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Pompeii restorer Annamaria Cavaco accused of fraud

A former restorer of Pompeii is under house arrest on corruption charges, Italian police have said.

Five others, including the ex-special commissioner appointed to deal with the increasing degradation of the historic site, are also under investigation...

Read entire article at BBC News