Italian Court annuls recognition of foreign drug sentences for personal use, excluding them from EU trafficking definition.

The Court of Cassation annulled the appellate court's decision recognizing German prison sentences for Vincenzo Romanelli, ordering a retrial for partial recognition. The defendant argued that personal drug possession should not be treated as trafficking under EU law, as it lacks double criminality requirements. The court agreed, ruling that personal use falls outside the EU's minimum harmonization for trafficking, thus excluding those specific charges from the foreign judgment's enforceability in Italy.