Six people were arrested or
subjected to other precautionary measures on Friday on charges
of corruption and embezzlement in connection with a probe into a
350-million-euro three-year contract for waste management in the
Sicilian city of Catania.
The suspects include four high-ranking city council officials
and two Roman entrepreneurs linked to the company Ecocar, which
handled local waste disposal on behalf of the administration.
Investigators claim the civil servants ensured rapid payments
and omitted controls.
Police also conducted house and office searches and
confiscated 20,000 euros in cash.
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