Prayer to Pope Francis : Cardinals Becciu-Pell linked money transfers out of the Vatican require passive support network analysis currently applied to uncovering jihadi financing, no matter who the Pope fears might be found to have participated in money laundering & money dirtying activities

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

The Pope is seen as surrendering the faithful in China to the Communist Party.There has been an allegation that the Vatican is being paid USD 2 Billion a year to maintain the secret China deal.

The Guardian has reported:

The barrister who led the defence of Cardinal George Pell says an international investigation should be launched into extraordinary claims that bribes were paid to influence the sexual assault case involving the senior Australian cleric.

Italian newspapers have claimed that Cardinal Giovanni Becciu, a rival of Pell, was suspected of paying €700,000 (A$1.1m) to an Australian witness in the case.

Robert Richter QC said it was incumbent on Australian and international authorities to investigate the allegations.

“They are concerning allegations and require thorough investigation of the money trail, wherever that may be,” Richter told Guardian Australia.

This is good advice, but  merely following a paper trail as police prosecutors are likely to do is not likely to reveal much. A complete analysis of all transactions linked to the main transactions in question applying  money laundering and money dirtying investigation methods is required. The techniques must be applied to both active and passive actors in these transactions, and only then can the full extent of the scandal be uncovered.

These methods have been used to successfully uncover, disrupt and curtail terrorist or jihadi financing, addressing the problem at its root. In the case of the Vatican's finances there may well be sources of funding from the Catholic laity that are being diverted into secret accounts that are then used for  illegal purposes.

Pope Francis must order an investigation such as the one proposed above, and be prepared to act against all and any exposed.  

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If Pope Francis is serious about transparency in financial matters, he will order Carmelo Barbagallo amend and re-issue the Vatican's Financial Information Authority (AIF) 2019 Annual Report :The Vatican's current state of financial reporting resembles Enron