The requests for information and documentation received from the judicial authorities numbered more than 5,000; Bank of Italy employees carried out more than 337 technical advisory engagements, including in connection with money laundering, and gave evidence in penal trials on about 780 occasions.
In the same period about 360 reports were submitted to the judicial authorities concerning possible penal offences discovered in the performance of the Bank’s supervisory duties. As part of its ordinary inspections the Bank of Italy verifies the suitability of intermediaries’ organizational arrangements and internal control procedures for anti-money-laundering purposes.