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Venice mayor arrested in corruption scandal

By Colleen Barry
Published June 4, 2014 12:26pm ET
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Venice mayor arrested in corruption scandal
In this photo taken on April 8, 2010, Venice's Mayor Giorgio Orsoni is pictured at Ca Farsetti palace in Venice, Italy. Italian authorities Wednesday, June 4, 2014 have arrested the mayor of Venice and 35 others in a sweeping corruption investigation related to the construction of underwater barriers to protect the historic city from flooding. Italian financial police confirmed Mayor Giorgio Orsoni's arrest Wednesday but had no further details. The arrests were the result of a three-year investigation by the financial police that led to the arrest last summer of the head of the consortium building the ambitious but long-delayed system of so-called Moses barriers. Authorities say 20 million euros ($27 million) was diverted abroad for the purpose of bribing politicians. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini) | Luigi Costantini

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s mayor and more than 30 other people were arrested Wednesday in a sweeping corruption scandal in which politicians are accused of financing election campaigns with some 25 million euros ($34 million) in bribes from the consortium building underwater barriers to protect the lagoon city from flooding.

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