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BRIMSToNE & CO.ATTORNEYS & SOLICITORSI629 K STREET \iv SUITE OOWASHINGTONDC 20006 USAlEutFAx l-2O2'31&2&6
July , 2010EuropeanCenhalBankThe GovemingCouncilKaisershasse96031 Frankturt mMainGermanyRe: VaticanMoneyLaunderingof Nazi Gold&Useof ConentrationCampVictim Gold to Mint Vaticrn EurosDear PresidentTrichet:This is a communicationo theEuropeanCenhalBank by HolocdustSurvivo$representedy this firm. The HolocaustSurvivors equestan nvestigationofthewell foundedallegationsof money aunderingandretentionof SecondWorld Wareraconcentration amp oot by the VaticanBank,a selfdesffibed organofthe TheHolySee ocatedn ThVaticanCity State. dditionally,heHolocaust urvivorsrequestan accountingofconcntrationcampandvictim gold in thepossessionftheVaticanBank and/orpresentn theVaticanCity Stateor controlledby theHoly See hat mayhave beenused o mint VaticanEuro coinsor to providefinancing or theirminting.The ECB hasurisdiction ovr thismatterpursuanto Article 8 of TheMonetaryAgreement etweenhe Ewopean{Jnionand TheVaticanCity Stateand moresplcifically atArt. 8(l)(b). The EU-VaticanMonetaryAgrementAnnex firtherincorporatisby referenceDirective2005/60/ECofthe EuropeanParliamentandofthe Councilof26 October 005on theprevention fthe useofthe financialsystemor thepurposeofmoney launderingand errorist inancing'OJL 309'25.11.2005,.l5 36,andamendedy Directive 008/20lECfthe ErropeanParliamentandofthe Cormcilof l1 March 2008on theprwention ofthe use ofthefirancial systemor thepurposeofmoney launderingand erroristfnancing,as egardshe implementingpowersconferredon theCommission OJL 76'lg3r0l8, p. 4@7. Therefore,we believe hat theseallegationsall under heauspices fthe ECB or an EU organizationdesignated y theECB.WerepresentHolocaustSurvivorsandorganizationsncludingMileva Reljanovic'acitizenof Sweden, nd 25 other ndividualsrepresentingHolocaustSurvivors
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from th United States.Serbia andukraine andTheIndependentCouncilofSerbianRoma,The JasenoYacesearchnstitute,The Republicof SerbianKrajinain Exile, and hreeother organizationswho wereall plaintiffs in the lawsuitAlperin v. VaticanBank.In 1999, heVaticanBank's thenpresident,Angelo Caloi4 was contacted yHolocaustSurvivorsconceminghe 1998United StatesStateDepartmentEizenstaVslanyReport entitled(lS. ConcernsAbout theFate ofthe 'yartimeustqshtzTreasurywhich concludedherewas evidence ointing to Vaticaninvolvement n launderingconcenhation amp oot.The VaticanBankhoweverdid notanswerHolocaustsurvivorsand itigation in theUnited StatesDistrictCourt for the NorthemDistrict of Califomiaensued'The VaticanBankwaseventually oundby the courtto bean organofThe Holy Seeand hereforeimmune tom lawsuit n the UnitedStatesbecauseherewas no eiidencethat theUstasha old conholledby theVaticanBankwas still in the United States'Thisfinding wasupheldby the Ninth Circuit CourtofAppeals in SanFranciscoandbecameinal n March2010.TheVatican Bankneverdenied he charges fmoney launderingor accountedortheconcntration ampgold it was accused f receiving' Plaintiffsproducedvolumesofdeclassiheddocuments nd hetranscriptofthe four daydepositionofformerUS Army Counter ntelligenceSpecialAgent,William Gowen,whoinvestigatedhe UstashaTreasuryn Romeh 1946-1947araong therevidence'N4r.Gowen,who residesn New York City, testifiedunderoath hat a l0 truckconvoyofvaluables ncludingconcentration ampgoldwasreceivedat theVaticanBank n 1946.The value ofthis loot was estimatedo beworth $50million by USTreasuryAgentEmersonBigelowwho alsoreportedcontemporaneouslyo his superiorsn Washingtonabout h incident'HolocaustSuwivorsare concerned bout he following:l. GoldVaticanEuro coinsmay containdentalandvictim gold fromconcentration ampvictims in formerYugoslavia.2. Valuables rom theUstashaTreasuryor theproceeds fsamemayhavebeenusedby theVatican City State hough accounts t theVaticanBank to pay forminting of VaticanEwo denominated oins.
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3. The VaticanBank has refusedo cooperaten any nvestigationoflaunderingthe UstashaTreasury, efused o entera denial o the allegationsofmoneylaunderingandchose nsteado invokesovereignmmunity in the United StatesCourts.TheVatican City Stateand he stateownedor operatedrnancial nstitutionsthereinby entering nto t!rcTheMonetaryAgreement etweenhe EuroPeanUnionaid The /;tican city Statehavespecificallyplaced hemselves nderECBjurisdiction andhavewaived heir sovereignmmunity in exchangor theright tocoinEurocunency.HolocaustSurvivors equestheECB designate n nvestigatorycommitteeoragencyo which HolocaustSurvivorsmaysubmit hefuevidenceand hattheVaticanBankandVatican City Stateberequired o cooperaten the investigation'Respecttu[ysubmined.a.$'#:::.at, r . \ \ =( r^,S(.^-) -"-.J Zri;.t-LoxS\ vr\rP .,.,am,Nr. JonathanetTAttomey& Solicitoror Holocaust urvivors
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