Stories and News

Stories and News No. 298 First 700 suspected for alleged tax evasion by the Rome prosecutor are covering today all Italy news media. We talk about actresses and fashion designers, jewelers and business executives. In short, people with money to spend or to make grow up. The source would be the list of information that bears the name of Hervé Falciani , which he removed from the office in Geneva of the HSBC bank and surrendered to French authorities. Apparently, the list contains almost 7000 Italian names, for a total of almost seven billion dollars, just based on two-year period 2005-2007. Apart from the VIP names, regardless of the crime, even regardless of the amount of money stolen at the correct tax, the thing that intrigued me the most is: how will the average Italian react to a fact like this? I may be wrong, but I am convinced that a substantial part of people in the end will arrive to this conclusion: they do well, I'd do the same . Here, I am not here to be moralist. I a...

Stories and News No. 243 I read just now that the editor of Il Giornale , Alessandro Sallusti, and his deputy Nicola Porro are under investigation by Naples prosecutors about alleged threats to the president of Confindustria (the Italian employers' federation) Emma Marcegaglia . Apparently, she would have deserved this treatment because of some of her recent criticism on Silvio Berlusconi government (not forgetting that Italian Premier’s family owns the investigated newspaper). Of course, everything depends on what you mean by family . In general, when you dare to criticize the family , the family replies. What do you expect? Hugs and kisses? But that is another story, let’s return to the actual post. I also learned that the investigation conducted by prosecutors Vincenzo Piscitelli and Henry John Woodcock, has led them to order a search in the offices of the newspaper, in particular looking for evidence of a dossier on Marcegaglia by Sallusti and Porro. I cannot believe it. Come...