Italy, senior officials arrested over corruption allegations

Some senior officials of the regional government of Sicily and businessmen were arrested today as part of a corruption investigation. Officials and businessmen are accused of plotting, fraud of taking public money, corruption, false public statements, revealing official secrets and suppressing public acts. About 14 companies, three based [...]
Officials and businessmen are accused of plotting, fraud of taking public money, corruption, false public statements, revealing official secrets and suppressing public acts.
About 14 companies -- three based in Hungary, Austria and Romania -- were confiscated, worth a total of about 24m euros.
Financial assets, material goods and property worth over 12.5m euros were also seized.












