(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 18 - Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti on
Thursday was issued with a second house arrest warrant in
relation to a probe into illegal election funding, sources said.
Toti has been under house arrest since May 7 in relation to a
corruption probe regarding alleged bribes in which cash for an
election campaign was exchanged for favours, including the
extension of a port terminal concession.
The centre-right politician has said he is innocent and will be
able to show his management of the northwestern Italian region
was clean.
The new accusation concerns election ads projected onto a big
screen in Genoa's Terrazza Colombo rooftop alleged funded via
undeclared money from the Esselunga supermarket chain.
Toti's former right-hand man Cozzani, former senator Maurizio
Rossi, the owner of the Primocanale local TV channel, and former
Esselunga board member Francesco Moncada are also under
investigation, the sources said. (ANSA).