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Titolo: Il caso Prodi- Sempre The Times

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11 December
The judge who could topple Prodi
FROM RICHARD OWEN IN ROME
THE Italian former anti-corruption judge seeking to have Romano Prodi, the
President of the European Commission, arraigned on corruption charges
yesterday said he believed Professor Prodi would be brought to justice
despite a "conspiracy of silence" in the Italian media.
Ferdinando Imposimato, a respected anti-Mafia investigator and ex-Senator,
has set his sights on bringing Signor Prodi before the judiciary. His book,
High Speed Corruption: a Voyage Inside Invisible Government, published this
week, has revived the anti-Prodi campaign. It claims that as head of IRI,
the state holding company, Professor Prodi "turned a blind eye" to the
involvement of the Camorra - the Naples Mafia - in the construction of
North-South motorways and in Italy's unfinished £50 billion high-speed
Naples to Milan train project.
Professor Prodi's office says that although he was the official guarantor of
the railway project, he had no operational role and made no personal gain
from it.
"But his job was to monitor the environmental and economic impact of the
train project," Judge Imposimato told The Times. "Yet ASE, which Prodi
founded with his wife Flavia, was retained by Goldman Sachs, which had a
stake in the project. He was both poacher and gamekeeper." There was no
suggestion of improper behaviour by Goldman Sachs.
Professor Prodi's office say the allegations against him are an unnecessary
distraction and "completely without foundation". The former Prime Minister
has consistently dismissed allegations of wrongdoing. The allegations arise
from the period before his premiership when, as head of IRI, he was in
charge of privatising Italy's state industries. Critics have claimed that he
used his influence to create work for his two economic consultancies,
Nomisma and ASE, and that he favoured some bidders over others when
privatising Italy's giant food conglomerates.
Although three judicial investigations are under way, no charges have been
brought, and several previous inquiries were shelved. "There are thousands
of judicial inquiries in Italy," one journalist said. "The media is silent
because there is nothing to say. This has all been played up by the British
press for reasons which have more to do with Europhobia than the law."
Some of those campaigning against Professor Prodi are motivated by political
opposition to the centre-left coalition Party of the Democratic Left (PDS)
which he created in 1995, and which won historic elections a year later.
Some are linked to the Alleanza Nazionale, the far-right party.
But Judge Imposimato is from Signor Prodi's own camp. He was for many years
a left-wing Senator, elected in his native Naples as an independent on the
Communist (subsequently PDS) list.
He was lionised for his fight against terrorism, kidnapping and corruption,
in the early 1980s taking refuge in London to escape Mafia vengeance, and
was a close friend of Federico Fellini, the film director. He also led the
investigation into the 1981 attempt on the life of the Pope, and in 1983
Mafia gunmen shot dead his younger brother. "The bullets were meant for me,"
he said.
Judge Imposimato said he had focused on Professor Prodi "because he knew
about the web of corruption in this country, and turned a blind eye . . . I
fear the Mafia is gaining power not only in Italy, but throughout Europe. "
Judge Imposimato said he was confident Signor Prodi would face charges. "It
only needs one magistrate to decide there is a case to answer.
"If Prodi is charged and has to step down, so be it. If that in turn
undermines the Centre Left government he created in Italy, I will live with
that too.
"I would rather see the Left lose power than see the truth buried."

 was a close friend of Federico Fellini, the film director.
Certo essendo amico di Fellini ora capisco il senso dello spettacolo di
SuperImposimato.

ci sono prove.
Bella questa!!!! prodi e moglie sono corrotti, decide il nostro
scrivente. Ha già esaminato le carte, fatto da GUP e rinviato a
giudizio, poi ha fatto il processo in prmo grado, in appello e in
Cassazione e emesso sentenza definitiva!
Roba da ridere. Per ora è Berlusconi ad avre TRE condanne in primo
grado e dell'Utri ad averne una definitiva in Cassazione: alla galera
naturalmente, come sempre tocca agli imputati vittime di "giudici
carnefici dello Stato di diritto".... scappa da ridere pure a te,
vero??? :-DDD
E.

 Cassazione e emesso sentenza definitiva!
Hai ragione!! chi si crede di essere? mussi o baffetto o Vermiltroni?
GZ

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Guarda che ti sbagli, questi sono i MANDANTI, non credi all'evidenza
solare di berlusconi?
E.