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Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

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Arrest and the first 48 hours

Arrested at Italian airport
Arrested in Italy: what happens and what to doWhat happens in the first 48 hours after an arrest in Italy, what you must not do, and how to instruct a lawyer if you are not in the country.
Arrested on holiday in Italy
Bail Italy foreign national
Foreign prisoners Italy assistance
Police custody Italy rights
Pre trial detention in Italy
Urgent lawyer Italy 24h
Visiting a detainee Italian prison

Acting for someone else

By nationality

European Arrest Warrant

Challenge european arrest warrant
European Arrest Warrant surrender hearing in Italy
European Arrest Warrant vs extradition difference
European Arrest Warrant in ItalyHow a European Arrest Warrant works in Italy: who decides, the grounds for refusal, the time limits, and what changes if you are an Italian national.

Extradition

Interpol notices

Arrested on Interpol notice in Italy
Interpol diffusion vs red notice
Interpol Red Notice and ItalyWhat an Interpol Red Notice is, what it is not, what happens if you are stopped in Italy on one, and how a notice can be challenged and deleted.
Interpol wanted list check
Remove Interpol red notice

Dealing with the police

Running a case from abroad

Am i under investigation in Italy
Can i leave Italy during a criminal case
Instructing an Italian criminal lawyer from abroadYou do not need to be in Italy to instruct an Italian criminal lawyer. What a special authority is, what has to be signed, and what can be done the same day.
How long can police investigate in Italy
How long does an Italian criminal case take
Indagato vs imputato explained

How the system works

Ways a case can end without conviction

Practical consequences

How Italian law differs from the US and the UK

How Italian criminal procedure differs from the US and the UKSix assumptions English-speaking clients bring to an Italian criminal case that are wrong: bail, plea bargaining, juries, prosecutorial discretion and more.
Italian legal terms that do not mean what they look likePatteggiamento is not a plea bargain and prescrizione is not a statute of limitations. Seven Italian criminal law terms whose obvious translation is wrong.

Drug charges

Driving charges

Violence charges

Sexual offence charges

Theft and property charges

Business and financial crime

Offences that affect residents

Family and relationships

Work, tax and assets

Procedure and your rights

Court documents and notifications

How sentences are calculated

Sentences: drug offences

Cannabis offences sentence in Italy
Drug association sentence in Italy
Drug trafficking sentence in Italy
The sentence for small-scale drug dealing in ItalyWhat Italian law gives for small-scale dealing under article 73(5): six months to five years, or eighteen months to five where conduct was not a one-off.

Sentences: laundering and handling

Handling stolen goods sentence in Italy
The sentence for money laundering in ItalyItalian money laundering under article 648-bis carries four to twelve years. A lower range applies where the proceeds come from a minor offence.
Self laundering sentence in Italy

Sentences: business and financial offences

Sentences: offences against the person

Sentences: property offences

Sentences: driving offences

Sentences: other offences

How long you can be held

Your right to stay in Italy

Criminal record and rehabilitation

If you are the victim

Medical negligence claims

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