House of Monte Carlo, asked for 8 years for Gianfranco Fini. Elisabetta Tulliani’s version on money –

Almost 14 years following the sensational case of the Monte Carlo house which caused a political earthquake, the prosecutors of Rome have asked for an 8 year sentence for the former president of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, 9 years for Elisabetta Tulliani, 10 years for her brother Giancarlo and 5 years for his father Sergio for the money laundering charge. The trial focuses on the sale of the famous house in Monte Carlo, bequeathed by Countess Annamaria Colleoni to Alleanza Nazionale, which was purchased, according to the prosecution, by Giancarlo Tulliani through offshore companies. An operation carried out in 2008, for just over 300 thousand euros and which with the sale of the property in 2015 brought in one million and 360 thousand dollars. At the last hearing the judges of the fourth section of the Court of Rome had declared the statute of limitations for the charge of criminal association, having excluded the aggravating circumstance of transnationality.

Fini’s first reaction is one of bitterness: “It was obvious that the public prosecution would ask for a conviction, I continue to have faith in justice and this is due to my complete ignorance of what was charged once morest me”.

Previously Elisabetta Tulliani made spontaneous statements defending her partner and claiming that Fini was unaware of everything. However without self-incrimination. “After a long internal ordeal, I feel the moral obligation to offer a contribution to the truth. So far I have not participated in the trial so as not to disturb my daughters who are still teenagers in the light of the media coverage. The trial has already disturbed my family , but my silence would continue to damage the people dear to me,” said Tulliani. Monte Carlo. I was certain that the money for the purchase came from my brother. I never told Fini regarding the money received from my father, whose origin I didn’t know. My brother’s behavior is the biggest disappointment of my life. Never I would have imagined that it would involve me in events that I learned from the investigations and that overwhelmed me.”