Cover-up of procurement investigation, Pignatone investigated

(ANSA) – CALTANISSETTA, JULY 31 – The former deputy prosecutor of Palermo, then prosecutor in Reggio Calabria and Rome, Giuseppe Pignatone is under investigation in Caltanissetta as part of the inquiry into the alleged cover-up of the investigation into the mafia and contracts in 1992. The magistrate, who presides over the Vatican City court, is in the Nisseno courthouse to be questioned. Also under investigation with Pignatone for aiding and abetting the mafia are the former deputy prosecutor in Palermo, Gioacchino Natoli, and the general of the Guardia di Finanza Stefano Screpanti. On July 5, the former prosecutor Gioacchino Natoli was also summoned to the Nisseno prosecutor’s office to be questioned and had availed himself of the right to remain silent, reserving the right to ask the prosecutor’s office for a subsequent interrogation in which to provide “any useful clarification”. According to the magistrates of Nissa, he helped some mafia entrepreneurs escape investigations, asked for the archiving of a branch of the investigation into the mafia-procurement inquiry and ordered the destruction of reels with relevant interceptions. General Screpanti, a captain at the time, was also interrogated and answered the questions of the Nissa prosecutors. The 1992 investigation concerned the alleged relationships between the Palermo mafiosi Antonino Buscemi and Francesco Bonura and the group led by Raul Gardini. An investigation into the mafia and procurement that had attracted the attention of Paolo Borsellino. (ANSA).