Becciu case, long time for extradition of manager Marogna

Long times, as per procedure, those for the possible extradition of Cecilia Marogna, the manager who appears in the Vatican investigation on the former number 2 of the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and was arrested yesterday in Milan. As reported, within 48 hours of the arrival of the arrest documents (papers that will arrive in the next few hours) the fifth criminal section of the Milanese Court of Appeal will have to decide first on validation of the arrest and any precautionary measure. Then the extradition procedure will start, again with a decision of the Court of Appeal, but within weeks, given that the defense will be able to appeal to the Supreme Court. It is the first time that the Milanese judges have to decide on an extradition to the Vatican. There are, in fact, a whole series of procedural steps to be respected for decisions on extraditions of this kind (times in the case of European arrest warrants, on the other hand, are shorter). Within two days from the arrival at the Court of Appeal of the arrest documents (not yet arrived), the judges must decide on the validation of the arrest and on the precautionary measure, a decision that is taken without a hearing. Subsequently, within five days Marogna will have to be questioned by the magistrates of the fifth criminal section of appeal (president Antonio Nova). A deadline that in this period of Covid emergency may be extended due to the need to perform and have the results of the swab. In the meantime, through the Ministry of Justice, the documents of the investigation must also arrive from the Vatican against the manager. And then the judges, on the basis of the papers, will have to decide whether or not to accept the extradition request and on the extradition measure the defense will have the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court. The extradition will be carried out only with a definitive sentence (in case it will be necessary to wait for the Supreme Court) and, therefore, weeks, if not months, could pass for the whole procedure. The accusation against Marogna is embezzled for misappropriation of assets. In the crosshairs of the Vatican investigators, transfers for a total of 500,000 euros would have ended up that the woman would have received from the Holy See for secret humanitarian operations in Asia and Africa, and which, almost half, would have been used for the purchase of handbags. cosmetics and other luxury goods. In the intricate story of the Becciu case, Vatican finances and cardinalate rivalries, Marogna would have played a leading role due to his proximity to the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The 39-year-old from Cagliari, an expert in diplomatic relations, would have received bank transfers for half a million euros for her consultations with the Secretariat of State, when Cardinal Angelo Becciu was Substitute. The woman has so far denied both of being linked to the high prelate and of being the recipient of transfers to a company located in Slovenia that carries out humanitarian missions. The allocation in his favor, he claimed, was "500 thousand over 4 years and including my salary, travel, consultancy out of that account, situations to be managed in various areas". And that money "came in tranches on my company in Slovenia", he told the newspapers. Marogna had told a few days in an interview with 'Corriere della sera' that he met Becciu in 2015 after writing him an email "to understand if my analyzes were correct, and what were the security problems of the Nunciatures and Missions". Becciu received it and, according to his account, the Vatican "lacked a parallel diplomacy" in North African and Middle Eastern countries. The consultant had stated in this regard: "I knew what to do and how to move also to reduce the dangers of terrorist cells present in those countries to the Nunciatures".     

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October 14, 2020Long times, as per procedure, are those for the possible extradition of Cecilia Marogna, the manager who appears in the Vatican investigation into the former number 2 of the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and was arrested yesterday in Milan. As reported, within 48 hours of the arrival of the arrest documents (papers that will arrive in the next few hours) the fifth criminal section of the Milanese Court of Appeal will have to decide first on validation of the arrest and any precautionary measure. Then the extradition procedure will start, again with a decision of the Court of Appeal, but within weeks, given that the defense will be able to appeal to the Supreme Court. It is the first time that the Milanese judges have to decide on an extradition to the Vatican.

There are, in fact, a whole series of procedural steps to be respected for decisions on extraditions of this kind (times in the case of European arrest warrants, on the other hand, are shorter). Within two days from the arrival at the Court of Appeal of the arrest documents (not yet arrived), the judges must decide on the validation of the arrest and on the precautionary measure, a decision that is taken without a hearing. Subsequently, within five days Marogna will have to be questioned by the magistrates of the fifth criminal section of appeal (president Antonio Nova). A deadline that in this period of Covid emergency may be extended due to the need to perform and have the results of the swab. In the meantime, through the Ministry of Justice, the documents of the investigation must also arrive from the Vatican against the manager. And then the judges, on the basis of the papers, will have to decide whether or not to accept the extradition request and on the extradition measure the defense will have the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court. The extradition will be carried out only with a definitive sentence (in case it will be necessary to wait for the Supreme Court) and, therefore, weeks, if not a few months, could pass for the whole procedure. The accusation against Marogna is embezzled for misappropriation of assets. In the crosshairs of the Vatican investigators, transfers for a total of 500,000 euros would have ended up that the woman would have received from the Holy See for secret humanitarian operations in Asia and Africa, and which, almost half, would have been used for the purchase of handbags. cosmetics and other luxury goods.

In the intricate story of the Becciu case, Vatican finances and cardinalate rivalries, Marogna would have played a leading role due to his proximity to the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The 39-year-old from Cagliari, an expert in diplomatic relations, would have received bank transfers for half a million euros for her consultations with the Secretariat of State, when Cardinal Angelo Becciu was Substitute. The woman has so far denied both of being linked to the high prelate and of being the recipient of transfers to a company located in Slovenia that carries out humanitarian missions. The allocation in his favor, he claimed, was "500 thousand over 4 years and including my salary, travel, consultancy out of that account, situations to be managed in various areas". And that money "came in tranches on my company in Slovenia", he told the newspapers. Marogna had told a few days in an interview with 'Corriere della sera' that he met Becciu in 2015 after writing him an email "to understand if my analyzes were correct, and what were the security problems of the Nunciatures and Missions". Becciu received it and, according to his account, the Vatican "lacked a parallel diplomacy" in North African and Middle Eastern countries. The consultant had stated in this regard: "I knew what to do and how to move also to reduce the dangers deriving to the Nunciatures from the terrorist cells present in those countries".

Becciu case, long time for extradition of manager Marogna

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