Financial Information Authority (Vatican City)

The Vatican Financial Information Authority (Italian: Authority ' di Informazione Finan AIF) is an institution of the Roman Curia, the 30 December 2010 by a Motu Proprio of Pope Benedict XVI. was launched.

Tasks

The Authority is the supervisory body for all financial transactions in the State of the Vatican City and the Roman Curia and all organizations and institutions dependent on the Holy See. A year earlier, the Holy See has made ​​an agreement with the European Union, the creation of such a supervisory body in view. On the same day, as Motu Proprio announced was that the Pope promulgated the Law of the State of Vatican City on the prevention and combating of money laundering and terrorist financing ( Legge dello Stato della Città del Vaticano concernente la Prevenzione ed il contrasto del riciclaggio dei proventi di attività criminose e del finanziamento del terrorismo ), which provides a legal basis provided the establishment of the authority.

In July 2013, the press spokesman for the Vatican, Father Federico Lombardi announced that the Istituto per le Opere di Religione ( IOR, " Vatican Bank"), a financial advisory institute in Washington, DC, the Promontory Financial Group, has commissioned all the accounts and activities of a forensic examination to undergo money laundering. In this case, this company work together in the investigation of the Vatican financial information authority and the judicial authorities to investigate these cases.

First President of the Authority was Cardinal Attilio Nicora which to avoid inconsistencies with his new position as Cardinal Prefect of the Apostolic See Güterverwaltung resigned in the summer of 2011. On January 30, 2014, Pope Francis gave birth at his request by the Office of the President and appointed Curia Bishop Giorgio Corbellini to the Interim President. As current Director of the Authority acts René Brülhart, a Swiss, who was from 2010 to 2012 Vice- President of the Egmont Group and was until 2012 Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Liechtenstein. His predecessor, Francesco De Pasquale, who was from 2011 to 2012 director of the AIF, was appointed member of the Board. The Board has the following additional members: Claudio Bianchi, Marcello Condemi, Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sangui net and Cesare Testa.