Silvio Berlusconi in â€˜protection deal with mafiaâ€™

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.

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Source: Times Online

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