Switzerland eventually agreed to extradite him to Italy , but only on financial charges stemming from the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano . Gelli 's extradition in February 1988 required a high-level security apparatus , including 100 sharpshooters , decoy cars , a train , road blocks and two armored cars to transfer him to Italy . In July 1988 he was absolved of charges of subversive association by a Bologna court but was presented with a five-year prison term for slander , having side-tracked the investigation into the 1980 bombing of the Bologna train station . Stipulations connected to his extradition , however , prevented him from serving time . Two years later , an appeal court threw out Gelli 's slander conviction . A retrial was ordered in October 1993
1980 bombing of the Bologna train station
Bologna massacre
Licio Gelli