Silvio Berlusconi under investigation for alleged bribery in Naples

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Source: Reuters

Silvio Berlusconi under investigation for alleged bribery in Naples

Reuters in Rome
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 February 2013 13.25 GMT

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is challenging for a share of power after this week's election, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of bribing a senator to change sides in parliament in 2006, sources in the inquiry said on Thursday.

Two of Berlusconi's lawyers, Niccolo Ghedini and Piero Longo, said they had not yet received any official notification of the investigation from Naples magistrates and would not comment until they had.

The fresh accusations come as parties including Berlusconi's centre-right People of Freedom (PDL) struggle to form a government after this week's inconclusive election, which left no party with a majority in parliament.

The prosecutors are investigating claims that a senator, Sergio De Gregorio, was paid €3m (£2.6m) to leave his party and join the PDL, the sources told Italian news agencies.

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1. Vveerryy interesting.

this ought to throw a new twist into the new governmet.