enrolled in the register of people involved in underground negotiations between corrupted representatives of the Italian government and the mafia organizations in sicily (lit. State-Mafia Pact, "trattativa stato mafia") upon request of the Public Prosecutor, having the prosecutor's office obtained new relevant informations coming from the transcripts of telephone conversation in Palermo by the mafia boss Giuseppe Graviano involving Dell'Utri together with other people implicated in the negotiations. On 20 April 2018, he was sentenced to a further 12 years in prison. Statements related to the mafia boss Vittorio Mangano After the Appeals court ruling, Dell'Utri expressed his admiration for the late Vittorio Mangano, a convicted Mafioso who up to his death in prison denied that any link existed between Cosa Nostra and Dell'Utri and Berlusconi. "He was a sick inmate who was asked to testify against me and Berlusconi and always refused to do so. If he had, anything he would have said would have been believed. But he preferred to stay in prison, and die there, rather than to make unjust accusations," Dell'Utri said. "He was my hero. I don't know if I could have resisted as much as he did." Biblioteca di Via Senato and other associations Dell'Utri has been also the founder of Biblioteca di via Senato, l'Erasmo. Trimestrale della civiltà europea, Il Domenicale. He is also president of the cultural association Il Circolo Giovani. See also References External links Official Site Official Italian Senate Site Forza Italia party Site Sentenza Dell’Utri The verdict for complicity in conspiracy with the Mafia Fininvest 1941 births Living people Forza Italia MEPs Italian people convicted of tax crimes Italian politicians convicted of crimes Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) MEPs for Italy 1999–2004 Politicians from Palermo Politicians convicted of fraud Criminals from Sicily