Tax police on Monday seized two
life-assurance policies worth some one million euros from former
foreign minister and former Lower House Speaker Gianfranco Fini
in a money laundering probe.
In the probe, Fini is suspected of aiding and abetting money
laundering with slot-machine businessman Francesco Corallo, who
has been detained.
Fini's lawyer said the seizure was not "directly" aimed at
Fini but at the policies on the lives of his two daughters and
was connected with his brother-in-law Giancarlo Tulliano who has
been under investigation for graft.
On March 20 a judge issued a warrant for the arrest of
Tulliani over alleged money laundering, sources said Monday.
The case is linked to Corallo, the 'slot-machine king' who
was put in jail in December.
The warrant for Tulliani, who is resident in Dubai, has not
been executed, sources said.
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