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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) outside court
Mediatrade tax fraud and embezzlement pre-trial hearing, Milan, Italy - 28 Mar 2011
For the first time in eight years, Italian PM appears in court for the pretrial hearing of the case of tax fraud and embezzlement against his company Mediatrade. He has previously chosen not to appear in person, or as of 2008, passed 2 laws giving him prime ministerial immunity from prosecution and absence due to official duties.