Key legal question
Whether the Italian request remained admissible despite the long lapse of time and alleged changes in the accusations
Extracted holding
The lapse of time and subsequent factual and legal refinements did not make the request inadmissible; the original facts were supplemented, not replaced.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the new allegations reflected progress of the investigation and further evidence, not a change of the request's factual basis. The applicant could not invoke third-party rights or the alleged fair-trial defects of foreign proceedings.