Some of their liquidity was even deposited in cash. Much of the documentation of that time relative to the early financial and banking operations of these companies has been lost, in one case in a fire. A report on those matters was commissioned by the general Dipartimento Investigativo Anti-Mafia (Bureau of Anti-Mafia Investigation) of Palermo in the 1990s from a finance expert working at the Bank of Italy, Francesco Giuffrida, to supplement the evidence in a tentative case against Berlusconi and associates for their alleged involvement with the Sicilian Mafia. In 1998 the case was temporarily shelved because of a lack of sufficient evidence to go to trial. References External links Financial services companies of Italy Holding companies of Italy Berlusconi family Companies based in Milan Companies based in Rome Financial services companies established in 1978 Holding companies established in 1978 Italian companies established in 1978