London: Controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hosted one of his infamous 'bunga bunga' parties earlier this week, media reports claimed.
Berlusconi, 74, is embroiled in allegations that dozens of showgirls were paid to attend the bunga bunga party - which is said to refer to a crude after dinner sex act - at his luxury villa, the Daily Mail reported.
He is currently facing a charge of having sex with an underage prostitute after it emerged that one of the guests at the parties held last year was at the time just 17 years old.
In Italy the age of consent is 14 but paying a woman under 18 for sex is seen as prostitution with a minor and punishable by up to three years in jail while abuse of office carries a maximum 12 year term. The report said 20 women were seen entering Berlusconi's villa at Arcore last Sunday in a fleet of cars
with guests not leaving until 2am.
The women are said to have 'used more caution' than normal when entering the villa so as not to attract attention although the identity of the women was not known.
Prosecutors in Milan claim that 33 women were paid to attend the bunga bunga parties hosted by Berlusconi over a period of time between September 2009 and March 2010.
Besides the sex charge which centres on Moroccan born belly dancer Karima El Mahroug, the media tycoon turned politician is also accused of abuse of office as he used his position to secure the release of El Mahroug - known as Ruby
the Heartstealer - from police custody.
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