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Portrait of Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi, arrested today for alleged bribery in a sale of helicopters to India

Rome, Italy - He is a veteran of the aerospace sector, with the added qualification of a civil pilot licence

AVIONEWS offers to its readers a brief portrait of Giuseppe Orsi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Finmeccanica, who was arrested today in the context of an inquiry about an alleged bribe relative to the sale of 12 helicopters to the Indian government (AVIONEWS). Born in Piacenza in 1945, Orsi is a graduate of the Milan Polytechnic University where he earned a doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149711
Rome, Italy, 02/12/2013 15:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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