Port logistics entrepreneur Aldo
Spinelli was released Monday after spending three months under
house arrest.
According to investigators, Spinelli corrupted former Liguria
governor Giovanni Toti who was released from house arrest last
week after resigning from his post.
Preliminary Investigations Judge (GIP) Paola Faggioni has
however barred Spinelli from managing his businesses for 12
months.
Prosecutors Federico Manotti and Luca Monteverde had agreed to
the measure provided Spinelli did not manage his companies - an
opinion they granted after Spinelli donated the majority of
shares in his holding company to his son Roberto, who is also
under investigation.
The trial against Spinelli, Toti and Emilio Signorini, former
chairman of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority is set to
begin on November 5 in relation to a corruption probe.
The case regards alleged bribes in which cash for an election
campaign was exchanged for favours, including the extension of a
port terminal concession.
Toti faces charges of corruption and illicit financing while
Spinelli and Signorini are accused of corruption.
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