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Italian city; seat of Banco Ambrosiano.

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Milan was the seat of Banco Ambrosiano; its magistrates led the Italian inquiries into the bank and into Michele Sindona.

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  • Paul Marcinkus Feb 1987 arrest warrant: accessory to the fraudulent bankruptcy of Banco Ambrosiano Scholarship & press 1234

    Warrant of 20 February 1987 (MilanoFinanza), issued in Milan by the prosecutors (Italian press report). English summary of the Italian sources: the warrant alleged complicity in the fraudulent bankruptcy of Banco Ambrosiano; he was never arrested or tried.

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  • Michele Sindona 18 Mar 1986 life imprisonment for ordering the murder of Giorgio Ambrosoli Scholarship & press 56

    English summary: Il Post says he was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 March 1986. UPI: a Milan court convicted him of paying American gangster William Arico $50,000 to murder Giorgio Ambrosoli in July 1979 (Il Post gives other sums). First instance only.

  • Licio Gelli 1998 fraudulent bankruptcy of Banco Ambrosiano: 18 years at first instance, reduced to 12 on appeal, final by May 1998 Scholarship & press 78

    English summary: Il Fatto Quotidiano says he was sentenced to 18 years at first instance in Milan, cut to 12 on appeal, and was a fugitive after 6 May 1998 when the sentence was final. It also says the inquiry into him over Calvi's murder was closed on 30 May 2009; ANSA wrote in July 2015 that prosecutors asked to shelve a probe naming him, Carboni, Pazienza and Mazzotta. The outcome of that request was not found.

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  1. 18 Mar 1986 Michele Sindona convicted by Milan
  2. Feb 1987 Paul Marcinkus charged by Milan
  3. 1998 Licio Gelli convicted by Milan
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  1. Italian Court Invalidates Warrants For Three Vatican Bankers, The Georgia Bulletin (Catholic News Service), 23 Jul 1987. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    arrest warrants issued last February for U.S. Archbishop Paul Marcinkus and two other officials of the Vatican bank in connection with a 1982 banking scandal
  2. Former Vatican bank chief Paul Marcinkus, 84, dies, The Seattle Times (Los Angeles Times), 22 Feb 2006. Scholarship & press
    The archbishop was charged with being an accessory to the bank's bankruptcy, which was found to be fraudulent. But he was not arrested.
  3. Famiglia Cristiana pubblica la lettera in cui il cardinale Martini chiede la rimozione di Marcinkus (press report on the Casaroli papers), Press report hosted by the Archdiocese of Milan. Scholarship & press
    Ma Marcinkus, colpito da mandato di cattura per bancarotta fraudolenta dalla Procura di Milano
  4. E' morto Mennini, finanziere dello Ior dell'era Marcinkus, MilanoFinanza. Scholarship & press
    Il 20 febbraio 1987, infine, fu colpito da un nuovo mandato di cattura, in relazione all'inchiesta avviata sull'insolvenza del Banco ambrosiano.
  5. Michele Sindona, mastermind of the biggest bank failure in..., UPI, 22 Mar 1986. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    On Tuesday, a Milan court had sentenced him to life imprisonment after Sindona was convicted of paying American gangster William Arico $50,000 to murder Milan lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli in July 1979.
    murder Milan lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli
  6. Chi era Michele Sindona, Il Post, 2 Dec 2014. Scholarship & press
    il 18 marzo 1986 venne condannato all’ergastolo
  7. Calvi case shd be closed - prosecutors, ANSA, 7 Jul 2015. Scholarship & press
    Gelli who, now 95, is under house arrest after receiving a 12-year sentence for the Ambrosiano collapse
  8. Licio Gelli, dalla strage di Bologna al crac del Banco Ambrosiano: le inchieste che hanno coinvolto il Venerabile della P2, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 16 Dec 2015. Scholarship & press
    Nel processo di secondo grado la pena venne ridotta a 12 anni.
  9. Italy: The Great Vatican Bank Mystery (8 pages), TIME, 13 Sep 1982. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    Banco Ambrosiano of Milan, the largest private banking group in Italy
    Italian authorities have since ordered the liquidation of Banco Ambrosiano and declared the institution bankrupt.
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