VATICAN PROGRESS TOWARDS SOLID AML/CFT APPPARENTLY HINDERED BY CORRUPT INSIDERS
February 22nd, 2023
As Pope Francis continues his moves to reform the financial controls of the Vatican City State and The Holy See (VCS/HS), including its AML/CFT systems, the uneven progress within this tiny state with a global reach to fighting corruption and money laundering is illustrated by an ongoing major financial crime trial.
Fresh plot twists are emerging with each new hearing at the Vatican Tribunal (the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura) in a trial concerning a botched real estate venture in London by the Secretariat of State, one of the oldest and most ...
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