Police officers, the UK's Angolan community and residents of a west London street where a stowaway fell to his death from a plane are hoping a computerised image of the man's face and a photo of his tattoo will lead to his identification.
Under his leadership the country has shed its image as the sick man of Asia and has joined the ranks of the tiger economies: the economy grew by almost 6% last year.
The advantages for Mr Berlusconi are clear: he can slough off his partisan imageand re-emerge as a consensus man, perhaps a candidate for the presidency.