Purchase of the house in Monte Carlo, Fini sentenced to 2 years and 8 months.

The former President of the Chamber Gianna Fini, was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in the trial on the purchase of a apartment in Monte Carlo. The charge for the former AN leader is moral competition in recycling. This was decided by the judges of the Rome Tribunal, who also convicted Fini's partner for money laundering, Elisabetta Tulliani, at 5 years old, her brother, Giancarlo, at 6 years and the father Sergio to 5 years.

At the center of the legal case is the sale of house in Monte Carlo, bequeathed by Countess Annamaria Colleoni to Alleanza Nazionale, which would have been purchased, according to the accusation, by Giancarlo Tulliani through offshore companies.

La Prosecutor of Rome he had asked for an 8-year prison sentence for Fini, who was present in the courtroom, and 9 years for Tulliani. Ten years of imprisonment were requested, however, for Giancarlo Tulliani, brother of Fini's partner and five for his father Sergio. For all of them, the crime in question is that of money laundering. The story, which dates back to 2008, ends with a sentence arrived seven years after the start of the trial.

«I am not disappointed: I was not held responsible for money laundering, evidently the only thing that prevented me from being acquitted was the authorization to sell the apartment which is completely obvious and was not authorized by me»he said Fini.

«I did not authorize the sale of the house in Monte Carlo to a company attributable to Giancarlo Tulliani. When I gave the OK I didn't know who the buyer was. I leave more calm than you might think after 7 years of trials. I remind myself that for a similar incident a complaint against me was archived by the Rome Prosecutor's Office", added the former President of the Chamber.

«We will appeal. We expected an acquittal, we are convinced of our client's innocence. Prescription? We will evaluate it, we need to verify what legal qualification has been given. We await the reasons". Thus Fini's lawyers, Michele Sarno e Francesco Caroleo Grimaldi.