Giuseppe Pignatone, the former deputy
prosecutor of Palermo who subsequently served as top prosecutor
of Reggio Calabria and Rome, has been placed under investigation
by State attorneys in the Sicilian city of Caltanissetta in
connection with a case regarding the alleged cover-up of a probe
on the Mafia and local tenders dating back to 1992.
The magistrate, currently the president of the Vatican City's
tribunal, was questioned by prosecutors in the Sicilian city on
Wednesday.
A former prosecutor in Palermo, Gioacchino Natoli, and finance
police General Stefano Screpanti are also under investigation
for allegedly aiding and abetting the Mafia.
According to magistrates in Caltanissetta, Natoli allegedly
helped Mafia-linked entrepreneurs by requesting that an
investigation into tenders allegedly controlled by the crime
syndicate be shelved and by asking for the destruction of
wiretaps that were relevant to the investigation.
The 1992 probe concerned the alleged relationship between
members of Palermo's Mafia Antonino Buscemi and Francesco Bonura
and the group led by late entrepreneur Raul Gardini - a case on
which slain prosecutor Paolo Borsellino had also focused his
attention.
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