Campidoglio searched in 'probe involving Jubilee funds'

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 13 - Finance police on Wednesday searched the Campidoglio Rome municipal headquarters as part of an investigation by the State attorney's office in the Italian capital into corruption, auction rigging and fraud in public contracts for road maintenance work, allegedly involving funds earmaked for the Roman Catholic Jubilee Holy Year in 2025.
    Prosecutors are probing a number of municipal officials and two road police officers, among others, investigative sources said.
    In particular, four public officials have been placed under investigation, according to preliminary information.
    Sources said an entrepreneur is suspected of having bribed the public officials to obtain road maintenance contracts.
    The locations searched by finance police on Wednesday included the offices of the municipality's public works department in Via Petroselli, where a number of documents were seized. (ANSA).