Marcello Dell'Utri
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About Marcello Dell'Utri
Marcello Dell'Utri (born 11 September 1941 in Palermo, Sicily) is a former Italian politician senior advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Formerly Senator in the Italian Senate for The People of Freedom political movement, he was also member of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe and of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the Western European Union (WEO). He was appointed artistic director of the now closed Teatro Lirico in Milan by the then mayor Letizia Moratti (PDL party) his appointment has been strongly criticized by art critic and then Head of Culture Department of the Municipality of Milan Vittorio Sgarbi.
Dell'Utri has been found guilty of tax fraud, false accounting, and external relationship in Mafia association; the conviction for the last charge has been upheld on 9 May 2014 by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation which sentenced Dell'Utri to seven years in prison. The conviction is final and cannot be further appealed. The third criminal section of Palermo's Appellate Court declared Dell'Utri a fugitive when it was discovered he had fled the country to Lebanon ahead of the final court decision. On the 13th June 2014 Dell'Utri is extradited to Italy and booked into the Parma Criminal Penitentiary where he is serving his seven years prison term.
^ Italian Senate Official Web Site, Italian Senate, June 02, 2006
^ (Italian) Sgarbi boccia Dell' Utri: troppo targato, Corriere della Sera, January 30, 2007
^ http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/italy-court-upholds-mafia-conviction-against-berlusconi-adviser-2408806.html
^ http://www.agi.it/english-version/all/elenco-notizie/201406131134-cro-ren1016-berlusconi_assistant_dell_utri_jailed_in_parma
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