The Vatican Bank is again under new scrutiny involving
money-laundering. Prosecutors say the Vatican Bank deliberately
flouted anti-laundering laws "with the aim of hiding the ownership,
destination and origin of the capital"
Police suspect the clergy acted as fronts for corrupted
businessmen and the Mafia as the list of account holders is secret
and number 45,000 !
In 1986, a Vatican banker died from cyanide-laced coffee in
prison. Another was found hanged under London's Blackfriars Bridge
in 1982 and the incident was the inspiration for The Godfather
3.
### In another case, police uncovered money
laundering involving a Vatican Bank account by a priest in whose
uncle was convicted of association with the Mafia.
Due to the Vatican's status as an independent state...........
In the 1980s, prosecutors could not arrest bank head Paul
Marcinkus.
### Even new bank chairman Gotti Tedeschi and the
bank's number two, Paolo Cipriani, are under investigation for
money-laundering.