Prosecutors on Thursday
requested a court in the northern Italian city of Busto Arsizio
sentence former Finmeccanica CEO and president Giuseppe Orsi to
six years in prison for alleged international corruption.
Orsi is suspected of involvement in bribes allegedly paid
to secure a 560-million-euro contract to sell 12 helicopters
made by Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland to India.
Orsi resigned from the helm of the State-controlled
aerospace and defence giant last year after being arrested in
relation to the probe.
He denies any wrongdoing and told a preliminary
investigations judge last year that his actions "had always been
motivated by the exclusive interest of Finmeccanica and all its
subsidiaries".
Orsi told the judge he had no knowledge of illegal
manoeuvres concerning the 12-helicopter deal.
Nor did he know the Indian Tyagi family, he said, members
of which prosecutors say received bribes paid by Finmeccanica to
secure the contract.
Prosecutors also requested a five-year jail term for Bruno
Spagnolini, the former CEO of AgustaWestland.
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