Tuesday, June 20, 2006

A Right Royal Scandal

This scandal involves a criminal ring, illegal lobbying, money laundry, corruption, money forgery, prostitution, information piracy and deposed royal families.

Prince Victor Emmanuel was arrested at the Italian lakes late on Friday and driven almost 1,000km to Potenza in the south where the investigation has its headquarters.

The head of the Savoy Dynasty and son of the last King of Italy is accused of heading up a corruption and prostitution racket relating to a casino in Campione d'Italia, an Italian enclave in the south of Switzerland.

You can read more on GP Daily Princes, prositutes, gambling and the mafia

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. And the Brits think Fergy is an embarrassment.

Cartledge said...

The Brits will try make a scandal out of anything. They thrive on it.

Kvatch, there is a diffrence in the way they do it. This investigation was essentially secret for two years.
The court case should be wonderful. The prosecutor, one Signor Woodcock, has a rep for colourful busts, but not many succeed in the courts.
This should have legs.

Cartledge said...

The Italians or the majority at least, weren’t happy about Berlusconi ending their exile. That whole family, including the English branch, is riddled with fascists.
I’m just looking at an outfit called ‘Propaganda Two’ which puts the Da Vinci code to shame, and it is real.
This former (now expunged) Masonic lodge is full of members like the ‘pimp prince’ and Berlusconi; up to their armpits with the Neo-fascist movements of Europe, as are the Saxe-Coburgs of Bulgaria et al.
Nope, the Italians don’t have much time for them.