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Tribunal of Vatican City State

First-instance court of Vatican City State.

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The Vatican Tribunal tried former IOR president Angelo Caloia (judgment 2021) and Angelo Becciu with nine others (judgment 2023).

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  • Angelo Caloia 21 Jan 2021 embezzlement and self-laundering; eight years and eleven months Primary record 1
  • Angelo Becciu 16 Dec 2023 embezzlement (three counts); five years and six months Scholarship & press 234

    Vatican News, which summarises the judgment, says three counts of embezzlement; ANSA says two of embezzlement and one of aggravated fraud, and repeated that in March 2026. Both are given here. On 17 March 2026 the Court of Appeal declared the first trial relatively null in part and ordered parts redone; ANSA says the 2023 conviction stands for the time being. Becciu says he is innocent.

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  1. 21 Jan 2021 Tribunal of Vatican City State intervened in Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
  2. 21 Jan 2021 Angelo Caloia convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State
  3. 16 Dec 2023 Tribunal of Vatican City State intervened in Vatican trial over Secretariat of State funds
  4. 16 Dec 2023 Angelo Becciu convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State
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  1. 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 Caloia and Liuzzo Gabriele were found guilty of several counts of embezzlement from the I.O.R. and others of aggravated embezzlement from SGIR s.r.l., as well as of the crime of self-laundering
    sentenced to a total of eight years and eleven months' imprisonment and a fine of 12,500.00 euros each
    the Court found evidence that in some cases the defendants actually appropriated part of the money paid by the buyers, or in any case money from the IOR and SGIR, for a total amount of approximately 19 million euros
    The defendants were acquitted of the charges relating to the sale of those properties for which it was not proven that they had appropriated money
  2. Vatican trial defendants sentenced to total of 37 years in prison, Vatican News, 16 Dec 2023. Scholarship & press
    by the Vatican Tribunal at the conclusion of the trial regarding the management of funds of the Secretariat of State
    Cardinal Becciu was found guilty of three counts of embezzlement
    The verdict issued on the afternoon of 16 December came after 86 hearings.
  3. I want to shout I'm innocent to the world - Becciu, ANSA, 18 Dec 2023. Scholarship & press
    sentenced him to five and a half years in jail
  4. Becciu says hopes complete innocence recognized soon, ANSA, 18 Mar 2026. Scholarship & press
    The court, while ordering a new trial, said that Becciu's conviction stands for the time being.
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