Hot spit! New reports
detailing widespread corruption and money laundering in the Vatican are coming
out again, this time linking the Vatican with Sicilian mafia bosses, the
Telegraph reports.
Sicilian mafia Godfather Matteo Messina Denaro and Father
Ninni Treppiedi are the two names being mentioned in this episode. Treppiedi, formerly the cleric of Aclamo, the
richest parish in mafia safe haven Sicily, was relieved of his duties earlier
this year when his bank's transactions attracted the attention of anti-mafia
investigators. The transactions, which date back to 2007-2009, are said to
involve millions of euros, according to RT.
Prosecutors believe the transactions may have been attempts
at laundering the riches of Mafia Godfather Denaro. Denaro is said to be one of
the most wanted men on earth, and has something of a celebrity status in Italy
(he appeared on the cover of l'Espresso in 2001).
This latest development comes on the heels of the firing of
Vatican Bank president Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the arrest and imprisonment of
the Pope's personal butler, and a report that mob boss Enrico de Pedis was
buried next to former popes after his family paid one billion lire to the
Vatican in 1990.
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