News Summary: Vatican official arrested
Vatican official nabbed in plot to bring 20M euro into Italy, new twist in Vatican bank probe
VATICAN ARRESTS: A Vatican cleric and two other people were arrested Friday by Italian police for allegedly trying to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) in cash into the country from Switzerland by private jet.
THE CONTEXT: It's the latest scandal to hit the Holy See and broadens an Italian probe into its secretive bank.
THE ALLEGATIONS: Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, already under investigation in a purported money-laundering plot involving the Vatican bank, is accused of corruption and slander stemming from the plot and was being held at a Rome prison, prosecutor Nello Rossi told reporters.
