Global InformationNovae Terrae Foundation information
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Luca Volontè |
| Website | www |
The Novae Terrae Foundation (Fondazione Novae Terrae) was formed in 2005 in Saronno by Luca Volontè but remained inactive until 2012. In 2012, it began to serve as part of the Azerbaijani laundromat and channeled €2.39 million from Russian-Azerbaijani sources into campaigns, primarily organized by right-wing religious organizations, against abortion, divorce, alleged "gender ideology", and LGBT rights including same-sex marriage, adoption, and surrogacy.[1][2][3][4]
In 2015, the headquarters of the Novae Terrae 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 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to mute criticism of Azerbaijan's human rights abuses. Of the 2.39 million euros received, only three payments totaling 500 thousand euros were recognized by the court as bribes.[3][5][6]
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