Former Rome mayor Gianni
Alemanno was indicted Friday in the so-called Rome Mafia case
involving a ring of gangsters, businessmen and politicians who
muscled in on lucrative city contracts.
The former rightwing politician faces charges of corruption
and illicit financing. The first hearing in his case will be
held March 23.
Alemanno is accused of receiving 125,000 euros in 2012-2014
via his Nuova Italia (New Italy) foundation in exchange for
"acts running counter to his duties in office".
Prosecutors say the money was funneled to him by three
defendants in the Rome Mafia case - Salvatore Buzzi, the honcho
of the leftwing cooperatives, in agreement with one-eyed former
rightwing terrorist and gangster Massimo Carminati,
and by Franco Panzironi, the former chief of AMA trash
collection company.
The former mayor allegedly received 75,000 euros in
financing for electoral dinners, 40,000 euros in financing for
his foundation, and 10,000 euros in cash. Prosecutors say he
took the last amount in October 2014, when he was no longer
mayor and two months before the first round of Rome Mafia
arrests.
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