False accounting reinstated as crime

(ANSA) - Rome, April 1 - The Senate on Wednesday voted to once again make false accounting a criminal office with the approval on an article of an anti-corruption bill. Under a past Silvio Berlusconi government, the crime had been downgraded to a non-felony offence with significantly lighter penalties. The long-awaited anti-corruption bill is expected to win definitive approval in the Upper House later on Wednesday.