Press conference of former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a few days after Italian highest court cleared him of cultivating ties with the Sicilian Mafia after a decade-long case that had gripped the country in Rome, Italy on November 05th , 20 [Getty Images]

ITALY - NOVEMBER 05: It marked the final end to a judicial saga that began in 1993 when Andreotti was first accused of having protected the interests of the international crime group. Andreotti, now a life senator who served as prime minister seven times, has always maintained his innocence. His name is synonymous with political survival and cunning in the land that gave the world Machiavelli in Rome, Italy on November 05th , 2004.. Press conference of former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a few days after Italian highest court cleared him of cultivating ties with the Sicilian Mafia after a decade-long case that had gripped the country in Rome, Italy on November 05th , 2004. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) — see more

ITALY - NOVEMBER 05: It marked the final end to a judicial saga that began in 1993 when Andreotti was first accused of having protected the interests of the international crime group. Andreotti, now a life senator who served as prime minister seven times, has always maintained his innocence. His name is synonymous with political survival and cunning in the land that gave the world Machiavelli in Rome, Italy on November 05th , 2004.. Press conference of former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a few days after Italian highest court cleared him of cultivating ties with the Sicilian Mafia after a decade-long case that had gripped the country in Rome, Italy on November 05th , 2004. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)