Spending on public toilets part of financing investigation

(ANSA) – Bologna, October 23 – Senior advisers from several political parties are under investigation for possible embezzlement of public funds in the Emilia Romagna region, with expense claims including receipts from pay toilets being scrutinized, officials said Wednesday. The parties involved, with representatives in the regional parliament, include the Democratic Party (PD), the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom (PdL) party, the Northern League, the Left Ecology Freedom party (Sel), the centrist UCD and the centrist Italy of Values (IdV) party.

As many as 40,000 documents are being scrutinized by investigators in the region as part of the investigation into alleged misuse of party funds that began last fall.