Italy’s internal revenue service may levy taxes on the illegal earnings of over a dozen suspects in the multi-million-euro MOSE corruption case, sources said Tuesday.
Prosecutors are looking at allegations that 25 million euros in taxpayer money was funneled into political campaigns and away from MOSE, a 5.5-billion-euro system of retractable dikes set to become operable in 2016 after decades of delays.
Some 100 people were initially investigated as part of the probe.
Those who may have to pay taxes on illicit earnings include Emilio Spaziante, a retired general in Italy’s finance police who is serving four years after a plea bargain, former Venice mayor Giorgio Orsoni, ex-Veneto governor Giancarlo Galan, former infrastructure council member Renato Chisso, and Marco Milanese, former right-hand man to ex-economy minister Giulio Tremonti.
The suspects, most of whom are behind bars or under house arrest, may have to pay taxes on a total of 10 million euros under a 1993 law that says the government can levy taxes on illicit income.
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