Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/05/italy-prosecutors-accuse-berlusconi-of-bribing-senator.php
Monday, May 13, 2013
Italy prosecutors accuse Berlusconi of bribing senator
[JURIST] Italian prosecutors on Thursday called for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to face another trial on charges of bribing a senator. The prosecutors accuse [AKI report] Berlusconi of having paid former senator Sergio De Gregorio €3 million following the parliamentary election in 2006 to defect from the small Italy of Values [party website, in Italian] party and join the center right. De Gregorio's defection undermined ex-prime minister Romano Prodi's government's slight parliamentary majority, contributing...
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