“A businessman acquaintance of Mr Berlusconi, Giampaolo Tarantini, 35, is under investigation by prosecutors in the Adriatic port of Bari on suspicion of abetting prostitution by recruiting models and call girls for the prime minister’s private parties. As the scandal widened on Monday, pictures emerged of two young women taking photographs of each other in what they said was a bathroom in Palazzo Grazioli, the prime minister’s private residence in Rome, during a party on Nov 4 last year.” Link

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