Councilor Boraso arrested. The investigation –

Bribes to obtain public procurement contracts. The Guardia di Finanza of the provincial command of Venice, executed this morning at dawn, a precautionary custody order once morest 18 people accused to varying degrees of corruption and acts contrary to public office. The councilor for Mobility of the municipality of Venice, Renato Boraso, and the entrepreneur, Fabrizio Ormenese, ended up in handcuffs, among the suspects also the general director of Actv, Giovanni Seno, and Fabio Cacco, head of contracts of the Municipality. Among the suspects are also Matteo Volpato, Fabrizio Salis, Alessandra Bolognin, Daniele Brichese, Francesco Gislon. The 12-month ban issued by the investigating judge of Venice instead concerned, Gaetano Castellano, Stefano Comelato, Helio Constantini, Francesco Piccolo, Sergio Pizzolato and Stefano Pizzolato. According to what is reported by Corriere della Sera “the investigation appears to be linked to Boraso’s financial consultancy activity”.

This is Boraso’s biography on the website of the Municipality of Venice: “Born in Mestre 52 years ago, he lives in Favaro Veneto with Tiziana and their three children. Graduated in Business Economics at Ca’ Foscari. Knight of San Marco. Since 1993 he has worked as a Business Consultant. He began his political activity in 1993 as a district councilor; since 1997 he has always been elected city councilor; in 2005 he was senior councilor and from 2005 to 2010 President of the City Council. From 2010 to 2014 President of the Budget Commission. He offers cities his passion for the common good, in-depth knowledge of the territory, close proximity to citizens to represent their needs and requests. He continues his activity as Councilor of the Municipality of Venice”.