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  1. Tangentopoli

    Tangentopoli is a term which was coined to describe pervasive corruption in the Italian political system exposed in the 1992-6 Mani Pulite investigations, as well as the resulting scandal, which led to the collapse of the hitherto dominant Christian Democracy party and its allies. The term derives from tangente, which means kickback, and in this context refers to kickbacks given for public works contracts. The number of suspects involved varies but as many as 5000 have been cited. At one point more than half of the members of the Italian Parliament were under indictment. More than 400 city and town councils were dissolved because of corruption charges. The estimated cost of the bribes paid annually in the 1980s by companies bidding for large government contracts in Italy was 4 billion dollars. The term lottizzazione, meaning the way a terrain is divided up in minor parts or lotti, came to indicate the procedure of awarding guidance of such important state conglomerates as IRI, ENEL or ENI to political figures, or at least managers with a clear political orientation. This usually trickled down to lower levels, creating power centres depending on political parties that controlled a significant part of the production system.

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  1. tangentopoli

    The term Tangentopoli comes from the words tangente, meaning ‘kickback’ or ‘bribe’ in Italian, and poli, from the ancient Greek word polis, meaning ‘city’.

    Etymology: The word was coined by the Italian media to describe the web of corruption that characterised the political and entrepreneurial scene in the city of Milan (Treccani Vocabolario 2015[4]). Source: wikipedia


    Submitted by anonymous on May 22, 2021  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tangentopoli in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tangentopoli in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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