Valter Lavitola, former director of the newspaper L'Avanti and now a restaurateur, is under investigation by the Rome prosecutor's office in connection with the attack against Sigfrido Ranucci, host of the RAI program Report. Lavitola is investigated for aggravated Strage with mafia methodology and criminal association. It should be noted that, under Italian law, the crime of Strage does not provide for the mitigating circumstance of attempt. Last Monday Lavitola was subjected to a search at his home, during which seven manuscripts, two USB flash drives and three mobile phones were seized. The seized material, especially the electronic devices, is currently undergoing technical examination by investigators to verify possible connections with the attack on Ranucci. According to reconstructions reported by Open, among the business activities being examined is a carbon credit project in which Lavitola would have involved Clesio Tavares Gomes, identified by the Nucleo investigativo dei carabinieri di Roma as a possible link to the perpetrators of the attack. Tavares would have returned to Cameroon to involve local communities in the carbon credit business. The relationship between Lavitola and Ranucci is also being examined, including the hypothesis, reported by Open, of a possible political candidacy of the journalist, which Ranucci would have dismissed. An initial lead regarding Report's investigations into camorra investments in Northern Italy was subsequently excluded as the least supported by investigative elements. For the moment, Ranucci is not expected to be recalled to the prosecutor's office. Meanwhile, members of Fratelli d'Italia on the RAI Vigilance Committee have called for clarification on the ties with Ranucci. Lavitola has professed his innocence before prosecutors and in statements to journalists.