La tabella che segue e' stata tratta dall'articolo comparso su "The Economist" del 28 aprile 2001, la cui copertina e' dedicata a Berlusconi, con il titolo: "Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to lead italy".
| Case | Date | Charge | Result | Sentence | First appeal | Final Appeal |
| All Iberian | 1996-99 | Illegal finincing of political party | Guilty | 28 mths jail | Statute of limitation | Same as first |
| Fininvest and others | 1996-2000 | Four counts of corruption; birbing financial police | Guilty | 33 mths jail | Statute of limitationon three counts. Acquitted on one count. | In precess |
| Medusa | 1998-99 | Tax fraud | Guilty | 16 mths jail | Acquitted | Decided but not made public |
| Fininvest holding company | 1998 | False accounting | In process | |||
| Mondadori | 2000 | Corruption; birbing a judge | Case thrown out | |||
| Purchase of footballer | 2001 | False accounting | In process | |||
| SME | 2000 | Corruption; birbing a judge | In process | |||
| Fininvest Group | Preliminary | False accounting | ||||
| Telecinco (Spain) | Tax fraud; breach of antitrust laws | Inquiry under way |