Organization
Financial Information Authority
The Vatican's financial intelligence unit and supervisor, set up in 2010; later called ASIF.
- Also known as
- AIF, ASIF, Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria, Supervisory and Financial Information Authority
The authority was set up by Benedict XVI on 30 December 2010. Later reports, such as the Library of Congress’s, call the body that performs these duties the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority, ASIF.
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founded by
- Benedict XVI 30 Dec 2010 Primary record 1
intervened in
- Reform of Vatican finances since 2010 30 Dec 2010 financial intelligence unit and anti-money-laundering supervisor Primary record 23
involved in
- Vatican trial over Secretariat of State funds its former president René Brülhart and director Tommaso Di Ruzza were acquitted of abuse of office and fined for failing to report a suspicious transaction Scholarship & press 4
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Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties
with the IOR, filed the 2014 criminal complaints that began the case
Primary record
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MONEYVAL calls the IOR the "ASIF authorised institution".
part of
Timeline 3 dates
- 30 Dec 2010 Benedict XVI founded Financial Information Authority
- 30 Dec 2010 Financial Information Authority intervened in Reform of Vatican finances since 2010
- 30 Dec 2010 Financial Information Authority part of Holy See
Proof 5 sources
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Apostolic Letter motu proprio for the prevention and countering of illegal activities in the area of monetary and financial dealings, Benedict XVI, via vatican.va, 30 Dec 2010.
Primary record
Archived copy
I establish the Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF) indicated in Art. 33 of the
as an Institution connected with the Holy See in accordance with
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Mutual Evaluation Report: Holy See (including Vatican City State), MONEYVAL(2012)17, MONEYVAL, Council of Europe, Jul 2012.
Primary record
created the Autorita di Informazione Finanzaria (Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA)) as the financial intelligence unit (FIU) for the HS/VCS and AML/CFT supervisor
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Vatican Criminal Law and Recent Money Laundering Cases, Library of Congress, In Custodia Legis, 18 May 2021.
Scholarship & press
Pope Francis approved the new governing statute of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (Autorità di Supervisione e Informazione Finanziaria – ASIF)
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Vatican trial defendants sentenced to total of 37 years in prison, Vatican News, 16 Dec 2023.
Scholarship & press
respectively at the time Director General and President of the Vatican's Supervisory and Financial Information Authority
both were acquitted of the crimes of abuse of office charged against them and found guilty only of the offences of failure to denounce and failure to report to the Promoter of Justice a suspicious transaction
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Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures: Holy See (including Vatican City State), Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation Report, MONEYVAL(2021)4, MONEYVAL, Council of Europe, 2021.
Primary record
Archived copy
The case was investigated by the OPJ based on 2014 criminal complaints from the FIU and the ASIF authorised institution.
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