349:. In 2014, the World Congress of Families was to be held in Russia, and Volontè was supposed to attend. The event was canceled due to sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Crimea. A parallel and unofficial congress was organized titled "Large Families - The Future of Humanity". Luca Volontè was photographed at the 2015 World Congress of Families in Salt Lake City, United States. The photograph appears on the homepage of Novae Terrae. In 2016, Volontè, speaking for Novae Terrae at the World Congress of Families, argued against same-sex marriage. In 2019, Novae Terrae, ProVita, and Generazione Famiglia invited the World Congress of Families to Verona. Novae Terrae had financed nearly all the organizations present: the
290:. L'espresso notes that a few months after the transfer, Dignitatis organized a conference in the Vatican. In February, Novae Terrae donated 12 thousand euros to CitizenGo, pledging the same amount annually, renewable year to year, as well as 2 thousand to a Madrid communications company specializing in anti-abortion campaigns. In addition, they paid 33 thousand euros to two fundraising managers for CitizenGo. Later in 2014, Novae Terrae donated 25 thousand euros to the
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February 2015 the Novae Terrae foundation was searched by the Milan Prosecutor's Office as part of an investigation of Volontè for tax offenses. Prosecutors found that money flowed from tax havens into Volontè's accounts, including Novae Terrae, which received €1.89 million in 18 payments of €105
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Russian-Azerbaijani money, though no new money was coming in. After the investigations, Novae Terrae began to receive financing through Catholic prelates and
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Foundation were searched as part of an investigation into Volontè for money laundering. In January 2021, Volontè was sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes from Azerbaijani officials to use his position as a member of the
156:, a German deputy, on torture and inhumane treatment in Azerbaijani prisons. In January 2021, Volontè was sentenced to four years of imprisonment for international corruption, together with the Azerbaijani defendants Elkhan Suleymanov and
247:, which ran in the 2018 Italian election with a campaign solely focused on the traditional family and opposition to LGBT rights), Flavio Felice, Giuseppe Zola, and Nicola Abalsamo presented themselves as founding members.
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was behind. Other payments were made to a front company solely owned by Volontè's wife. In total, he received 2.39 million euros through Novae Terrae from
Azerbaijan officials so that Volontè would, while serving on the
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In 2014, Novae Terrae began to work more globally due to the influx of offshore money. They recruited lobbyists in
Brussels, reimbursing travel and entertainment expenses. They also gave 8 thousand euros to
139:. The researchers drew connections between nationalist campaigns and their connections to anti-LGBT, anti-abortion, and anti-divorce lobbyists; all investigations found Novae Terrae to play a large role.
320:(ADF) as part of a network set up by Novae Terrae, then issued a correction as the CBC had been included in the network without their prior approval or knowledge and were subsequently removed.
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that defines "dignity" as the "universal right to be born" as part of a larger campaign to strategically reframe opposition to abortion rights as promotion of human rights.
239:. The foundation registered a new statute in January 2019, when the president Emanuele Fusi, Luca Volontè, despite being under investigation, Gianfranco Amato (founder of
160:. The Court of Milan recognized three bribes for a total sum of five hundred thousand euros as part of the offense and acquitted the defendants for the rest of the sum.
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entrepreneurs. In the months of the investigation, he received 20 thousand euros from the
Spaniards of CitizenGo, the same amount from Hungary, 5 thousand from the
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Novae Terrae redistributed funds it received to right-wing fundamentalist lobbyists in Italy, Spain, Great
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contributed 15 thousand euros to Novae Terrae to fund research to create the "Global Index of Human
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Unraveling the Anti-Choice Supergroup Agenda Europe in Spain. A case study of CitizenGo and HazteOir
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for the creation of the "Human Dignity Index", a modification of the
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Biondani, Paolo; Sironi, Francesca (16 November 2018).
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