Sensational turning point at Ilva in Taranto. As expected, the investigating judge Patrizia Todisco signed the seizure order (without the right to use) of the plants in the Ilva hot area of Taranto and precautionary measures for some suspects in the environmental disaster investigation against Ilva top management . Among the arrests (under house arrest) is the owner of Ilva Emilio Riva and his son Nicola. The measures have not yet been implemented. Two expert reports have established a correlation between polluting emissions from the steel industry, illness and death. The Fim, Fiom and Uilm trade unions are preparing the mobilization having had the inkling that the notification of the measure by the carabinieri may be imminent. Furthermore, 2 workers have left their jobs and have gone outside the Ilva plant and are preparing to march on the Appia and 106 state roads, the procession could also move to the city.
The Minister of the Environment, Corrado Clini, has asked for the whole matter to be re-examined in a few days because production continuity must be safeguarded. The governor of Puglia, Nicki Vendola, argued that "the blockade does not mean the shutdown of the plant"
