Former Berlusconi aide Verdini sent to trial in ANAS graft case

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A Rome judge on Friday sent former longtime Silvio Berlusconi aide and former Senator Denis Verdini to trial for alleged corruption in contracts for highways company ANSA. It is the latest in a long series of judicial problems for the 75-year-old, who is in jail in Florence. From what has been learnt, at the moment the former Senator is serving a six-year sentence for the fraudulent bankruptcy of the Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino bank, plus a five and a half year term...

By ANSA