(ANSA)- Rome, October 26 - An official of Italian highway
company ANAS has admitted to corruption, his defense lawyer said
Monday.
Giovanni Parlato was among a number of managers and
officials arrested last week in a corruption probe into ANAS,
which saw former transport ministry undersecretary Luigi Meduri
also taken to Rome's Regina Coeli prison.
Parlato admitted that 25,000 euros police found in an
envelope in his car were a bribe.
Also being questioned today are jailed suspects
Antonella Accroglianò - who pled the fifth - Oreste De Grossi,
Antonino Ferrante and Sergio Lagrotteria.
Accrogliano' - an ANAS executive whom finance police
investigators dubbed the Dark Lady - is thought to be the
ringleader and allegedly steered work towards firms linked to
Italy's richest and most powerful mafia, the Calabria-based
'Ndrangheta.
Meduri is to be questioned tomorrow.
The owners of several companies that won major public
works contracts from ANAS and several lawyers are also under
investigation in the probe.
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