Pope approves changes for Vatican’s financial watchdog agency

Pope Francis has approved new changes to the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency concerning its internal governance, hiring procedures and its role as a “supervisory” body. Established in 2010 and charged with preventing and countering suspected money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority is now called the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority, according to... Read More

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October 14, 2020

Vatican updates transparency laws to strengthen financial management

Continuing its efforts to combat money laundering and financial mismanagement, the Vatican amended its transparency laws and expanded the role of its financial watchdog agency in monitoring financial transactions.According to a statement released on 10th October, the Vatican said it updated its legislation, more commonly known as Law XVIII. Passed in 2013, Law XVIII regulated... Read More

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July 7, 2020

Financial watchdog sees increased co-operation with Vatican agencies

The Vatican’s financial watchdog agency has expanded its reach of co-operation, and it plans on continuing to increase its staff to better fulfil its mandate. Charged with preventing and countering suspected money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority’s work has significantly increased since it signed a number of agreements recently... Read More

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April 16, 2020

Vatican names new director of its financial watchdog agency

More than four months after Pope Francis named a new president for the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency, the leadership roster of the agency was completed with the naming of a new director and vice director. Giuseppe Schlitzer, a professor of international finance who has held senior posts at Italy’s central bank and the International Monetary... Read More

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January 24, 2020

Financial watchdog group lifts Vatican suspension

The Vatican announced that a suspension imposed on its financial oversight office by a prominent financial watchdog network has been lifted. In a statement released on 23rd January, Carmelo Barbagallo, head of the Vatican Financial Information Authority, said that Mariano Federici, president of the Egmont Group, “decided to revoke the decision taken on 13th November... Read More

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April 7, 2019

Businesses warned to ‘tread carefully’ so as not to offend with religious Easter ads

Businesses have been warned to ‘tread carefully’ with Easter-themed advertising and ensure that any religious references do not cause ‘serious or widespread offence’. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) have issued new guidance for organisations, asking them to keep in mind that ‘whilst Easter ads can be fun and... Read More

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March 7, 2019

Labour anti-Semitism row deepens as watchdog says party ‘may have discriminated’

Labour could face enforcement action from the Equality and Human Rights Commission over complaints about anti-Semitism in the party. The equality watchdog said it believes Labour may have “unlawfully discriminated against people because of their ethnicity and religious beliefs”. It is now contacting Jeremy Corbyn’s party to set out its concerns and request a response.... Read More

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January 19, 2017

Threat in UK greater than six years ago, says terror law watchdog

Britain’s terror laws watchdog has warned that the country faces a greater threat now than when he took the post six years ago. David Anderson QC said a sense of being “over the worst” when he started in 2011 had been a “false dawn”. In an interview with the Press Association, the independent reviewer of... Read More

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