Prosecutor in Lecce seizes olive trees, investigates scientists for ‘misrepresentation’

The Prosecutor of Lecce, Cataldo Motta, with public prosecutors Elsa Valeria Mignone and Roberta Licci, issued an urgent seizure order, executed today by the State Forestry Corps, to prevent the further felling of olive trees ordered by the EU to combat the Xylella fastidiosa outbreak in Salento.