Tax Fraud By Berlusconi

• Silvio Berlusconi ordered to do community service for tax conviction

  An Italian court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service and set travel restrictions that will limit his ability to campaign for next month's European Parliament elections.

• Silvio Berlusconi may serve tax fraud sentence caring for the elderly

  An Italian government agency has asked a court whether former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can serve a one-year sentence for tax fraud by working in a centre for the elderly, judicial sources said on Tuesday.

• Silvio Berlusconi lays out price of preserving Italian government

  Italy's centre right must push through justice reform or withdraw from the coalition government, Silvio Berlusconi told his People of Freedom (PDL) party yesterday after his conviction for tax fraud was upheld by the Supreme Court.

• Silvio Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government hanging

  A ruling by Italy's supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction against former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of the country's fragile ruling coalition resting in the balance.

• Berlusconi sentenced to four years in jail

  An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company.

• Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi gets four years in jail over tax evasion

  Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset television channels Friday, and was banned from holding public office for three years by a Milan court.

• Berlusconi tax fraud trial resumes

  A tax fraud trial involving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resumed today in his absence in the first of a series of showdowns between the embattled leader and Italy's justice system.Berlusconi has been asked to answer accusations that his Mediaset business empire engaged in a fraud to make its revenues appear smaller than they really were.The pro...