Berlusconi aide resigns in corruption probe

Article reports that Guido Bertolaso, right-hand man to prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, resigned as head of Italy’s powerful Civil Protection agency on the 10 February 2010 after being officially notified he was under investigation for suspected corruption involving construction of facilities for the Group of Eight summit in Italy in 2009.

Police also arrested four other people in connection with the investigation, including Angelo Balducci, a senior official in charge of public works.

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NRC Handelsblad, 25.2.10: Italy is sick of its own corruption http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2492352.ece/Italy_is_sick_of_its_own_corruption

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