{"id":19083,"date":"2026-03-24T21:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/italian-politician-resigns-after-giorgia-melonis-first-defeat-over-stake-in-mafia-linked-restaurant-world-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:46:21","slug":"italian-politician-resigns-after-giorgia-melonis-first-defeat-over-stake-in-mafia-linked-restaurant-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/italian-politician-resigns-after-giorgia-melonis-first-defeat-over-stake-in-mafia-linked-restaurant-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian politician resigns after Giorgia Meloni&#8217;s first defeat over stake in mafia-linked restaurant. world News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Italian Justice Undersecretary Andrea Delmastro has resigned after it was revealed he owned a stake in a mafia-linked restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>His departure was one of two resignations by Italian prime ministers <strong>Georgia Meloni&#8217;s<\/strong> The government on Tuesday after losing a referendum to reform the country&#8217;s judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Delmastro, who is a member of Ms. Meloni Brothers <strong>Italy<\/strong> The party staked out a Rome restaurant with the daughter of a man convicted of having ties to the Naples-based mafia group Camorra.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Delmastro said he sold his stake when he learned that the father of his 18-year-old business partner, Andrea Caroccia, was connected to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>However, a photo from 2023 later surfaced showing him with Caroccia, suggesting that the two men knew each other well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Andrea Delmastro with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. 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the judiciary of what she described as a &#8220;firing squad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The departures added to the political turmoil after a referendum on reforming Italy&#8217;s judiciary failed on Monday, the first significant defeat for Ms Meloni and her right-wing coalition.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement, Ms Meloni accepted the resignations of both officials, and, in an unusual move, also asked her Tourism Minister Daniela Santanche to &#8220;make the same choice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/768x432\/skynews-italy-daniela-santanche_7202238.jpg?20260324211444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/384x216\/skynews-italy-daniela-santanche_7202238.jpg?20260324211444 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/768x432\/skynews-italy-daniela-santanche_7202238.jpg?20260324211444 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/1600x900\/skynews-italy-daniela-santanche_7202238.jpg?20260324211444 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/2048x1152\/skynews-italy-daniela-santanche_7202238.jpg?20260324211444 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Daniela Santanche. 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