"The measures that you are evaluating are meant to promote a "clean finance", in which the "merchants" are prevented from speculating in that sacred "temple" which, in accordance with the Creator's plan of love, is humanity." This is the encouragement Pope Francis gave to Moneyval on October 8, 2020, in a private audience in the Vatican. Established in 1997, The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism � MONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task of assessing compliance with the principal international standards to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the effectiveness of their implementation. It also has the task of making recommendations to national authorities in respect of necessary improvements to their systems. Receiving them today, Francis praised their work toward transparency. He recalled in the Gospel when Jesus drove merchants from the temple precincts and stated: "You cannot serve both God and money" (Mt 6:24).