VATICAN CITY
Gazzetta del Sud
Vatican City, August 2 – The Vatican spokesman on Friday confirmed the Holy See’s unusual move of issuing a warrant for cooperation from Italy in a probe into Msgr. Nunzio Scarano, who led a key Vatican accounting unit until shortly before his arrest by Italian police on June 28. The prelate, who headed analytic accounts at the Vatican’s asset-management agency APSA, was jailed along with a former Italian spy and a financial broker for allegedly trying to smuggle 20 million euros into Italy. All three were recently denied release from jail to house-arrest for showing ”marked criminal behavior” and ”common ruthlessness” according to a judicial assessment Wednesday.
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