(ANSA) Milan, June 16 - Milan prosecuting magistrates
Monday signed a formal request for eight businessmen to stand
trail immediately on charges of offering bribes to obtain
contracts for the Expo 2015 world fair.
Best-known among the eight is Antonio Rognoni, former
manager of the regional infrastructure company Infrastrutture
Lombarde. Rognoni was arrested in late March on charges of
criminal association, bid rigging, fraud against the regional
authorities and forgery in connection with the outsourcing of
legal consulting and contract-control services.
The request for immediate trial was signed by Assistant
Milan Prosecutor Alfredo Robledo and public prosecutors Paola
Pirott and Antonio D'Alessio, signalling the judiciary's
determination to crack down on corruption allegedly linked to
the Expo.
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