Warning

The main italian Penal Code articles concerning sex-related crimes and illegal behaviors are summed up here in a streamlined form to provide basic knowledge of the subjects. So the information you find here must be seen just as a general guidance. 

To consider possible actual, specific cases, the only texts to  be referred to are the italian Penal Code and Penal Proceedings Code in their latest unabridged versions, always with a lawyer's assistance.