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  • In this one-act play, staged as the flood-gates of the wide-reaching graft scandal known in Italy as "tangentopoli" [ "bribe city"] opened, Franca Rame talks in simple terms about the thievery that has become custom in Italy's political establishment.

    Dario Fo - Biography 1998

  • In fact, the current crisis feels much like the early '90s when "tangentopoli" ( "bribesville") tanked the First Republic.

    FPIF Latest Content 2010

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