The Vatican has been rocked by a corruption scandal as the president of its highest court has been placed under investigation for allegedly favouring the mafia when he worked as a prosecutor in Palermo in the early 1990s.
Giuseppe Pignatone, who has worked in Italy and was renowned for taking on the mafia in court, is accused of helping to suppress an investigation into ties between Cosa Nostra — a mafia group from Sicily — and industrial companies from northern Italy.
