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Peaceful and quiet, as always. Until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 24. Thus, the 72-year-old former cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu is described by those who saw him before his resignation. At 6 in the afternoon an appointment with Pope Francis was scheduled. L would have consumed the break. But some cracks were already latent after the outbreak of the scandal in the Sloane Avenue building in London and the processing of the criminal investigation of the promoters of Vatican justice, who are scrutinizing one of the most guarded secrets: the management of the confidential bank. dei popi, or the chest section General Affairs of the Secretary of State, estimated at around 700 million. the heart of the government of the Holy See, which also manages the millions of pence of San Pedro.
For seven years, from 2011 to 2018, General Affairs was in charge of the then Archbishop Becciu. At this stage, the use of funds in favor of activities attributable to the brothers would be challenged. But also a casual use of his relations with the press. The initial protagonist of the London adventure that still keeps the Vatican occupied by more than 350 million, according to the calculations of the Pope’s prosecutors. Just following the money, promoters Gian Piero Milano and Alessandro Diddi would have extended the investigation to the use of all the capital of the section, starting with around 50 million in the Maltese fund Centurion of the financier Patrizia Crassus, who used them among other things to become partner of Lapo Elkann in Independent Italy and for finance Elton John movie.
It was really Becciu – which is not being investigated – to propose in 2012 to invest 200 million dollars in a oil rig in angola. The money was in the Swiss credit where Crassus, a trusted banker of the Secretariat, worked. The friend-entrepreneur had asked to invest Antonio Mosquito, known at the time of the nunciature in Africa. To evaluate the deal that Crassus called Raffaele Mincione but the financier thought it was extremely risky. The alternative solution was to invest the 200 million in Athena background, by Mincione himself, who will use them to buy 45% of the London palace and the rest for Borsa’s adventures in Carige, Bpm, Retelit and Tas. But speculation, including about the building, went wrong and at one point the fund began to lose tens of millions.
In the summer of 2018, Becciu was named a cardinal and replaced by the Venezuelan archbishop. Edgar Pea Parra. You change lines. The Vatican wants to get out of the deal. At the end of 2018, a transaction with Mincione was reached through the broker Gianluigi torzi. Hence the intrigue that will lead to the investigation with two monsignors of the Secretariat investigated, Alberto Perlasca and Mauro Carlino and in June with the arrest of Torzi. An increasingly extensive investigation, starting from an opaque operation, as he defined it the Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin. Muddy accusations had been the response of Becciu, who believes he has acted in the exclusive interest of the Holy See.
