"US, Dutch Try to Deposit Billions in Fake Bonds in Vatican Bank." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 18 Jan. 0000. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/us-dutch-try-deposit-billions-fake-bonds-vatican-215356468.html
Vatican police on Saturday apprehended an American and a Dutch man who were trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank.The bonds were discovered in a briefcase they were carrying and the men were handed over to Italy's financial police, who found false passports and other fake documents in their hotel rooms. The haul came a day after Italian prosecutors said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering in a case that led to the seizure of 23 million euros ($32 million). The bank, which handles the accounts of Catholic clerics and congregations around the world, has a murky reputation but the Vatican has vowed to clean it up and bring it in line with international laws. Lombardi said Saturday's episode shows the controls are working. But he doesn't think they're talking about a plot by criminal masterminds if they managed to get caught at the first hurdle.
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