Third Pass: what are the requests of the prosecutors
On June 30, prosecutors asked for the conviction of 27 defendants in the trial for alleged bribes in the construction of the Terzo Valico built by Cociv, a consortium originally formed by Salini-Impregilo, Società pipelines and Civ. The details and words of Salini's defense (Webuild)
Trial Terzo Valico, requests for sentencing from the prosecutors arrive.
On June 30, prosecutors Paola Calleri and Francesco Cardona Albini asked for the sentence for 27 defendants in the trial for the alleged bribes for the construction of the Terzo Valico, the doubling of the railway between Liguria and Milan, reports Ansa . For the prosecution many races would have been rigged "constantly".
“The Finance investigation revolves around Cociv, the consortium of companies chosen by the state as general contractor for the construction of the railway. It was originally formed by Salini-Impregilo, Società pipelines of water and Civ. Private individuals called to manage a flood of public money, sorting out the contracts ”, signals the 19th Century .
"Contracts piloted to favor companies considered friends, in some cases with exchanges of bribes registered by the Finance Police", the newspaper remarked.
As Repubblica recalls, "the arrests were triggered in the autumn of 2016, but the facts date back to 2013 and 2014". Among the accused also Pietro Salini, CEO of WeBuild (formerly Salini-Impregilo). For the entrepreneur, I asked for three years and five months of imprisonment on the sole charge of disruption of the auction (as for another 23). Corruption is also contested by 3 other defendants.
All the details.
THE THIRD PASS
The Terzo Valico dei Giovi is a new high-speed, high-capacity railway line under construction between Genoa and Tortona. As the website dedicated to the work explains, “when it comes into operation it will allow both to enhance freight connections between Liguria, Northern Italy and Europe, and to speed up passenger connections between Genoa, Turin and Milan”.
The work, whose client is RFI, a company of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group, is carried out in six non-functional construction lots, all fully financed and under construction.
THE VALUE OF THE WORK
It falls within the funding of the NRP and the value is around 7 billion euros.
AT THE CENTER THE COCIV CONSORTIUM
To build the Terzo Valico is Cociv, General Contractor appointed by RFI, the Italian Railway Network, for the design and construction of the line.
And the investigation revolves precisely around Cociv, a consortium originally formed by Salini-Impregilo, Società condotte acqua and Civ.
THE REQUESTS OF THE ACCUSATION FOR 27 ACCUSED
The prosecutors asked for 4 years and 10 months for Giandomenico Moniaio (auction disruption and corruption), entrepreneur and son of the former state accountant Andrea (the latter under investigation for auction disruption, allegedly sponsored his son) for which a year and 6 months were requested; a year and 7 months for Ettore Incalza (auction disruption), the historic 'grand commis' of maxi-works, which would have been spent on Monlievo. Other entrepreneurs include Stefano Perotti (asked for 4 years and six months) and Duccio Astaldi (two years and three months).
The system by which the contracts were sorted by the general contractor identified by the state for the construction of the work was finished in the crosshairs of the prosecutor (53 km of which 37 underground, a value exceeding 6 billion).
THE CONDEMN REQUESTED BY THE PM FOR PIETRO SALINI
Among the sentencing requests there is also the one to three years and five months of imprisonment, due to auction disruption, for Pietro Salini, the CEO of WeBuild .
DISPUTES OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN SALINI
In particular, a phone call with the former president Cociv Michele Longo (asked for 5 years) has been contested by the Prosecutor in Salini, reports Ansa . The first asked to exclude his cousin Claudio, who had left the family business in 2005 to create an independent one and then died in a car accident, and the second reassured him. Salini remarked that "in all the disputed conversations reference is made to contracts that are now non-modifiable: there will be a way to demonstrate good faith during the trial".
THE POSITION OF THE DEFENSE
The reply of Pietro Salini's defense is ready.
“We expected this request, it reflects the way in which the Prosecutor's Office dealt with the trial, remaining stubbornly anchored on his thesis and his prejudice. The Public Prosecutor ignored the results of the evidence that emerged in the trial and all the testimonies that produced results contrary to the accusation's thesis. In essence, he affirmed the principle of the uselessness of the process, failing to respect the principle of objectivity ”, reads a note by Grazia Volo, lawyer of Pietro Salini, the CEO of WeBuild.
"The trial does not end today and the defense is confident that the Court will rigorously apply the law and, therefore, will evaluate, without indulging in suggestions and conjectures, as well as the repetitive indictment of the PM, also the solid arguments brought by the defense during the long and detailed preliminary investigation ", concluded the lawyer.
CLOSE PRESCRIPTION
Finally, of the 27 accused, Repubblica recalls that for “24 the dispute is a disturbance to the auction and therefore the limitation period is close”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/terzo-valico-quali-sono-le-richieste-dei-pm/ on Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:22:00 +0000.