Valentino, Verdone, D'Urso in Panama

(ANSA) - Rome, April 7 - Designer Valentino, comic and director Carlo Verdone and TV host Barbara D'Urso are among the first 100 Italians named as holding offshore accounts to allegedly dodge taxes according to a Panama Papers article that will appear in newsweekly l'Espresso Friday, the online version of the weekly said Thursday.
    D'Urso was said to be a director of the Melrose Street Ltd company, registered in 2006 in the Seychelles, while Verdone was said to be owner of Athilith Real Estate and Valentino, together with his partner Giancarlo Giammetti, was linked to two companies in the Virgin Islands, Jarra Overseas and Paramour Finance. All three, through their lawyers, flatly denied any wrongdoing.
    European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Thursday "the revelations have shocked me, it's immoral, unethical, unacceptable, and the amounts of money are shocking".