Florence Prosecutors Open Inquiry into Montedomini Case
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Prosecutors in Florence have opened a new inquiry. It is about the Montedomini case. The city of Florence is in Italy.
A group called Salviamo Firenze made a complaint. Salviamo Firenze means 'Save Florence' in English. The group sent the complaint to the Procura. The Procura is the office of public prosecutors.
After the complaint, the Procura opened a file. This file is called 'exploratory.' It means the prosecutors are looking for facts. They want to know if something wrong happened.
The inquiry is new. It is only starting now. There is no more information yet about the details of the Montedomini case.
Vocabulary15 words
- inquiry
- an official check to find facts
- complaint
- a message that says something is wrong
- Procura
- the Italian office of prosecutors; it checks crimes
- file
- a set of papers about one case
- prosecutor
- a person who works for the law and checks crimes
- exploratory
- done to find out more, not to decide yet
- case
- a problem that people study or judge
- group
- a number of people who work together
- official
- connected with a government job
- Florence
- a city in Italy
- Italy
- a country in Europe
- facts
- true things that really happened
- wrong
- not correct or not fair
- details
- small pieces of information
- open
- to start something officially
Quiz
Answer key
1. Prosecutors in Florence 2. Salviamo Firenze 3. An exploratory file
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Prosecutors in Florence have opened a new _____. It is about the Montedomini case. The city of Florence is in _____.
A group called Salviamo Firenze made a _____. Salviamo Firenze means 'Save Florence' in English. The group sent the complaint to the _____.
After the complaint, the Procura opened a _____. This file is called '_____.' It means the prosecutors are looking for facts. They want to know if something _____ happened.
The inquiry is new. It is only starting now. There is no more information yet about the _____ of the Montedomini case.