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.
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