Italian police have arrested forty-four people suspected of being part of a corrupt network of business people and politicians.<br /><br /> Search warrants have been issued against twenty-one other people in Sicily, the centre of the Italy, and the capital Rome.<br /><br /> It follows last year’s uncovering of a system designed to allow a cartel of companies to win contracts to manage migrant centres. <br /><br /> Police say the cartel had been able to secure “significant economic benefits” by excluding rival bidders from the contracts. <br /><br /> The corrupt operators have taken advantage of the migrant boat crisis in the Mediterranean which leave authorities struggling to deal with tens of thousands of arrivals to Italy.
