Finance police in Reggio Calabria on
Thursday executed warrants to suspend eight people in relation
to alleged rigged recruitment contests for posts at the southern
city's Università Mediterranea, including the dean, Santo
Marcello Zimbone, sources said.
In total 23 people are under investigation in relation to
alleged wrongdoing at the university between 2014 and 2020, the
sources said.
Zimbone has been suspended for 10 months while his predecessor
and current deputy Pasquale Catanoso was suspended for 12
months.
Four lecturers and two other university employees were suspended
for periods of two to six months.
Police started investigating after a candidate who missed out on
a research position filed a complaint.
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