Italy on the Verge of Another "Becciu Trial"

The Public Prosecutor of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Giovanni Caria, has requested that Bishop Corrado Melis of Ozieri, Antonino Becciu, brother of Cardinal Becciu, and seven others be sent to trial.
They are accused of "money laundering" and "embezzlement".
Caria alleges that funds from the "8 per thousand" (= a kind of Italian church tax) intended for the diocese of Ozieri - about 2 million euros over 10 years and 100,000 euros the diocese received from the Vatican (a donation that the Vatican court considered illegal) - have since 2013 ended up in the accounts of Spes, a social cooperative for which Cardinal Becciu's brother is responsible.
Spes is a non-profit cooperative used by Caritas and the Diocese of Ozieri to carry out charitable works.
At the hearing on 8 January, the public prosecutor, Sergio De Luca, announced the request for the preventive seizure of the defendants' assets, which amount to approximately 2 million euros.
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