Former Italian prime minister Massimo D'Alema, ex-business leaders and ex-Colombian officials are under investigation in Italy for alleged corruption in a potential arms sale worth $4.3B, D'Alema's lawyer says
Italian media revealed early last year that Former Italian prime minister Massimo D'Alema is alleged to have promised to share an 80-million-euro commission with Colombian and Italian intermediaries of a possible arms sale to Colombia. / Photo: AFP Archive
Police searched the homes and offices of D'Alema, the former CEO of the Leonardo defence group Alessandro Profumo, and Giuseppe Giordo, ex-head of the military division of Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the reports said. "D'Alema has co-operated with investigators, furnishing them with what they sought," he said. He added his client"has no criminal relevance, no link to any crime."
Italian media revealed early last year that D'Alema, 74 - prime minister from 1998 to 2000 and foreign minister from 2006 to 2008 - participated in negotiations on a possible arms sale to Colombia.
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