ROME — Florence prosecutors said they seized more than 10 million euros, including 920,000 gifted by late prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, from Forza Italia founder, former senator, and Mafia conspirator Marcello Dell'Utri.
Dell'Utri spent two decades in the management corps of Berlusconi businesses, then two more as a Forza Italia mainstay. Through stints in the Chamber of Deputies, in European Parliament, and the Italian Senate, in which he served three terms, Dell'Utri remained one of Berlusconi's closest allies.