European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Italian corruption scandal widens2 officials of Energy conglomerate arrested Milan Italy apr police arrested the chairman and another official of Italy a Federal Energy conglomerate eni authorities said tuesday As a nationwide scandal continued to snare business and political giants. Word of the arrests of chairman Gabriele Cagliari and of Franco Ciatti chief of Enid a engineering unit Nuovo Pignone sent share prices plunging1 on the Milan Stock Exchange. A its a big mess Here a said a Milan trader. Traders predicted the Market Index would be Down 3 percent by the end of trading tuesday after an initial fall of 4.6 recent. During the Day the lira reached a seven year of against the Dollar with the Dollar exceeding 1,600 lire Milan court officials speaking on condition of anonymity said Cagliari and Ciatti were arrested on corruption charges. The italian news Agency Ansa said corruption was suspected in the awarding of a contract to Supply Gas turbines to Enel the government electric Power group. Prosecutors suspect Cagliari and Ciatti of having authorized payment of kickbacks to Enel the news Agency said. P Iceni or Ente Nazionale Idro Carbury is considered part of the Domain of the socialist Unity party the party worst hit by the scandal. Italy a major parties have divvied up the country a Public industries As a Way to Reward supporters with jobs and exercise influence. Enid a groups make distribute and sell everything from natural Gas to chemicals. One group the Petroleum company Agio has Gas stations around Europe and Oil ventures with Libya and other countries. Enid a engineering unit run by Gatti is expected to be sold off As part of the governments plan to Chip away at Italy s huge Public debt. Court sources said that Cagliari was arrested in Milan on monday night and that Ciatti was taken into custody in Florence. Both were jailed in Milan a san Vittore prison while they awaited questioning. Hundreds of business leaders and politicians have been investigated or jailed in a yearlong corruption probe that began in Milan Italy a financial capital. Most of those charged have been accused of violating political party financing Laws or corruption in the form of taking or giving kickbacks for multimillion Dollar Public works contracts. The Cabinet scheduled a meeting for tuesday to discuss How to minimize the scandals damage on italian politics and the Economy after the head of state president Oscar Luigi scat Faro refused sunday to sign Cabinet decrees decriminalizing and removing jail penalties for those violating party funding Laws. A a socialist party minister in Premier Guiliano amatos Cabinet quit sunday to protest the Quot amnesty a and other politicians have joined in objecting to the leniency measures. Three Cabinet ministers implicated in scandals quit the government in recent weeks. The investigation brought Down socialist Leader and former Premier Bettino Praxi. But the scandal has pummelled All other major parties including amatos dominant coalition partner the Christian democrats and the opposition democratic party of the left the former communist party. A Cagliari 66, was appointed chairman of eni in november 1989. He began his career As manager of Enid a units in Houston and Philadelphia. Ciatti 65, has been leading Nuovo Pignone since 1980. Somalian Relief agencies Royal appearance at fair a huge Model of the Golden mask of King tutankhamen an egyptian pharaoh who ruled from about 1348 to 1339 b.c., gazes out Over visitors to the egyptian exhibit at the International tourism fair in Berlin on tuesday. More than 4,000 participants from around the world Are involved in the fair which ends thursday. By John Burgess the Washington Post Mogadishu Somalia about 100 somalian guards dismissed by Relief agencies after . Troops arrived three months ago Are aggressively demanding Quot pay a raising fears that the rifles they once used to protect donated food might be turned against their former employers. For the past two Days the former guards have blocked the front Gates of two Aid agencies claiming they were let go in violation of their contracts. The men have thrown a few stones at foreigners outside the agencies and in one Case were dispersed by . Marines summoned by radio. As a group of guards stood outside the Gate surrounding the Headquarters of the Relief Agency care they shouted Quot we need Money. We re having to cat rocks. Well kill people inside a the protests reminded some Relief officials about a dilemma that stems from pre intervention Days and that they still find troubling to move food around a country paralysed by theft and lawlessness some of the worlds largest charities and economic development agencies had to Field military firepower a ak-47s and m-16s wielded by Young gunmen on their payrolls. Agency employees concede that this method of saving people from starvation was unconventional but they insist there was no other Way. Quot it allowed us to do our work without major incident Quot said Erich Durst who runs the Mogadishu office of the International committee of the red protests in recent Days were aimed specifically at care and the . World food program Many Relief officials who still employ guards fear that their agencies will face similar difficulties when the gunmen Are finally let go. Some agencies have put off dismissing them suspecting that Many will turn to crime. Officials at care and the world food program appear unsure what to do about the guards negotiate or lock the door and Hope they go away. On sunday marines were summoned but monday the guards blocked the agencies entrances All Day without drawing a response. The somalis built two primitive barricades at the . Agency a office. Aid Agency representatives met sunday Marine identified in apparent suicide Washington up a the Pentagon on monday identified a . Marine who apparently committed suicide while serving in Somalia. He was Lance Cpl. William a. Rose 20, of san Joaquin Calif. At the time of his death Rose was stationed in the somalian capital Mogadishu. He was assigned to the 7th Marine regt which is based at Twenty nine Palms Calif. The Pentagon announcement said the Marine died saturday Quot from an apparent self inflicted gunshot a spokesman said the death would be investigated. The death is the seventh of an american serving in Somalia where . Forces arrived Early last Deceron Ber to safeguard the delivery of Relief supplies to starving somalis. Four of the american dead including an army civilian were killed by hostile action two by gunfire and another two by land mines. The remaining two deaths were in vehicle accidents. To discuss setting a common wage scale for local employees. With the famine easing and a measure of Law and order being imposed by . And other foreign troops Aid officials said they can no longer afford to pay the wages demanded by their heavily armed and intimidating guards. In effect the agencies have been purchasing Protection when hiring guards often members of local warlords militias. Journalists have faced a similar dilemma a hire guards or be relieved immediately of cameras and other valuables. So most hired guards. Guards typically have earned about $100 a month an enviable wage in a country where War and chaos have pushed the average somalis annual income below $150. But agencies often have paid much More than $100, depending on How fearful they have been of the guards in their employ
