Piedmont ex-councillor and former
Turin councillor Roberto Rosso is to stay in jail, a detention
review court ruled Thursday.
Rosso was arrested on December 20 on charges of buying votes
from the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia.
The case regards alleged illegal deals cut with people in
Turin area linked to 'Ndrangheta.
Rosso was an MP for many years for Silvio Berlusconi's Forza
Italia (FI) party but he subsequently switched to the rightwing
Brothers of Italia (FdI) group.
He resigned on December 30 from his post as regional
councillor as well as Turin city councillor.
His attorney said Rosso's resignation wasn't mandatory but
was "an independent ethical choice" made from a "sense of
political responsibility".
Prosecutors said Thursday that Rosso is open to blackmail
because he hasn't confessed.
Rossi unsuccessfully stood for Turin mayor a few years ago.
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