Then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi walks past the honour guards as he waits for Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba at Chigi palace in downtown Rome in this May 17, 2011 file photo. An Italian court on October 26, 2012 sentenced former prime minister Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. Picture taken May 17, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (ITALY – Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)