Event
Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
Vatican Tribunal judgment of 21 January 2021; appeal rejected 22 July 2022.
- Dates
- 21 Jan 2021 – 22 Jul 2022
In 2021 the Vatican Tribunal convicted the IOR’s former president Angelo Caloia and a lawyer of embezzling from the bank. The IOR itself was the plaintiff.
Connections 6
interventions
- Tribunal of Vatican City State 21 Jan 2021 convicted three defendants Primary record 1
- Vatican Court of Appeal 22 Jul 2022 rejected the appeals Scholarship & press 2
involved
- Institute for the Works of Religion plaintiff; awarded damages Primary record 1
- Angelo Caloia defendant; convicted Primary record 1
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Financial Information Authority
with the IOR, filed the 2014 criminal complaints that began the case
Primary record
3
MONEYVAL calls the IOR the "ASIF authorised institution".
part of
- Reform of Vatican finances since 2010 Primary record 1
Timeline 3 dates
- 21 Jan 2021 – 22 Jul 2022 Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
- 21 Jan 2021 Tribunal of Vatican City State intervened in Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
- 22 Jul 2022 Vatican Court of Appeal intervened in Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
Proof 3 sources
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Holy See Press Office Communique, 21.01.2021, Holy See Press Office, 21 Jan 2021.
Primary record
Archived copy
Vatican City State Tribunal concluded the trial instituted against the former president of the IOR
the defendants were ordered to pay damages to the IOR and its subsidiary SGIR, which had joined the proceedings as a plaintiff seeking damages, in excess of 20 million euros
the former president of the IOR, Professor Angelo Caloia, and lawyer Gabriele Liuzzo
This is the first application of the legislation introduced in December 2018, within the more general framework of the adaptation of Vatican legislation to international standards for combating money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.
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Appeals court upholds sentence against former Vatican bank president, Crux (Catholic News Service), 22 Jul 2022.
Scholarship & press
the Vatican appellate court rejected an appeal made by Angelo Caloia
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Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures: Holy See (including Vatican City State), Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation Report, MONEYVAL(2021)4, MONEYVAL, Council of Europe, 2021.
Primary record
Archived copy
The case was investigated by the OPJ based on 2014 criminal complaints from the FIU and the ASIF authorised institution.
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