Bribesville

Andreotti is a political legend in Italy, serving as Prime Minister three times, with his last term ending in disgrace in 1992 when his Christian Democratic Party dissolved in the fallout of allegations of mob ties and the "Bribesville" scandal.

Phawker 2009

He was thus the incumbent president less than a year later when the so-called Tangentopoli "Bribesville" scandal exploded, which led to the speedy collapse of both the Christian Democratic and Socialist parties.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2012

It also brought down the curtain on a remarkable political career that stretched from the "Bribesville" corruption affair that destroyed the old political order in the 1990s to a fresh era of scandal.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

ROME Reuters - Former Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, who was head of state during the "Bribesville" corruption affair which overturned the old political order during the 1990s, has died, officials said on Sunday.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

Although parallels are not exact, there is increasing talk of the dark days of "Tangentopoli," the "Bribesville" scandals of the early 1990s when Italy's political order was driven out in a wave of popular fury at its corruption and inefficiency.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

(ANSA) - Rome, January 19 - A ceremony at the Senate commemorating controversial former premier Bettino Craxi on the 10th anniversary of his death on Tuesday unleashed a barrage of criticism from an opposition leader who led investigations against him during the 1990s Tangentopoli (Bribesville) scandal.

Gates of Vienna 2010

Within two years of the start of Bribesville, parliament received requests for immunity to be lifted on 619 parliamentarians, of whom 321 were investigated.

Gates of Vienna 2010

The so-called Tangentopoli or Bribesville investigations were triggered on February 17, 1992, when Milan prosecutors arrested Mario Chiesa, a close associate of Craxi and director of an old people's home, as he was pocketing a bribe from a cleaning firm.

Gates of Vienna 2010

A leading figure in the Christian Democrat party that ruled Italy for most of the post-war period before collapsing in disgrace in the Bribesville scandal of the early 1990s, Cossiga was a shrewd politician known for his outspoken comments.

Daily News & Analysis 2010

Craxi's daughter Stefania, now foreign undersecretary, insists he was a martyr to Italian justice and a scapegoat for the Bribesville years and has long spearheaded a campaign to rehabilitate him.

Gates of Vienna 2010