September 10, 2013
September has come, and summer is (almost) over – but the heat won’t leave Italy for a bit. The Italian Senate’s Immunities Committee has begun debating whether to strip Silvio Berlusconi of his seat as a result of his recent tax fraud conviction. As w…
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It took everyone a while to figure out what the Supreme Court final verdict in Silvio Berlusconi’s tax fraud case meant in practice. Let’s start from the easiest part: the four-year prison sentence has been definitively upheld. As we explained here, Be…
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Supreme Court judges in Rome have started deliberating, and the final verdict in Silvio Berlusconi’s tax fraud case is expected by this evening. The former Italian Prime Minister is appealing against a four-year jail sentence and a five-year public off…
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July 30, 2013
UPDATE (19:20): Supreme Court prosecutor Antonio Mura has just requested that Berlusconi’s public office ban be cut to three years. The four-year prison sentence should be upheld, he said.A very interesting development, although the Supreme Court would…
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