Police in southern Italy said
Tuesday they are investigating major fraud, including
allegations of embezzlement, involving two senators and a
cabinet undersecretary as well as regional politicians from
different political parties in Campania.
Prosecutors are concerned with more than 50 officials and
have asked that 13 regional counselors be dismissed over alleged
irregularities in their reimbursements over a period stretching
from 2010 to 2012.
Investigators say they are interviewing officials including
Senator Domenico De Siano, a regional coordinator for ex-premier
Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) party, Senator Eva Longo,
also an FI official, as well as Transport Undersecretary Umberto
Del Basso de Caro, of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
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