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Ten years after the investigation Moses to sweep away a ruling class, in Venice there is a new judicial storm,
This morning, on charges of corruption, money laundering and false invoicing, 18 people were placed in preventive detention in prison, including the councilor of the Municipality of Venice. Renato Boraso. They are being investigated as part of an investigation into public procurement and administration.
At the center of the investigation is the relationship of the municipal administration with the Singaporean entrepreneur Chiat Kwong Ching, at a time when Boraso was a consultant to Heritage: one of the accusations is that he sold the Palazzo Poerio Papadopoli to the entrepreneur for 10 million euros, when his estimated value 14. According to investigators, for the operation the consultant was paid about 73,000 euros through a false consultation. In addition to the mayor Luigi Brugnaro (for the question regarding the development of the Pili area), his chief of staff and general director of the Municipality Morris Ceron and deputy chief of staff Derek Donadini, general director of Actv Avm (transport) Giovanni Seno (also because he was to be asked to arrest but the investigating judge refused him), and Luis Lotti, the Italian manager of the entrepreneur from Singapore. The amount under preventive seizure is 2 million euros.
The Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro, the recipient of a guarantee notice, expressed his surprise. In my heart and conscience, I know that I have always done and will continue to fulfill the role of mayor as a service to the community, free of charge, always putting the interests of the community first. Of course, I am and still am available to the judges to clarify all these issues”, he explains in a note.
The charges
Soldiers of the Venetian Financial Police, delegated by the Venetian Prosecutor’s Office, carried out searches and applied precautionary measures. Administrators, public officials and entrepreneurs are involved. The crimes alleged against the Mobility Advisor of the Municipality of Venice Renato Boraso are linked to an investigation that began in 2021 on the basis of a complaint related to the use of some land on the outskirts of Venice. According to what was reported by the chief prosecutor Bruno Cherchi, after the report, the investigations started in 2022, and the criminal activity continued until today despite the fact that Boraso was aware of the ongoing investigations .