Marco Milanese, former advisor to
ex-finance minister Giulio Tremonti and former MP in Silvio
Berlusconi's now-defunct centre-right People of Freedom (PdL)
party, was sentenced Thursday to two and a half years in jail
for influence trafficking linked to Venice's MOSE flood-barrier
project.
The court ruled out the more serious initial charge of
complicity in corruption.
Prosecutors had requested three and a half years in jail
for Milanese, who denied wrongdoing.
The court also ordered Milanese to pay damages of 100,000
euros each to the Venezia Nuova Consortium and the economy
ministry.
Milanese did not comment on the verdict.
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