The Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, directed by Nicola Gratteri, has launched a broad inquiry into an alleged system of improper access to law enforcement databases in order to gather confidential information about businesses, celebrities, singers, and soccer players. According to investigators, the data was subsequently sold to a variety of private investigative agencies for a fee. The investigation was carried out in collaboration with the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor's Office, led by Giovanni Melillo, and information was shared with the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office. The Postal Police and the Naples Mobile Squad conducted an operation that resulted in the issuance of thirty precautionary measures: four people were detained, six were placed under house arrest, and nineteen received residency obligations. The charges include unauthorized access to computer systems, corruption, and disclosure of official secrets. According to the investigators' reconstruction, the system had a cost schedule: for each database search performed, fees ranging from six to twenty-five euros were charged. The investigation began with an examination of two officers' anomalous accesses, one of whom allegedly conducted about 600,000 unauthorized searches, while the other performed over 130,000 without any duty-related justification. During the searches, a server used to collect and distribute illegally obtained data was also confiscated. Gratteri described the criminal market for confidential information as "very lively", underlining how personal and sensitive material can have enormous economic worth, particularly in private litigation. The inquiry spans numerous Italian cities, including Naples, Rome, Ferrara, Belluno, and Bolzano, and investigations into the confiscated material and potential applications of the stolen data are ongoing.