Silvio Berlusconi in ‘protection deal with mafia’

[HeresyLives]

March 14, 2010

Silvio Berlusconi in ‘protection deal with mafia’
Mark Franchetti


THE billionaire Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, once met a leading mafia godfather to ask for protection, according to testimony gathered over several years by crime prosecutors.

Mafia informants claim the meeting took place in Milan in 1974, when Berlusconi was already a wealthy entrepreneur, at the offices of his property company. The informers say Berlusconi met Stefano Bontade, then one of the mafia’s most powerful bosses, because he feared for his family’s safety at a time when Italy was plagued by a wave of high-profile kidnappings

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7060965.ece

Italy is about to go through a triple whammy. This is the second time Berlusconi has been directly connected to the Mafia, the Pope is in deep trouble, and the Italy's finances are a disaster.

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1. Wow, political and financial instability in Italy...whoda ever thunk it? nt

[HeresyLives]

2. LOL I'm amazed it's remained calm as long

as it has, given all the other things that have happened. This is foundation stuff tho, so we'll see.