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Italy determined to put Briatore behind bars!

Flavio Briatore was sentenced to 18 months in jail by an Italian appeals court on Saturday, on tax evasion charges linked to his mega-yacht 'Force Blue' The former Benetton and Renault F1 boss, whose yacht was seized by tax authorities in 2010, saw his sentence reduced from 23 months, despite the prosecutor pleading for a four-year sentence. Italian investigators allegedly uncovered a scheme by which the 63-metre yacht was registered to a company domiciled in the Virgin Islands, but used exclusively by Briatore for his personal use. Renault's power deficit? It's Briatore's fault, says Abiteboul The flamboyant business tycoon claims he does not own the yacht, and merely rented it from its...
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