Finance police have seized over
220,000 euros in cash, including money in foreign currency, from
Italian businessman Aldo Spinelli in relation to a corruption
probe that led to Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti being put under
house arrest on Tuesday, sources said on Wednesday.
The cash was part of 570,000 euros that preliminary
investigations judge Paola Faggioni ordered the confiscation of
from suspects, including Spinelli's son Roberto and former Genoa
Port Authority President Paolo Signorini.
The judge said the money was the alleged "profit of the crimes
of corruption".
The case regards alleged bribes in which cash for an election
campaign was exchanged for favours, including the extensions of
a port terminal concession.
Like Toti, Aldo Spinelli - the former chairman of Genoa and
Livorno soccer clubs -was put under house arrest on Tuesday,
while Signorini was jailed.
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