Article: Italian connection: FBI probes producer's Berlusconi ties.(Frank Agrama, Silvio Berlusconi)

A long-simmering investigation into the business affairs of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's wealthiest media mogul and the country's former prime minister, has heated up in Hollywood.

FBI officials, acting on a tip from Italian authorities, earlier this month raided the Bel-Air home and Sunset Boulevard offices of film and TV producer Frank Agrama.

Agrama, whose company Harmony Gold produced the 1980s miniseries "Shaka Zulu" and "Queen Kong," was first fingered by Italian authorities for alleged misdeeds some 15 months ago (Daily Variety, Nov. 13, 2005).

Italian authorities then accused Berlusconi and a dozen others, including Agrama, of scheming to ...

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