Crimes and Penalties in the Kingdom of the Vatican States

**In the Vatican states the following crimes are constituted in the Vatican penal code and also says his sentence, the crimes are the following:**

**Workplace Harassment**

**In article 430 of the Vatican penal code, by which workplace harassment of all its types is punished with a minimum penalty of 5 years in prison to 35 years in prison depending on its intensity.**

**Omission of Family Assistance**

**In article 462 of the Vatican Penal Code by which the omission of family assistance was punished, which implies that any man who abandons his wife in a state of pregnancy or his child until he reaches the age of majority, this crime is punished with a fine of 1,000 SBS which is equivalent to 1,000 USD plus compensation to the woman of 3,000 SBS.**

**Abandonment of minors**

**The abandonment of minors by the mother is punished by article 450 of the Vatican criminal code which says that when a mother abandons her minor child with Self** **Abandonment, it is punished with a minimum penalty of 5 months to 1 year in addition to you must take care of your child.**

**Bigamy**

**According to article 145 of the Vatican criminal code, Bigamy is punishable by 2 years in prison and a compensation of 3,500 SBS to the spouse.**

**Genocide**

**According to article 199 of the Vatican criminal code, genocide is punishable by death by public hanging, the judge defines the time and place and the sentence must be carried out five days after the trial and the convicted person has the right to a last meal.**

**Injuries to the Crown**

**According to article 2 of the Vatican penal code, any person who slanders or insults the king / queen, the consort or the ascendants or descendants or the crown will be punished with a penalty of 8 years in prison.**

**Outrage against the Vatican States**

**According to article 3 of the Vatican penal code, anyone who violates any symbol of the kingdom will be punished with a fine of 30,000 SBS.**

**Membership of the Armed Band**

**According to article 300 of the Vatican penal code, anyone who belongs to an armed, criminal or terrorist gang will be punished with a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.**

**Havoc**

**According to article 401 of the Vatican criminal code, any person who causes a fire, flood or explosion will be punished with a minimum penalty of 3 years in prison and a maximum of 5.**

**Drug traffic**

**According to article 429 of the Vatican criminal code, the person who commits the crime of trafficking in psychoactive substances faces a penalty of at least 4 years that can go up depending on the amount they carry.**

**treason**

**According to article 4 of the Vatican penal code, she who betrays the kingdom and the crown must face death by immediate beheading.**

**Illegal Adoption**

**Article 439 of the Vatican criminal code, the person who illegally adopts or illegally adopts a minor will be punished with 12 years in prison without the right to a sentence reduction.**

**Illegal Alcohol Production**

**Article 98 of the Vatican criminal code who produces alcohol illegally faces a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 15.**

**Coup attempt**

**Article 5 of the Vatican Penal Code, the person who attempts a coup d'état faces death by stoning.**

**Breaking and entering**

**Article 56 of the Vatican criminal code says that anyone who commits burglary faces a sentence of 8 years in prison.**

**Trust abuse**

**Article 650 of the Vatican criminal code says that breach of trust is punishable by a fine of 20,000 SBS.**

**Bribery**

**Article 10 of the Vatican criminal code says that bribery of police or government authorities carries a penalty of 20 years in prison.**

**Prevarication**

**Article 29 of the Vatican penal code Prevarication is punishable by 30 years in prison.**

**Influence peddling**

**Article 109 of the Vatican penal code punishes influence peddling with 24 years in prison.**

**Tax evasion**

**Article 540 of the Vatican penal code penalizes tax evasion with 15 years in prison and a fine of 45,000 SBS**

**Extortion**

**Article 44 of the Vatican penal code punishes extortion with 20 years in prison.**

**Fraud**

**Fraud according to article 31 of the Vatican penal code punishes fraud with 14 years in prison.**

**Embezzlement**

**Embezzlement or embezzlement is punishable by 23 years in prison according to article 32 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Nepotism**

**Nepotism for putting a relative in a high position is punishable by a penalty from 1 year to 9 years in prison according to article 33 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Slander**

**Slander according to article 84 of the Vatican penal code is punishable by 5 months in jail and 1 year of community service.**

**Cyberbullying**

**If found guilty of cyberbullying, he would be punished with a sentence of 3 years in prison and compensation to the victim of 1,500 SBS according to article 800 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Intentional contagion of infectious agents**

**The person who is aware that she has an infectious agent and uses it with the intention of infecting others will be punished with a life sentence since this crime is one of the most serious in the criminal code, it is article 119.**

**Theft**

**Theft is punishable by article 112 of the Vatican penal code and the penalty is 1 to 4 years in prison.**

**Money Counterfeiting**

**Counterfeiting of money or carrying counterfeit money is punishable by article 114 of the criminal code and carries a penalty of 10 to 15 years if it is forged and a fine of 15,000 SBS if it is carrying.**

**Money laundering**

**Money laundering is punished by article 555 of the Vatican penal code and the penalty is 10 to 45 years in prison.**

**Terrorism**

**"If the terrorist did not carry out a suicide attack, he will be prosecuted and hanged and if there are some accomplices they will be kicked to death," says article 58 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Disrespect for authority**

**Contempt for authority gives a penalty from 15 days to 1 year in prison as determined by the judge and is punishable by article 444 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Desertion**

**"When a military man abandons his duties or while he is at war he abandons his unit, he will be immediately expelled from the country and will be left as stateless," according to article 122 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Defamation**

**Although it is not punished with prison if it is punished with financial compensation to the victim, the amount to be paid will be defined by the victim and according to the judge's opinion it will reduce, reject, accept or increase the amount, according to article 111 of the penal code Vatican.**

**Concealment**

**The practice of covering up a person for being a family member, friends or for bribery, the accused will be punished with half the sentence of the person who covered up, if the person who covered up receives 50 years, the accessory will receive 25 years in prison, according to article 123 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Falsification**

**The falsification of both products and signatures can lead to a sentence from 5 months to 20 years in prison, depending on the intensity of the crime, it is stipulated in article 333 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Sedition**

**Any uprising or disturbance against the kingdom that is not a peaceful protest will be considered civil war and the officers and military will have the order of fire at their discretion, in this crime there is no judge but the sentence is death, according to the article 125 of the Vatican Penal Code.**

**Poaching**

**Poaching or hunting out of season is illegal but when some species are hunted that are illegal to hunt since it is prohibited by the crown and these animals are property of the crown, the sentence for this crime is fines from 120,000 SBS depending on the species and this stipulated in article 242 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Cyber ​​bullying**

**Cyberbullying is punishable by article 928 of the Vatican Penal Code, the penalty is a minimum of 4 years in prison and a compensation of 10,000 SBS to the victim.**

**Child pornography**

**Anyone who records, transmits or views child pornography faces sentences of 30 to 50 years in prison according to article 503 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**War crime**

**Crimes in times of war are punishable by execution for both enemies and national military personnel, punishable by article 505 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Crime against humanity**

**Crimes against humanity are punishable by death decided by the victims, as stipulated in article 510 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Kidnapping**

**Kidnapping is punishable by article 515 of the Vatican criminal code and the penalty is life imprisonment.**

**Child abduction**

**Abducting a minor illegally from her residence or from where her parents are without their consent is punishable by 25 years in prison by article 525 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Human trafficking**

**Human trafficking is punished by Article 520 of the Vatican Penal Code and is punishable by a minimum of 20 years in prison and a maximum of 50 years.**

**Wild animal trafficking**

**The trafficking of wild species is a crime against the environment and is punished by article 477 of the Vatican penal code and can vary between 10 to 15 years in prison.**

**Illicit enrichment**

**When a public official commits this crime, he faces a sentence of 40 years in prison according to article 587 of the Vatican criminal code.**

**Archaeological and artistic expoliation**

**The theft of the Vatican's cultural, tangible and intangible heritage carries penalties from 4 years in prison to 25 years according to article 293 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Piracy**

**Air or Maritime piracy is punished with lethal injection by article 145 of the Vatican penal code.**

**Sexual abuse**

**The crimes of sexual abuse are the most punished, normal sexual abuse is punishable by article 598 of the Vatican penal code and carries a penalty of 35 years in prison as a minimum.**

***Child sexual abuse***

**Child sexual abuse is one of the most serious crimes and is punishable by death by article 467 of the Vatican criminal code, this code also contains other abuses or crimes against minors such as child prostitution and pedophilia.**

***Arms trafficking***

**The trafficking of arms and the carrying of arms is punished by article 789 of the Vatican penal code with a sentence of life imprisonment if it is trafficking and 30 if it is carrying.**

***Regicide***

**It is the worst crime that exists in the entire kingdom and its punishment is death at the stake, if the regicide is committed by the heir to the throne, the heir loses all his rights and power will remain in the hands of the prime minister until those involved pay, it is punishable by article 1 of the Vatican penal code.**

***Homicide***

**Any type of homicide carries life imprisonment, no matter if it is a woman, man or child, it will always lead to life imprisonment unless the judge gives you the death penalty by electric chair if the homicide was horrible as stated in article 797 of the Vatican penal code.**