00 22/05/2013 04:25


AIF to publish its 2012 report
on its work against money-laundering
by Salvatore Izzo


VATICAN CITY, May 20, 2013 (Translated from AGI) - The Authority for Financial Information [AIF from its Italian name] instituted by Benedict XVI in December 2010, will publish in the next few days its first Annual Report on Activities in Financial Information and Oversight to Prevent and Combat Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism.

This was announced by the Vatican Press Office, saying that on Wednesday, May 22, the director of AIF Rene Bruelhart, will hold a News briefing to present the report and the data it contains.

One is almost grateful to Mr. Izzo for immediately attributing the creation of AIF to Benedict XVI, because there was no mention of Benedict XVI in the Vatican bulletin announcing the news conference. Meanwhile, I would not rule out that the MSM, when they report on this tomorrow, will present it as "an example of the new atmosphere of openness and transparency brought to the Vatican by Pope Francis", without bothering to recall how the AIF was created, by whom, and for what purpose. But I sure would like to be surprised by them for a change!
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 22/05/2014 04:20]