PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - A Palermo appeals court upheld a conviction on Monday against a close political ally and business associate of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for colluding with the Sicilian mafia, sentencing him to seven years in prison.
Judge Raimondo Lo Forti confirmed a 2004 verdict that former Senator Marcello Dell'Utri had acted as a go-between for the mafia and the Milan business elite, including Berlusconi's businesses, until 1992.
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