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'''René Brülhart''' (born 1972) is a Swiss lawyer from [[Fribourg]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/vatican-hires-liechtenste_n_1873958.html | title=Vatican Hires Rene Bruelhart, Liechtenstein Anti-Money Laundering Guru | publisher=Huffington Post | date=November 9, 2012 | |
'''René Brülhart''' (born 1972) is a Swiss lawyer from [[Fribourg]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/vatican-hires-liechtenste_n_1873958.html | title=Vatican Hires Rene Bruelhart, Liechtenstein Anti-Money Laundering Guru | publisher=Huffington Post | date=November 9, 2012 | access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> who served as the President of the Board of Directors of the [[Financial Information Authority (Vatican City)|Financial Information Authority]] (AIF) of [[Vatican City]]. He was the first lay person serving in this position.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/schlechte-investments-noch-schlechtere-kontrolle-der-vatikan-erlebt-einen-finanzskandal-und-einen-machtkampf-ld.1524205 | title=Schlechte Investments, noch schlechtere Kontrolle – der Vatikan erlebt einen Finanzskandal und einen Machtkampf | publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=November 25, 2019 | access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> |
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Brühlhart was raised in [[Düdingen]] and studied [[law]] at the [[University of Fribourg]] between 1993 and 1997.<ref name="Universitas">{{cite journal |last=Minder |first=Andreas |date=April 2014 |title=Ein heisser Stuhl im Vatikan |
Brühlhart was raised in [[Düdingen]] and studied [[law]] at the [[University of Fribourg]] between 1993 and 1997.<ref name="Universitas">{{cite journal |last=Minder |first=Andreas |date=April 2014 |title=Ein heisser Stuhl im Vatikan |url=http://www.unifr.ch/scm/pdf/uf/2014/uf03_13_14.pdf |language=de|journal=Universitas| pages=28–30|publisher=[[University of Fribourg]]|access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref> Before being nominated President of the AIF by [[Pope Francis]] on 19 November 2014, he served as the director of the same institution since November 2012 (nominated by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]). From 2004 to 2012 he headed [[Liechtenstein]]'s [[financial intelligence unit]] which was elected by the Plenary to act as Vice-Chair of the [[Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units|Egmont group]] from 2010 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visnews-en.blogspot.co.at/2012/11/financial-information-authority.html |title=Financial Information Authority Appoints New Director and Executive|publisher=[[Vatican Information Service]]|date=7 November 2012|access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> |
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==Controversy== |
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On 18 November 2019 René Brülhart officially stepped down as President of the AIF.<ref name=fti /> Though it was announced that he stepped down due to the expiration of his five-year term,<ref name=fti /> Brülhart's resignation also came weeks after Vatican police raided his office, as well as the offices of other AIF officials,<ref name=fti /> due to an ongoing corruption scandal.<ref name=fti>https://www.ft.com/content/2dc7bf84-0a17-11ea-b2d6-9bf4d1957a67On {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref> One major scandal involved using [[Peter's Pence]], which serves as the Pope's charity fund,<ref name=dwcorrutpion /> to buy luxury property in [[London]] as far back as 2012, when Brülhart first became a member of the AIF.<ref name=dwcorrutpion /><ref name=fti /> In 2017, it was also acknowledged that the Vatican Secretariat of State, which serves as the Vatican's central administration bureaucracy,<ref name=fti /> kept Swiss bank accounts, with the departments Prefect Pietro Parolin acknowledging that these accounts were used to hide charity money which was used to purchase the London property.<ref name=fti /> Both the AIF and Secretariat assisted each other in the purchase, with the AIF even selling the Secretariat a share of the London property in 2014.<ref name=fti /> |
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Pope Francis acknowledged the investigation during an interview while flying back to Rome on 26 November 2019.<ref name=dwcorrutpion /> He also stated that interrogations have been taking place and it has been confirmed that "There is corruption in the Vatican" as well.<ref name=dwcorrutpion>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/pope-francis-there-is-corruption-in-the-vatican/a-51431279|title = Pope Francis: 'There is corruption in the Vatican' | DW | 27.11.2019|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> On 27 November 2019 [[Carmelo Barbagallo]], who previously served as head of the Bank of Italy's Supervision Office,<ref name=appointedcb /> was appointed by Pope Francis to succeed Brülhart.<ref name=appointedcb>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-11/pope-francis-appoints-carmelo-barbagallo-to-head-aif.html|title=Pope Francis appoints Carmelo Barbagallo to head AIF - Vatican News|date=27 November 2019}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 22:06, 1 October 2022
René Brülhart (born 1972) is a Swiss lawyer from Fribourg,[1] who served as the President of the Board of Directors of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) of Vatican City. He was the first lay person serving in this position.[2]
Brühlhart was raised in Düdingen and studied law at the University of Fribourg between 1993 and 1997.[3] Before being nominated President of the AIF by Pope Francis on 19 November 2014, he served as the director of the same institution since November 2012 (nominated by Pope Benedict XVI). From 2004 to 2012 he headed Liechtenstein's financial intelligence unit which was elected by the Plenary to act as Vice-Chair of the Egmont group from 2010 to 2012.[4]
Controversy
[edit]On 18 November 2019 René Brülhart officially stepped down as President of the AIF.[5] Though it was announced that he stepped down due to the expiration of his five-year term,[5] Brülhart's resignation also came weeks after Vatican police raided his office, as well as the offices of other AIF officials,[5] due to an ongoing corruption scandal.[5] One major scandal involved using Peter's Pence, which serves as the Pope's charity fund,[6] to buy luxury property in London as far back as 2012, when Brülhart first became a member of the AIF.[6][5] In 2017, it was also acknowledged that the Vatican Secretariat of State, which serves as the Vatican's central administration bureaucracy,[5] kept Swiss bank accounts, with the departments Prefect Pietro Parolin acknowledging that these accounts were used to hide charity money which was used to purchase the London property.[5] Both the AIF and Secretariat assisted each other in the purchase, with the AIF even selling the Secretariat a share of the London property in 2014.[5]
Pope Francis acknowledged the investigation during an interview while flying back to Rome on 26 November 2019.[6] He also stated that interrogations have been taking place and it has been confirmed that "There is corruption in the Vatican" as well.[6] On 27 November 2019 Carmelo Barbagallo, who previously served as head of the Bank of Italy's Supervision Office,[7] was appointed by Pope Francis to succeed Brülhart.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vatican Hires Rene Bruelhart, Liechtenstein Anti-Money Laundering Guru". Huffington Post. November 9, 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Schlechte Investments, noch schlechtere Kontrolle – der Vatikan erlebt einen Finanzskandal und einen Machtkampf". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. November 25, 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Minder, Andreas (April 2014). "Ein heisser Stuhl im Vatikan" (PDF). Universitas (in German). University of Fribourg: 28–30. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Financial Information Authority Appoints New Director and Executive". Vatican Information Service. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h https://www.ft.com/content/2dc7bf84-0a17-11ea-b2d6-9bf4d1957a67On [dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Pope Francis: 'There is corruption in the Vatican' | DW | 27.11.2019". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ a b "Pope Francis appoints Carmelo Barbagallo to head AIF - Vatican News". 27 November 2019.