Avogadro6: Maybe I'm having some huge reading comprehension issues, but where does it say public funds were used? I read all three "articles" and there's no trace of that.
tejozaszaszas: http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/09/11/gente/1347386062_417567.html "Mientras Silvio Berlusconi deshoja la margarita de su regreso a la primera división de la política, se han conocido unas fotografías de la gruta secreta que, con cargo al erario público, se construyó allá por 2004 en Villa Certosa"
Here they said that it was built in 2004 using public funds (dunno if partially). Apparently the spend was detected some years ago and he tried to justify himself claiming it was based on a recommendation made by the secret services after many death threats.
That's it? A random ass sentence without even citing sources? You know that's funny, because the left-wing media would be all over his throat if he really did that, this is exactly the kind of news that would be too good to be true for them - if it were true. And yet nobody is talking about that, and I can't find any other reference from english media either. Curious, isn't it? Besides, the man literally shits money, using public funds for this would be incredibly stupid even by his standards.
What he's accused of is breaking a good number of bulding and environmental regulations, wich he most likely has, but that's a matter the local attorney should pursue, not the tabloids.
wormholewizards: He's a very wealthy & powerful man. The type of villain you always see on movie.
He actually was a villain in an episode of Law and Order. I facepalmed so hard my hand almost broke.
