Special police checks in Borgo Aurora (September 2026)
On 21 September 2026 police launch special checks in Turin's Borgo Aurora district. A similar operation had already been carried out in the area in August 2022, when in 72 hours 80 people were identified, sixty of them non-EU citizens and nineteen with a police record, with administrative fines of 400 euros issued to public venues in the area.[3] In the first week of activity, 426 people are identified, one arrest is made, ten reports are filed and administrative fines of over 28,000 euros are issued.
Results of the first week of checks (September 2026)
In the first week of checks, from 21 to 28 September 2026, police identify 426 people, 195 of them with a police record; one man is arrested, ten people are reported and two are removed from the area. Over a hundred grams of cannabinoids belonging to unknown persons are seized in the area's gardens. At the 20 public venues and gathering places checked, with the cooperation of the municipal police and the Guardia di Finanza, administrative fines of over 28,000 euros are issued, mainly for hygiene and health shortcomings, violations of gaming-machine regulations, unauthorised outdoor seating and violations of the smoking ban. In road checks, covering more than a hundred vehicles with particular attention to e-scooters and electric bicycles, 35 Highway Code fines are issued and two electric e-scooters are administratively seized. On bus line 11, in cooperation with Gtt staff, of 180 passengers checked 47 are found without a valid ticket and are fined.12
Sources
- ANSA Piemonte — 29 September 2026
- TorinoOggi — 29 September 2026
- Prima Torino — 24 August 2022