(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 15 - Finance police staged a series of
searches on Tuesday to seize evidence in relation to a money
laundering probe by prosecutors in the Sardinian city of Sassari
regarding bodies linked to friends and relatives of Cardinal
Angelo Becciu that received funds from the Vatican Bank and
Italian Bishops Conference CEI.
The searches took place in Rome and in the towns of Ozieri,
Pattada and Bono, in the province of Sassari.
Becciu is among 10 people on trial in the Vatican in relation to
the loss-making acquisition of a London property on Sloane
Avenue when he was the Substitute for General Affairs in the
Secretariat of State.
He resigned as head of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
in 2020 when the scandal regarding the property deal broke.
He is the highest-ranked Catholic cleric ever to face charges of
financial crimes. (ANSA).