# Italian court convicts 32 over the 2018 Genoa Morandi bridge collapse, former highway operator CEO gets 12 years
> An Italian court on July 16 convicted 32 people, including the former CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia, for the 2018 Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa that killed 43 people; 25 defendants were acquitted or cleared by statute of limitations

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-16 · heads: 谁说了算, 什么崩了 · 3 takes · 3 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

An [Italian](/zh/entity/italy) court convicted 32 people, including the former CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia, [Italy](/zh/entity/italy)'s main motorway operator, for the August 2018 collapse of the Morandi highway bridge in Genoa that sent vehicles plunging onto a riverbed and an industrial area below, killing 43 people. The former CEO received a 12-year sentence. Twenty-five defendants were acquitted or cleared by the statute of limitations. The collapse exposed serious maintenance lapses in Italy's motorway concession system, prompting Italy to revoke Autostrade's concession contract and take state control of the network.

## Why it matters

Eight years after one of Europe's deadliest infrastructure failures, the verdict delivers criminal accountability for the companies responsible for maintaining the bridge, and tests whether Italy's post-collapse concession reforms have put sufficient legal liability on private infrastructure operators. Families of the 43 victims had pushed for convictions throughout the long prosecution.

## What to watch

- Whether convicted defendants appeal and the expected timeline of any appeal proceedings
- Sentencing for the other 31 convicted individuals beyond the former CEO
- What civil damages awards follow the criminal verdict
- Whether the Genoa precedent changes how Italian or EU courts assess private motorway operator liability

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### Canadian construction-industry publication; covered the verdict from an infrastructure-accountability angle, citing the disaster as exposing serious lapses in maintenance
- **Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect)** (Canada, en) — The Daily Commercial News reported that an Italian court convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 29 others for the 2018 Genoa collapse, describing it as a disaster that exposed serious lapses in maintenance practice across the Italian motorway network.
  > "An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 29 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people."
  Source: https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/infrastructure/2026/07/former-ceo-of-italian-highway-operator-handed-a-12-year-sentence-over-deadly-2018-bridge-collapse

### Doha-based broadcaster; gave the clearest overall verdict count, reporting 32 convictions and 25 acquittals or statute-of-limitations clearances
- **Al Jazeera** (Qatar, en) — Al Jazeera provided the most complete final tally of the verdict: 32 convicted, 25 acquitted or cleared by the statute of limitations, with the former CEO of the Italian motorway operator receiving a 12-year sentence for the 2018 Morandi bridge disaster.
  > "In all, 32 convicted and 25 acquitted or cleared by statute of limitations over 2018 Morandi bridge disaster."
  Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/16/ex-ceo-of-italian-motorway-sentenced-to-12-years-for-genoa-bridge-collapse

### unlabelled
- **France 24** (France, en) — 
  Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260716-italy-court-finds-32-people-guilty-over-deadly-genoa-bridge-collapse

## Across the graph
- Entities: Italy

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