Today, a Milan court will determine whether Cecilia Marogna, a self-described intelligence analyst, with links to disgraced former Cardinal and number two at the Secretariat of State in the Vatican Angelo Becciu, should face extradition to them Vatican on embezzlement charges, Nicole Winfield reported for Associated Press.
Vatican prosecutors have accused Marogna of embezzling and misusing Vatican funds, of which her company Logsic was paid at least €575,000 between 2018 and 2019 to help liberate Catholic hostages, much of which apparently went on luxury goods from Prada. Marogna has claimed the funds as 'compensation and reimbursements' for her work. The luxury items were destined for , a designer pocketbook was “maybe for the wife of a Nigerian friend who was in a position to talk to the president of Burkina Faso”, she said.
