Finance police searched the Rome
headquarters of Italy's General Labour Union (UGL) on Tuesday as
part of an embezzlement probe involving Secretary-General
Giovanni Centrella and his coordinator Laura De Rosa.
Centrella, his wife Patrizia Lepore and De Rosa are accused
of criminal association for aggravated misappropriation in
relation to the alleged embezzlement of around half a million
euros from UGL coffers.
Starting in 2010, the money was allegedly siphoned off from
the trade union through a combination of bank transfers, cash
withdrawals and cash-card top-ups, ending up on bank accounts
linked to Centrella and his spouse.
Investigators are also probing allegedly 'anomalous'
expenses.
The private homes of Centrella and De Rosa were also
searched.
UGL is one of the smaller trade union centres in Italy and
has historic ties with the political right.
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