The Venice Blog

In the occasion of the Venice film biennale in last september, Microsoft boss William Henry Gates chartered a luxury motorboat. Few days before his arrival, he sent a employee to Venice to check the boat and some routes in the lagoon. But a carabinieri patrol stopped the vehicle and sequestrated it, accusing the driver of pursuing a abusive transportation service. Now, the case went public: the boat owner’s attorney claims that the contract of charter has been regularly disposed at the port office and the municipal administration. For several weeks, he has been trying to get the boat being restituted.