AUSTRAC claimed the Vatican wired $2.3 billion to Australia. The true figure was $9.5 million

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AUSTRAC claimed the Vatican wired $2.3 billion to Australia. The true figure was $9.5 million | BevanShields

In its original answer to Fierravanti-Wells, AUSTRAC reported $2.3 billion had been sent to Australia between 2014 and 2020 across nearly 48,000 different transactions.

In its updated figures, AUSTRAC said the most transferred to Australia by the Vatican in a single year was actually $2.6 million, in 2017. As one example of the size of its error, AUSTRAC originally said transfers totalled $492 million in 2019 when the actual figure was just $800,000.newspaper first raised doubts about the veracity of the $2.3 billion claim when Vatican figures and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference expressed incredulity about the extraordinary amount.

just as its financial affairs came under renewed scrutiny following the Pope's decision to sack Cardinal Angelo Becciu over allegations of suspicious property transactions. Becciu has denied any wrongdoing.Becciu and Pell clashed during the Australian cardinal's tenure as Vatican treasurer between 2014 and 2017.last October claimed Becciu was suspected of arranging for €700,000 to be transferred to people in Australia to support Pell's prosecution in Victoria.

 

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