⁍ Police in the Australian state of Victoria said they were not conducting any further investigation into a transfer of monies from the Vatican to Australia.

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⁍ Earlier this week, the head of AUSTRAC told a Senate committee the agency had probed the allegations that Vatican funds were transferred to Australia.

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⁍ Italian media recently reported that Pell’s Vatican nemesis, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, sent 700,000 euros ($828,100) to Australia to help Pell’s ‘enemies’ while Pell was facing sexual assault charges.

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– Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s former treasurer, was recently acquitted of child sex abuse charges in Australia, and Australian police were looking into reports that he received $828,100 from the Vatican to help his “enemies” in Australia, per the Sydney Morning Herald. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center, an anti-money-laundering agency, told an Australian Senate committee this week that it was investigating the alleged transfer of Vatican funds, but police in Victoria, Pell’s home state, said Thursday they were not conducting any further investigation, Reuters reports. “In the absence of any other evidence or intelligence, Victoria Police has noted the advice from AUSTRAC,” they said in a statement. “We are not at this time conducting any further investigation.” Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the Vatican’s former treasurer, is said to have sent the money to help Pell’s “enemies” in Australia, per the Herald. Becciu’s lawyer has denied the reports. Pell was acquitted by Australia’s High Court in April after serving 13 months in jail on charges he assaulted two choirboys. His lawyer said the Italian media reports on the alleged transfer of Vatican funds must be probed.