Once upon a time the north of Italy, with Milan as its standard-bearer, was trumpeted as the moral capital of Italy: a city of relatively upstanding, industrious, enlightened citizens with City Hall...
Gianni Barbacetto
Gianni Barbacetto writes for the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. He is the author of Compagni che sbagliano (2007), Mani sporche (2008, written with Peter Gomez and Marco Travaglio), Le mani sulla città (2011, written with Davide Milosa), Mani Pulite (2012, written with Peter Gomez and Marco Travaglio) and Il Celeste (2012).
Public office for personal enrichment? The 1992 so-called Mani pulite judicial investigation into political corruption dramatically swept out of office much of the Italian political establishment. ...