Rome, 1 Oct. (LaPresse) – The prosecutor of the second criminal section of the Rome Court of Appeal has requested in his closing statement in the Monte Carlo house sale trial that all defendants,including former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini, his partner Elisabetta Tulliani, his brother Giancarlo Tulliani, and his father Sergio Tulliani, have the statute of limitations on money laundering charges, with the exception of Rudolf Theodor Baetsen, a Dutch manager. In the formal notice of the prosecutor’s request, the arrest request that had been made for Giancarlo Tulliani, a fugitive in Dubai, was also revoked. Confirmation of the confiscation was requested for all defendants except Fini, represented by lawyer Francesco Caroleo Grimaldi. The investigation stemmed from a complex real estate transaction on an apartment in Monte Carlo, bequeathed to the dissolved National Alliance party, of which Fini was then leader, by Countess Annamaria Colleoni. According to the prosecution, the Monegasque residence was sold to Gianfranco Tulliani for approximately 300,000 euros through an offshore company linked to Francesco Corallo, known as the ‘king of slot machines’. The resale of the house in 2015 brought in 1.36 million. The house is located at Boulevard Princesse Charlotte 14. In the first instance, the former leader of An had been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months. His partner Elisabetta Tulliani was also sentenced to 5 years; her father Sergio and her brother, Giancarlo Tulliani, were sentenced to 6 years
Monte Carlo House: Attorney General Appello Rome requests statute of limitations for Fini and Tulliani
Rome, 1 Oct. (LaPresse) – The prosecutor of the second criminal section of the Rome Court of Appeal has requested in his closing statement in the Monte Carlo house sale trial that all defendants,including former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini, his partner Elisabetta Tulliani, his brother Giancarlo Tulliani, and his father Sergio Tulliani, have the statute of limitations on money laundering charges, with the exception of Rudolf Theodor Baetsen, a Dutch manager. In the formal notice of the prosecutor’s request, the arrest request that had been made for Giancarlo Tulliani, a fugitive in Dubai, was also revoked. Confirmation of the confiscation was requested for all defendants except Fini, represented by lawyer Francesco Caroleo Grimaldi. The investigation stemmed from a complex real estate transaction on an apartment in Monte Carlo, bequeathed to the dissolved National Alliance party, of which Fini was then leader, by Countess Annamaria Colleoni. According to the prosecution, the Monegasque residence was sold to Gianfranco Tulliani for approximately 300,000 euros through an offshore company linked to Francesco Corallo, known as the ‘king of slot machines’. The resale of the house in 2015 brought in 1.36 million. The house is located at Boulevard Princesse Charlotte 14. In the first instance, the former leader of An had been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months. His partner Elisabetta Tulliani was also sentenced to 5 years; her father Sergio and her brother, Giancarlo Tulliani, were sentenced to 6 years