Entrepreneurs, politicians, even Mayor Giorgio Orsoni, accused of bribery, bribery and money laundering. It's a cyclone of arrests that has hit in the last few hours Venezia, where the Guardia di Finanza executed 35 pre-trial detention measures in the context of an investigation into the former CEO of Mantovani, Giorgio Baita, e contracts for Mose (Electromechanical experimental module), or the system of mobile gates designed to defend the Venetian capital from high water, temporarily separating the lagoon from the sea. In all, there are a hundred suspects.
In addition to Orsoni, the regional councilor for infrastructures also ended up in handcuffs Renato Chisso (Forza Italia), the regional councilor of the Pd Giampiero Marchese and entrepreneurs Franco Morbiolo e Robert Meneguzzo. The retired general is also involved Emilio Spacing. The Venice prosecutor's office also requested the arrest of Giancarlo Galan, current deputy of Forza Italia, former minister and former president of the Veneto Region. The request must be examined by the Chamber.
The arrests stem from an investigation by the Guardia di Finanza of Venice launched about three years ago. Prosecutors Stefano Ancillotto, Stefano Buccini and Paola Tonino (Dda) had discovered that Baita (already affected by a precautionary custody order last February) had shifted some funds to MOSE by creating a series of overseas slush funds.
The money, according to the indictment, was brought by Claudia Minutillo, entrepreneur and former personal secretary of Galan, in San Marinowhere the money came from recycled by William Colombelli thanks to his own financial company Bmc. According to the yellow flames, at least 20 million euros would have ended up in foreign accounts and, probably, they were aimed at politics.
