L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists found guilty of manslaughter
I can wholeheartedly recommend a documentary called Draquila – L'Italia che trema [1] about the L'Aquila earthquake.<p>As many of my Italian friends tell me, Italy is an absolutely corrupt shit hole. I remember a scene where they showed recordings of civil protection officials gloating about the disaster on the phone, right after it happened. They talked about the opportunity to make money [2].<p>The head of the national civil protection service is / was notorious in his blatant abuse of emergency powers to give government contracts (construction) without oversight to his crooked friends.<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draquila_%E2%80%93_LItalia_che_trema" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draquila_%E2%80%93_LItalia_che_...</a><p>[2] At the end of the trailer: <a href="http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/lTyjwBhD9HOI/en/250371/" rel="nofollow">http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/lTyjwBhD9HOI/en/...</a>