Arrested Liguria governor faces new accusation

Case regards election adverts screened in Genoa

By: ansa.it

Jul 18 2024
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Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti on Thursday was issued with a second house arrest warrant in relation to a probe into illegal election funding, sources said.
    Toti has been under house arrest since May 7 in relation to a corruption probe regarding alleged bribes in which cash for an election campaign was exchanged for favours, including the extension of a port terminal concession.
    The centre-right politician has said he is innocent and will be able to show his management of the northwestern Italian region was clean.
    The new accusation concerns election ads projected onto a big screen in Genoa's Terrazza Colombo rooftop alleged funded via undeclared money from the Esselunga supermarket chain.
    Toti's former right-hand man Cozzani, former senator Maurizio Rossi, the owner of the Primocanale local TV channel, and former Esselunga board member Francesco Moncada are also under investigation, the sources said.