Italians say 'non più corruzione' -- and bureaucrats go to school to make it so


City employees recently hit the classroom in Florence in what has been billed as Italy's first anti-corruption class for public officials.




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City employees recently hit the classroom in Florence in what has been billed as Italy's first anti-corruption class for public officials.
Lorenzo Borgogni, former head of external relations at Finmeccanica; courtesy of YouTubeTwo former managers of Finmeccanica SpA, Italy's state-controlled defense and industrial group, have been arrested over allegations of international corruption connected to a tracking system for waste-hauling trucks.
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Last week, I was discussing a report with fellow compliance practitioner Craig Bloom, that Giuseppe Orsi, President of one of Italy’s largest conglomerates, Finmeccanica, SpA, was arrested under allegations of bribery in Finmeccanica’s sale of twelve helicopters to the Indian Government in 2010.
Last week the Italian Senate approved an anti-corruption law that will be voted on in the lower house in November.