Finance police on Monday
arrested three people including businessman David Biancifiori in
relation to a probe into television contracts in Rome.
A close aide and a member of the finance police corps were
also arrested.
The suspects face charges of criminal association for a
range of tax crimes including false invoicing, fraudulent
declarations and corruption.
In total over 40 people are implicated in the probe
including executives and managers at state broadcaster RAI,
companies belonging to the rival Mediaset group, Italy's seventh
national channel La7 and international sports marketing company
Infront.
Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset group said in June it has
suspended employees named in the corruption probe into alleged
bribes for contracts to stage TV events in Italy.
The investigation into audio-visual events companies led by
Biancifiori, nicknamed Scarface, concerns allegations labour and
service contracts were granted in exchange for money or jobs.
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