A judicial earthquake is shaking up Venice: City Councilor for Mobility Renato Boraso has been arrested and Mayor Luigi Brugnaro is under investigation (along with 15 other entrepreneurs and public officials) in a scandal involving corruption and selling off the city's historic buildings.

The amount of involvement of the figures under investigation varies greatly. For instance, regarding Mayor Brunaro, prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said that he had been served the notice that he was under investigation “for his own protection.” The mayor's involvement is connected to the blind trust that has been managing his assets, in the context of the attempted sale of an urban area to Singaporean businessman Chiat Kwong Ching (which ultimately didn’t go through).

In 2017, the mayor of Venice decided to entrust a New York-based trust........

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