Anti-corruption authority ANAC
will assess whether to put Italy's Major Works programme under a
special commissioner after two graft probes exploded Wednesday,
ANAC chief Raffaele Cantone said.
He said ANAC had asked for copies of the warrants and "we
will see whether there the conditions to put some tenders under
the administration of a commissioner".
He said "we are ready to do so if necessary".
Several high-profile figures were among dozens arrested on
Wednesday in relation to two separate probes into corruption in
major public works projects.
COCIV President Michele Longo and Vice President Ettore
Pagani were among 14 arrested by Genoa finance police, sources
said.
Giandomenico Monorchio, a businessman and son of former
chief State accountant Andrea Monorchio, was among those
arrested in the Rome probe, sources said.
Giuseppe Lunardi, the son of former transport minister
Pietro Lunardi, is under investigation but was not arrested,
sources said.
Premier Matteo Renzi said he hoped the trials resulting
from the two related probes are "fair and fast".
"The central point is that it isn't the rules than make man
a thief," he added.
"And in any case, we are talking about arrests linked to
affairs of the past. We can't stop doing things because there
are people who steal. That is the mistaken attitude that closed
the door to the (2024) Olympics in Rome".
A preliminary investigations judge said in a bench warrant
that Calabria businessman Domenico Gallo, who was arrested
Wednesday in one of the probes, used mafia-style intimidation
methods to pressure other businessmen into purchasing inert
materials from companies he indicated.
Gallo "has contacts with individuals in organized crime",
the warrant said.
For example, he was invited to the Confirmation of the
daughter of Domenico Borrello, a Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia
affiliate.
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