Funds Secretariat of State, in 10 judgments, also Becciu

With today's decree, the President of the Vatican Tribunal ordered the summons for the judgment of the accused in the context of the financial investments of the Secretariat of State in London. The trial will begin at the hearing on July 27th. The request for summons was presented in recent days and concerns ecclesiastical and lay staff of the Secretariat of State and senior figures of the then Financial Intelligence Authority, as well as external personalities, active in the world of international finance: in all they are 10 people, including card. Angelo Becciu, and 4 companies. 

The investigation activities on the funds of the Secretariat of State, also carried out with rogatorial commissions in numerous other foreign countries (United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Jersey, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Switzerland), "allowed to bring to light a vast network of relations with operators financial markets that have generated substantial losses for Vatican finances, having also drawn on the resources destined for the Holy Father's personal charitable works ", explains the press release of the Holy See's press office.

"I am the victim of a plot hatched against me, and I have been waiting for a long time to hear any allegations against me, to promptly allow myself to deny them and prove to the world my absolute innocence".

This was stated in a note by Cardinal Angelo Becciu, after being indicted in the investigation into the funds of the Secretariat of State.

"In these long months he invented everything about my person - he continues -, exposing myself to an unparalleled media pillory to which I did not lend myself, suffering in silence, also for the respect and protection of the Church, to which I dedicated my whole life ".

The promoter of justice Gian Piero Milano, the deputy Alessandro Diddi and the defendant Gianluca Perone asked for indictments, through the issuance of the citation decree.

   The Secretariat of State of the Holy See, identified in the investigation as an "offended person" together with the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), will be a civil party in the process.

The Secretariat of State, it is learned, will be assisted in the courtroom by the lawyer Paola Severino, former Minister of Justice.

The trial that will open on July 27 will therefore concern

: René Brülhart, to whom the prosecution challenges the crime of abuse of office; Mauro Msgr. Carlino, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion and abuse of office; Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of embezzlement, corruption, extortion, money laundering and self-laundering, fraud, abuse of office, false public deed material committed by the private individual and false private deed; Tommaso Di Ruzza, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of embezzlement, abuse of office and violation of office secrecy; Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Raffaele Mincione, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of embezzlement, fraud, abuse of office, embezzlement and self-laundering; Nicola Squillace, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of fraud, embezzlement,money laundering and self-laundering; Fabrizio Tirabassi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of corruption, extortion, embezzlement, fraud and abuse of office; Gianluigi Torzi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".Fabrizio Tirabassi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of corruption, extortion, embezzlement, fraud and abuse of office; Gianluigi Torzi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".Fabrizio Tirabassi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of corruption, extortion, embezzlement, fraud and abuse of office; Gianluigi Torzi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".extortion, embezzlement, fraud and abuse of office; Gianluigi Torzi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".extortion, embezzlement, fraud and abuse of office; Gianluigi Torzi, to whom the prosecution disputes the crimes of extortion, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering. And the companies: HP Finance LLC, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Logsic Humanitarne Dejavnosti, DOO, referable to Cecilia Marogna, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".accusation disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".accusation disputes the crime of embezzlement; Prestige Family Office SA, referable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud; Sogenel Capital Investment, attributable to Enrico Crasso, to whom the prosecution disputes the crime of fraud. Some of the crimes are also contested "in competition".

    Elements also emerged against card. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, against whom we proceed, as required by law, for the offenses of embezzlement and abuse of office also in competition, as well as subornation.

    "The investigations, launched in July 2019 following a complaint from the Institute for Works of Religion and the Office of the Auditor General, saw full synergy between the Promoter's Office and the Judicial Police section of the Gendarmerie Corps - explains a press release of the Holy See Press Office -. The preliminary activities were also carried out in close and fruitful collaboration with the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office and the Economic-Financial Police Unit of the Rome Finance Police. Cooperation with the Milan Public Prosecutors was also appreciated. Bari, Trento, Cagliari and Sassari and their respective sections of the judicial police ".