Prosecutors ask immediate trial for 8 Expo bribery suspects

(ANSA) Milan, June 16 - Milan prosecuting magistrates Monday signed a formal request for eight businessmen to stand trail immediately on charges of offering bribes to obtain contracts for the Expo 2015 world fair.
    Best-known among the eight is Antonio Rognoni, former manager of the regional infrastructure company Infrastrutture Lombarde. Rognoni was arrested in late March on charges of criminal association, bid rigging, fraud against the regional authorities and forgery in connection with the outsourcing of legal consulting and contract-control services.
    The request for immediate trial was signed by Assistant Milan Prosecutor Alfredo Robledo and public prosecutors Paola Pirott and Antonio D'Alessio, signalling the judiciary's determination to crack down on corruption allegedly linked to the Expo.