The Senate committee on immunity
cleared the way Wednesday for authorities to proceed against
Forza Italia Senator Altero Matteoli as part of a probe into the
MOSE flood-barriers project in Venice. Prosecutors are looking
at allegations that 25 million euros in taxpayer money was
funnelled into political campaigns and away from MOSE, a
5.5-billion-euro system of retractable dikes set to be operable
in 2016 after decades of delays. Some 100 people were initially
investigated as part of the probe.
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