Italy asks arrest of Austrian magnate Benko

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 3 - The Trento District Attorney's Office has issued an arrest warrant for Austrian magnate René Benko, founder of the Signa group, which made international press less than a year ago for a mega-bankruptcy, judicial sources said Tuesday.
    Other arrests have reportedly been made in Italy, including accountant Heinz Peter Hager from Bolzano and the mayor of Riva del Garda Cristina Santi.
    All are under house arrest.
    Further developments are not excluded, police said. (ANSA).