re: #149 Sol Berdinowitz

Not to mention that it is in control of “oversight” of the Vatican bank accounts.

And runs its own bank (and has its own coinage), which is increasingly being suspected of “money laundering” drug and other monies from criminal activities.

U.S. adds Vatican to money-laundering ‘concern’ list

reuters.com

And not all Italians are happy about its activities.

“The Vatican Bank, founded in 1942 by Pope Pius XII, has been in the spotlight since September 2010 when Italian investigators froze 23 million euros ($33 million) in funds in Italian banks after opening an investigation into possible money-laundering.

“The bank said it did nothing wrong and was just transferring funds between its own accounts. The money was released in June 2011 but the investigation is continuing.

(snip)

“The Vatican Bank was formally known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) and was entangled in the collapse 30 years ago of Banco Ambrosiano, with its lurid allegations about money-laundering, freemasons, mafiosi and the mysterious death of Ambrosiano chairman Roberto Calvi - “God’s banker”.”