THE head of Italian state-controlled defence group Finmeccanica has been arrested in a corruption probe centred on the sale of helicopters to the Indian Government, a judicial source said.
Finmeccanica chief executive and chairman Giuseppe Orsi was arrested for alleged bribes paid to secure the sale of 12 Agusta-Westland aircraft when he was head of the Finmeccanica helicopter unit, the source said.
Police were searching the defence contractor's offices in Italy's financial capital Milan, police sources said.
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