Italy Prosecutors Accuse Telecom Italia of Corruption in Spy Case

ROME (AFP)--Italian prosecutors have accused two of the country's top firms, Telecom Italia and its leading shareholder Pirelli, of corruption in connection with a huge spy scandal, press reports said Saturday. Some 30 suspects have been targeted by Milan prosecutors following inquiries launched two years ago into an extensive eavesdropping system, according to the ANSA news agency and other media. They include a former head of security at the two firms, Giuliano Tavaroli, but not former Telecom Italia boss Marco Tronchetti Porvera, who has not been proved to have known about the spying, the Corriere della Sera daily said. The reports said the two firms could be fined up to EUR1.5 million for failing to control what was going on. Originally set up to spy on employees of Telecom Italia, the system expanded to gather data on... [read full story]