Corruption
Heritageanalysis
Venice rocked by corruption allegations involving city’s mayor and council over sale of land and two palazzos
Mayor Brugnaro insists that he is innocent but calls for his resignation are mounting
Art crimenews
$1.2m Picasso drawing purchased with allegedly misappropriated funds recovered by US officials
The work on paper, purchased at Christie’s New York in 2014, was allegedly paid for with money embezzled from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign investment fund
Croatianews
Top Croatian government official sentenced for corruption involving art
Nadan Vidosevic, former head of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, was found guilty in December of buying art for himself with public money