The delegate commissioner to the
Expo 2015 Waterways project, Antonio Acerbo, has suspended
himself from all Expo-related posts, the world fair organizing
company said Thursday.
Acerbo stepped down as executive officer of the world fair
after Milan Expo 2015 commissioner Giuseppe Sala asked him to
quit, while remaining in charge of procedures for the Italian
pavilion.
Sala asked for the partial resignation after Acerbo was
placed under investigation for alleged corruption and
bid-rigging linked to the world fair's Waterways project.
According to prosecutors Acerbo, 65, is accused of taking
bribes to steer a 100-million-euro contract for the Waterways
project to construction magnate Enrico Maltauro in 2013.
Maltauro was placed under house arrest in May in a larger
probe that rocked preparations for next year's event and led to
the arrests of former Expo procurement and planning manager
Angelo Paris and several others, including a former Christian
Democrat MP.
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