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The Mafia trial of Italy鈥檚 former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti

Prosecutor Gian Carlo Caselli explains how Italy's former PM Giulio Andreotti was put on trial in Sicily in September 1995, accused of collusion with the Mafia.

Prosecutor Gian Carlo Caselli explains how leading Italian politician Giulio Andreotti was put on trial in Sicily in September 1995, accused of collusion with the Mafia. Andreotti had been prime minister seven times and journalists dubbed it the trial of the century. Bob Howard has been hearing from Gian Carlo Caselli about compelling evidence that Andreotti had met the Mafia kingpin Stefano Bontade and even knew in advance of the planned assassination of the president of the Sicilian regional government, Piersanti Matarella.

Photo: Giulio Andreotti in 1983. Credit: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images

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