"Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, 61, and others were accused of trying to smuggle 20 million euros ($26m) in cash into the country from Switzerland by private jet."
"Scarano, who was being held at a prison in capital Rome, was already
under investigation in a purported money-laundering plot involving the
Vatican bank."
"The arrests came just two days after Pope Francis created a commission
of inquiry into the Vatican bank to get to the bottom of the problems
that have plagued it for decades and contributed to the impression that
it is an unregulated, offshore tax haven."
I don't believe I've ever read about a member of the Vatican being arrested. NY Times reports three have been arrested.
BBC: here
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