The judge investigating a case OIR against the Vatican bank today rejected a request to release 23 million euros (30.3 billion dollars) deposited by the institution in an account of an Italian bank, which then remain seized on suspicion of money laundering.
President Institute for Religious Works (IOR), Ettore Gotti Tedeshi, and its chief executive, Paolo Cipriani, are accused of violating the requirements to prevent money laundering are investigated for three months.
Tedeshi Gotti was called for justice in the autumn of 2009 to clarify that scandals involving the bank was repeatedly reminded DPA.
The investigating judge upheld the seizure of funds, considering that so far there were no new elements featured the case.
So far it remains impossible for the Italian authorities to identify and test what OIR customers are the recipients of transfers and checks, and identification can only made through the bank.
The starting point for research is a transfer of 20 million to JP Morgan in Frankfurt, which detected the monitoring authority of the Italian central bank.
The Vatican reacted with bewilderment and surprise to suspicions of money laundering. His spokesman, Federico Lombardi, denied the involvement of the current leadership of the bank in dirty business and indicated that the IOR is submitted to the Vatican law.
The dome of the bank works to implement internal procedures in order to achieve greater transparency international, now with a view to new rules against money laundering.
Vatican The monetary institute was involved in dubious business repeatedly. In 2009, for example, similar research was reported by connections of the OIR unclear accounts with large bank UniCredit.
Source: Andina
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