officers, and the mafia.
The scenario was denounced by Prime Minister Meloni, who called it "unacceptable" and a "threat to democracy."
Concerned about possible violations of state secrets, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has called for an immediate parliamentary probe, cautioning that the material that has been made public may be "just the tip of the iceberg."
One of the main suspects in the inquiry is a former senior police officer who is now in charge of the private intelligence company Equalize. From 2019 until 2024, this person reportedly gained access to Italian police and government systems, gathering private data that he either sold or planned to sell to customers.
According to a separate allegation from Corriere della Sera, Italian investigators stopped anonymous Israeli nationals who were referred to be intelligence agents from visiting the investigation business. According to reports, these agents were looking for information on Iranian gas that would be useful to Eni, the state-owned gas business in Italy. A top police officer connected to Italian intelligence organized this visit.
