Berlusconi tries to make Ruby 2 years older prior to his sex trial

[Tender Branson]

Berlusconi offered me bribe to alter belly dancer's birth certificate: Moroccan official

It has emerged that a Moroccan official was offered bribe to alter the birth certificate of the Moroccan-born erotic dancer at the centre of the sex scandal engulfing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

According to Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, the official was promised 'a large amount of money' to alter the birth certificate of Karima El Mahroug, known by her stage name as Ruby the Heart Stealer, reports the Telegraph.

The unidentified official told Il Fatto that she was approached on February 7 by three men - two Italians and a Moroccan - in her office in the town of Fkih Ben Salah in central Morocco, where Mahroug was born.

The Moroccan man asked her in Arabic if she could backdate the nightclub dancer's birth certificate by two years.

The newspaper printed on its front page a photograph of what it said was Mahroug's certificate, on which her date of birth is recorded as Nov 1, 1992.

That means she was 17 when, according to Milan prosecutors, she had sex with the Italian Prime Minister at his mansion in Milan between February and May last year.

Meanwhile, Berlusconi's lawyers said the claims were 'laughable' but opposition parties demanded that an urgent investigation be launched into the allegations.

The 74-year-old billionaire premier will face trial on April 6 accused of paying for sex with Mahroug when she was 17 and allegedly working as a prostitute.

Having sex with a prostitute who is under the age of 18 is a crime in Italy, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison. (ANI)

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LOL. What an idiot.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So ? Does it surprise anyone ?

[Iannis]

I'm quite doubtful about the fact that a public servant in Morocco, who earns about 300-550€, would have refused a bribe of 10.000€ and more, if the story was true.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm quite doubtful about the fact that a public servant in Morocco, who earns about 300-550€, would have refused a bribe of 10.000€ and more, if the story was true.

Actually the fact that it was such a large bribe may have been the reason he refused it.  It would have been damn tough for him to make use of it and keep the fact he'd taken the bribe private.

[minionofmidas]

She, not he, Ernest.

From what I have been told about Moroccan officialdom, you don't try to bribe strange officials there in order to get something done extralegally or just quickly. You establish a personal connection via someone with clout, you explain the situation over a cup of tea, and only should that not suffice you might then also offer a bribe. (We were in a situation where visas for Germany needed to be organized very urgently. No bribe was payed.)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

She, not he, Ernest.

From what I have been told about Moroccan officialdom, you don't try to bribe strange officials there in order to get something done extralegally or just quickly. You establish a personal connection via someone with clout, you explain the situation over a cup of tea, and only should that not suffice you might then also offer a bribe. (We were in a situation where visas for Germany needed to be organized very urgently. No bribe was payed.)

Didn't bother to read the OP where it specified the gender.   Not that gender was relevant to my point.