Berlusconi aides on trial

THREE aides to ex-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi have gone on trial on charges they allegedly recruited an underage Moroccan girl and other women for prostitution at Berlusconi’s villas.

After a brief hearing, Judge Anna Maria Gatto immediately adjourned the trial until January 20.

The three aides — Emilio Fede, an executive in Berlusconi’s media empire; Nicole Minetti, a local politician and former showgirl, and talent agent Dario “Lele” Mora — are accused of recruiting women for prostitution and abetting prostitution, including of a minor.