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. 

ROME- The Rome Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation, coordinated by the Deputy Prosecutor Giovanni Conzo, into the crimes of counterfeiting of food substances and receiving stolen goods.

The investigation started with a clandestine producer of fake olive oil, who had his operational base in Puglia. By following the supply chain, it was then possible to trace some of his restaurateur customers.

 ROME – Ferrari claimed their first victory of the season at the Australian Grand Prix with a one-two finish in Melbourne as Spaniard Carlos Sainz won two weeks after having emergency appendix surgery.

 Sainz started the race on the front row in second, behind Max Verstappen on pole position. Charles Leclerc started the race in fourth after Checo Perez was penalised and dropped to sixth in the starting lineup.