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2006
Juventus, AC Milan and three other top Serie A football teams receive hefty fines in a
match-rigging scandal that also sees Juventus stripped of its 2005 and 2006 championship
titles.
2011
Berlusconi stands trial in Milan in April on charges of abuse of power and paying for sex
with under-aged Moroccan prostitute Karima El Mahroug (aka Ruby Heartstealer).
2011
Berlusconi is forced to quit, and economist Mario Monti is put in charge, heading a gov-
ernment of technocrats.
2013
After an inconclusive February election, Enrico Letta is named prime minister of a shaky
left-right coalition. Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement, having won 25% of the votes, re-
fuses to make any pacts with other parties.
