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After Monte dei Paschi di Siena and ENI, another Italian economic heavyweight is rocked by a corruption scandal: Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of leading military contractor Finmeccanica, and Bruno Spagnolini, chairman of aviation firm AgustaWestland, have been arrested under suspicion of paying a €51m bribe to Indian authorities to secure the sale of military helicopters in 2010.
Orsi is also accused of trying to manipulate the investigation to avoid conviction.
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