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Apostolic letter
Issued Motu Proprio
of the Supreme Pontiff
FRANCIS
Approving the new
Statutes of the Financial Intelligence Authority
By means of the Motu Proprio «The Apostolic See» of 30 December 2010 on the prevention and countering of illegal activities in the area of monetary and financial dealings, my predecessor Benedict XVI established the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) and approved its first statutes.
Subsequently, with a view to strengthening further the measures already taken to prevent and counter potential illicit activities in the monetary and financial sectors, as well as countering the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, by means of the Motu Proprio «The promotion» of 8 August 2013, I accorded new functions to the Financial Intelligence Authority.
Bearing in mind also the advice of the Commission for Reference on the Institute for the Works of Religion, which I established by means of the Chirograph dated 24 June 2013, I have deemed it appropriate to reform the internal structure of the Authority so that it may fulfill even more adequately its institutional functions and therefore, with this Apostolic Letter, I approve the Statutes of the Financial Intelligence Authority hereby attached, which replace the previous ones.
I dispose that everything established in this Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio has full and permanent value, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, although it may merit special mention, and I decree that it be promulgated by its publication inL’Osservatore Romano, entering into force on 21 November 2013.
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on 15 November of the year 2013, the first of the Pontificate.
Franciscus PP.
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