Martinelli alleged to have visited Lavitola in Rome

WHILE under house arrest in Rome, Valter Lavítola received the president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, with an investigation under way into the alleged payment of bribes in Panama with Lavitola the main intermediary say Spanish reports.

A Spanish journalist, found out from the former director of the newspaper Avanti (Lavitola) and told Italian prosecutors reports La Prensa.

The information, published in a Spanish magazine has opened a new investigation into the events in the Lavítola household.
Lavitola is back in jail. Government spokesmen have denied previous that Martinelli had visited the former high rolling go-between who received VIP treatment in Panama before escaping to Argentina when an arrest warrant was issued in Italy.