The Camera dei Deputati is preparing to deny authorization for the seizure of correspondence of former Undersecretary of Justice Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove, requested by the Rome prosecutor's office led by Francesco Lo Voi. The rapporteur for the authorizations committee, Forza Italia's Pietro Pittalis, filed a negative opinion during the July 16 meeting. The denial is motivated by the temporal indeterminacy of the request, as the prosecutor did not specify a start and end date for the correspondence to be seized. Delmastro is not under investigation.

The request concerns the investigation into the management of the restaurant Le 5 Forchette, also known as Bisteccheria di Italia, located on via Tuscolana in Rome. Delmastro was a partner in the restaurant along with other Fratelli d'Italia members from Piedmont, Mauro and Miriam Caroccia, who are considered by investigators to be frontmen for the camorra clan led by Michele Senese, as established in a final judgment. The prosecutor's office considers the restaurant to be another business set up by the Caroccia family to launder illicit funds from the clan.

According to documents sent to the Camera, prosecutors Lo Voi, together with deputies Stefano D'Arma and Lorenzo Del Giudice, explained that a mobile phone used by Mauro Caroccia at the time of the events was seized, and during interrogations on April 1, 2026, both Mauro and Miriam Caroccia stated that contacts with the Piedmontese partners were maintained through that device. The two, with statements substantially confirmed by Barbara Tritoni, wife and mother respectively of the two suspects, claimed the existence of a dedicated chat for restaurant management in which Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove also participated. The Caroccias maintain they were frontmen not for the camorra clan but for Delmastro, who would have received all the restaurant's profits. These claims are part of the defense strategy of the Caroccias and have not been independently verified.

The Junta for authorizations had previously written to the Rome prosecutor's office stating it considered the original request for access to the correspondence irregular.

Miriam Caroccia, now 20 years old, became the sole owner of the restaurant after Delmastro and the other Fratelli d'Italia members exited in spring of last year. On June 23, she convened a total shareholders' meeting before a notary in Rome to change the company's articles of association and transfer the legal headquarters from Biella to Rome, at the same address as the restaurant.

The opposition has criticized the Camera's decision, calling it a defense of the political class. The article does not assess the merits of the ongoing investigation.