CITTA’ DEL VATICANO
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Alle ore 11.00 di questa mattina, nell’Aula Giovanni Paolo II della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, si tiene un briefing per la presentazione del Rapporto Annuale dell’Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF) sull’attività di informazione finanziaria e di vigilanza per la prevenzione e il contrasto del riciclaggio e del finanziamento del terrorismo. Anno III, 2014.
Intervengono al briefing il Dott. René Brülhart, Presidente dell’AIF e il Dott. Tommaso Di Ruzza, Direttore dell’AIF.
Riportiamo di seguito il Comunicato Stampa riguardante il Rapporto annuale 2014 dell’AIF:
Supervisory framework and international cooperation System further strengthened
The Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF) of the Holy See and the Vatican City State has presented its Annual Report for 2014. The report reviews the activities and statistics of the AIF for the year 2014.
2014 has seen a continuous strengthening of the legal and institutional framework of the Holy See and the Vatican City State to regulate supervised entities, fostering international cooperation of the Vatican competent authority with its foreign counterparts and to consolidate the prevention and countering of potential illicit financial activities.
“With the introduction of Regulation No. 1, we have completed the prudential supervisory framework of the Holy See and Vatican City State,” said René Brülhart, President of AIF. “By signing Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) with other Financial Intelligence Units of 13 countries, including Australia, France and the UK as well as with the Regulators of Germany, Luxembourg and the United States of America, we have also massively strengthened international cooperation.”
The reporting system has been consolidated after having received 6 suspicious transaction reports (STR) in 2012, 202 in 2013 and 147 in 2014. Such development is a consequence both of the full implementation of the legal framework and of the substantial improvement in the operational performance of the supervised entities with regard to the prevention of financial crime. 7 reports have been passed on to the Vatican Promoter of Justice for further investigation by judicial authorities. The number of cases of bilateral cooperation between AIF and foreign competent authorities has increased from 4 in 2012 to 81 in 2013 and 113 in 2014. “This continuous increase is a result of the systematic efforts undertaken by AIF as well as the strong commitment of the Holy See and the Vatican City State to cooperate actively with other jurisdictions to prevent and combat potential illicit financial activities globally,” said Tommaso di Ruzza, Director of AIF.
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