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Mestre is the mainland part of Venice (Photo: Marc Gautier)

EU-funded project in Italy suspected of mafia links

Three NGOs on Wednesday (22 January) filed an official complaint with the EU anti-fraud office, Olaf, demanding an investigation into an EU-sponsored motorway in Italy, where construction firms are suspected of fraud and infiltration by the mafia.

The project at stake is the Passante di Mestre motorway - a bypass around the northern Italian city of Mestre, just across the bay from Venice.

Last year, it received a loan of €350 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to refi...

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Mestre is the mainland part of Venice (Photo: Marc Gautier)

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