Vatican City, 7 June 2014 (VIS) – The
Autorità Informazione Finanziaria (AIF), the Financial Intelligence
Unit of the Holy See and Vatican City State, has formalised its
bilateral cooperation with the U.K., France and four other countries
with Memoranda of Understanding signed during the plenary meeting of
the Egmont Group held in Peru.
The Memoranda were signed with the
Financial Intelligence Units of the U.K., France, Malta, Romania,
Poland and Peru by the Director of the AIF, Rene Bruelhart.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is
standard practice and formalises the cooperation and exchange of
financial information to fight money laundering and combat terrorist
financing across borders between the competent authorities of both
countries. It is based on the model Memorandum of Understanding
prepared by the Egmont Group, the global organisation of national
Financial Intelligence Units, and contains clauses on reciprocity,
permitted uses of information and confidentiality.
“Becoming a member of the Egmont
Group last year was a major step toward strengthening the
international cooperation of the Holy See and supporting the global
efforts to fight Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism”,
said Bruelhart. “The signing of these latest MOUs shows that we are
continuously expanding our network of cooperation, and will further
facilitate our joint efforts”.
AIF became a member of the Egmont Group
in July of 2013, and has already signed MOUs with the Financial
Intelligence Units of Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and the United States.
AIF is the competent authority of the
Holy See/Vatican City State to fight money laundering and the
financing of terrorism. It was established in 2010.
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