Milan prosecutor asks indictment of former Fiat executives

(ANSA) - Milan, May 14 - A Milan prosecutor on Wednesday asked the indictment of a number of former top Fiat executives active in the 1990s on multiple manslaughter charges. The case regards 21 workers at the Alfa Romeo plant in Arese, located in the northwestern periphery of Milan, whose deaths were caused by a form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure. Prosecutor Maurizio Ascione asked a judge for the indictment of former Fiat chief executive Paolo Cantarella, the ex-chairman of Fiat Auto Giorgio Garuzzo and five former managers of Alfa Romeo, including its ex-chief executive Vincenzo Moro.
    The prosecution claims the workers’ deaths, which took place from the year 2000 onward, were due to asbestos they inhaled due to inadequate protection in the 1980s and early 1990s.