APOSTOLIC LETTER
ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO
ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
FRANCIS
FRANCIS
FOR THE PREVENTION AND COUNTERING OF MONEY LAUNDERING,
THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM
AND THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM
AND THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
The promotion of integral human development
at the material and moral level requires a profound reflection on the
vocation of the economic and financial sectors, as well as on how they
correspond with its ultimate aim of achieving the common good.
For this reason in conformity with its
nature and mission the Holy See is participating in the efforts of the
international community that aim to protect and promote the integrity,
permanence and transparency of the economic and financial sectors and to
prevent and to counter illegal activities.
Pursuant to the steps already taken by my Predecessor Benedict XVI in this area with the
Motu Proprio of 30 December 2010 for preventing and countering illegal
activities in the area of monetary and financial dealings, I wish to
renew the Holy See’s commitment to adopting the principles and
juridical instruments developed by the international community, bringing
further into line with them institutional structures for the prevention
and countering of money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. With this Apostolic Letter
in the form of a Motu Proprio I adopt the following measures:
Article 1
The dicasteries of the Roman Curia and other
institutes and entities dependent on the Holy See, as well as
non-profit organizations that enjoy juridical personality in canon law
and are based in Vatican City State, are bound to observe the laws of
Vatican City State with regard to:
a) measures for the prevention and countering of money laundering and the financing of terrorism;b) measures against those who threaten international peace and security;
c) prudential supervision of entities habitually engaged in a professional financial activity.
Article 2
The Financial Information Authority
exercises the prudential role of the supervision and regulation of
entities that are professionally engaged in a financial activity.
Article 3
The competent judicial bodies of Vatican
City State exercise jurisdiction in the above-mentioned issues also with
regard to the dicasteries and other entities and institutions dependent
on the Holy See, as well as to those non-profit organizations which
have juridical personality in canon law and are based in Vatican City
State.
Article 4
The Financial Security Committee is
established for the purpose of coordinating the competent authorities of
the Holy See and of Vatican City State for the prevention and
countering of money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It is disciplined by the
Statutes appended to this Apostolic Letter.
I establish that this Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio be published in L’Osservatore Romano.
I dispose that everything which has been
established have full and permanent value as from 10 August 2013,
abrogating in addition any incompatible measures.
Given in Rome at the Apostolic Palace on 8 August of the year 2013, the first of the Pontificate
FRANCISCUS PP.
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