Messrs. Espada and Monserrate await corruption trials.
The scandal has had a massive fallout, with corruption trials ongoing.
The figures make sense of the wealth accumulated by local officials, often revealed during corruption trials.
In China, corruption trials often last less than a day, and ninety-eight per cent end in convictions.
"The 'Ndrangheta is a parasite," said Roberto di Palma, the magistrate who conducted two corruption trials related to the highway.
Larger concerns for EU accession, however, remained judicial reform in general and the conclusion of several corruption trials in particular.
A brother, a sister and a niece, all figures in his political machine, also face corruption trials.
Over the past year, political passions have coursed through the nation with unusual intensity as Mr. Berlusconi faced several corruption trials and his personal life came under scrutiny.
Non-Italians are often baffled that Mr. Berlusconi remains in office even after having been found guilty, and then acquitted, in multiple corruption trials.
Mrs. Sussman, 37, is an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, where she has been a prosecutor in terrorism and public corruption trials.
In "The Sack of Rome," Stille walks us through the dizzying ins and outs of Berlusconi's many bribery and corruption trials.
