Sicilian prosecutors on
Friday requested the indictment of suspended Palermo judge
Silvana Saguto and other suspects under investigation for
wrongdoing in the handling of seized Mafia assets.
Saguto is being probed by prosecutors in Caltanissetta for
alleged corruption and abuse of office in collusion with
judicial administrative staff and family members.
In October prosecutors ordered the urgent precautionary
seizure of money and property allegedly deriving from crimes
attributed to Saguto and her alleged accomplices.
Saguto was suspended by the Supreme Council of Magistrates
(CSM), which is the judiciary's self-governing body, late in
2015 on the request of Justice Minister Andrea Orlando and
Supreme Court Prosecutor Pasquale Ciccolo.
The "gravity" of her alleged behaviour has led to an
"irreparable loss of prestige", the CSM said at the time.
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