Unicredit's Palenzona investigated by anti-mafia department

(ANSA) - Rome, October 8 - The vicepresident of Unicredit, Fabrizio Palenzona, is being investigated by the anti-mafia department of the District Prosecutor's Office in Florence, ANSA learned Thursday.
    Investigations by the special investigations squad into alleged mafia infiltration in the finance sector have already lead to searches elsewhere in Tuscany.
    Palenzona's career has spanned both the financial and political sectors. In the late 1980s, he became mayor of Tortona and was later president of the province of Alessandria, Piedmont.