Aosta prosecutor 'got gifts and cash' (2)

(ANSA) - Aosta, January 31 - Aosta prosecutor Pasquale Longarini, arrested for graft, received gifts including dairy products and a trip to Morocco as well as cash in exchange for favouring a businessman friend who was also arrested, a preliminary investigations judge said Tuesday. The judge said businessman Gerardo Cuomo, an accountant by trade, was "dangerous" and a flight risk. Police are probing Longarini's suspected links to other businesspeople.