The pope called on Saturday to continue the reform of the Vatican justice and strengthen cooperation with foreign judicial institutions in the fight against financial crime. François recalled that the Vatican has been working for several years to bring its judicial system into line with international “good practices” in the field of financial crime repression. Read also: Faced with the financial
The pope called on Saturday to continue the reform of the Vatican justice and strengthen cooperation with foreign judicial institutions in the fight against financial crime.
François recalled that the Vatican has been working for several years to bring its judicial system into line with international “good practices” in the field of financial crime repression.
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This enterprise will " intensify to facilitate and accelerate international cooperation between the Vatican investigative services and the counterpart institutions of other nations," he said.
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It now appears urgent to identify and introduce, in the form of specific rules or memoranda of understanding, new and more incisive forms of cooperation, as requested by financial market supervisory bodies at the international level
", added the sovereign pontiff.
The promoter of justice, equivalent to a prosecutor leading the legal action, recognized that the Vatican justice could accuse slowness and meet a "resistance of apparatus" within the city-state, without providing details.
