Rome environment chief Paola
Muraro is under investigation for abuse of office together with
former AMA public waste utility chief Giovanni Fiscon, who is
already a defendant in the city's sprawling 'Capital Mafia'
trials, according to reports on Friday by Italian dailies Il
Messaggero and Corriere della Sera.
The accusations came through new wiretap conversations that
were added to the investigation's evidence regarding the
organisation led by Capital Mafia kingpins Salvatore Buzzi and
Massimo Carminati, along with new documentation seized from AMA
offices, Corriere della Sera reported.
In his role as AMA chief, Fiscon hired Muraro as a judicial
consultant in trials against him personally, which public
prosecutors deemed illegal for violating national contract
stipulations for public utility managers, Il Messaggero said.
Muraro, a member of Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi's embattled
cabinet, is already under a separate investigation for suspected
unauthorized waste management during her 12 years as consultant
for AMA.
Asked about the fresh probe reports, Muraro said she had
not been informed she was under investigation again.
She told ANSA her conscience was clear and she would carry
on.
"The problem in Rome is waste trafficking, not me," she
said.
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