Former Puglia Governor Nichi
Vendola was among the 44 people sent to trial Thursday on
charges of environmental disaster at Taranto's Ilva steel works.
Vendola is accused of aggravated abuse of office, judicial
sources said. Full details of the charges were not immediately
available. The leader of the Left, Ecology and Freedom (SEL)
party has frequently denounced polluting conditions at the
works.
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