The Italian police have arrested 35 people including the mayor of Venice over alleged corruption.
This is in connection with new flood barriers built to protect the city.
Mayor Giorgio Orsoni and dozens of officials and businessmen are being held over claims of bribery during the public tender process of the Moses project.
Seventy-eight mobile barriers will be used to shut off Venice lagoon in the event of rising sea levels and storms.
The city is continuing to sink and is hit by flooding on a yearly basis.
Construction of the barriers began 11 years ago but has been hampered by delays in funding due to Italy's economic crisis.
Once finished, the floodgates will extend more than a mile, blocking the three inlets to the lagoon.
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