He has been the subject of judicial investigations into alleged [[corruption]], [[fraud]] and accounting irregularities by, what he and others claim is, a group of politicized liberal judges or "toghe rosse" (red robes). Acquitted in most cases, a minority of further trials have never reached sentencing - partly because the statute of limitations had expired before the case could reach its conclusion, which Berlusconi's detractors claim to be due to delaying tactics on his part<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3034600.stm</ref>. Despite this, he has never been charged of any crime. [[Italy]] is one of the few [[Europe|European]] countries, where the head of government has no [[immunity]]. | He has been the subject of judicial investigations into alleged [[corruption]], [[fraud]] and accounting irregularities by, what he and others claim is, a group of politicized liberal judges or "toghe rosse" (red robes). Acquitted in most cases, a minority of further trials have never reached sentencing - partly because the statute of limitations had expired before the case could reach its conclusion, which Berlusconi's detractors claim to be due to delaying tactics on his part<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3034600.stm</ref>. Despite this, he has never been charged of any crime. [[Italy]] is one of the few [[Europe|European]] countries, where the head of government has no [[immunity]]. |