Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri on
Wednesday said a preliminary exam of projects carried out by
companies involved in an ongoing investigation by the local
State attorney's office into corruption, auction rigging and
fraud in public contracts for road maintenance in the Italian
capital, does not appear to involve work connected to the Roman
Catholic Jubilee Holy Year in 2025.
"I have ordered an in-depth inspection of all interventions
carried out by firms involved in the ongoing investigation.
"At the moment, no interventions connected to the Jubilee appear
to be involved, although the inspection is naturally still
ongoing", the mayor said.
"We are following with the utmost attention the ongoing
investigation, with full collaboration and a feeling of
gratitude for the precious work undertaken to safeguard the law
and also of indignation over the possibility that irregularities
were committed", said Gualtieri.
Earlier on Wednesday, finance police searched the Campidoglio
Rome municipal headquarters as part of the probe into
corruption, auction rigging and fraud in public contracts for
road maintenance work.
The locations searched by finance police included the offices of
the municipality's public works department in Via Petroselli,
where a number of documents were seized.
Prosecutors are probing municipal officials and two local police
officers, investigative sources said.
An entrepreneur is suspected of having bribed public officials
to obtain road maintenance contracts, the sources said.
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