Italian lawyer to monitor prosecutors investigating Panama links

An Italian lawyer has been appointed by the government of Panama "as a consultant" to  to follow step by step the accusations by prosecutors in Naples in the case of Valter Lavítola.

 Lavitola is the Italian businessman accused of  allegedly paying bribes in Panama. He has been  linked in published wire taps to President Ricardo Martinelli.

At a press conference in Rome, Jose Raul Mulino, Panama’s Security Minister and special envoy of President Martinelli,  said that the lawyer "Professor Franco Coppi," a legal name of Italy , is "at this instance a consultant" to the government of Panama, although In fact, "no Panamanian officials have been accused or called, even as witnesses"