Operation "Rat Line"

The Operation "Rat Line"

The Operation "Rat Line" was an underground Vatican´s railroad that helped Nazis and their allies escape to Latin America.

After World War II, the Vatican bank - the financial arm of the Roman Catholic Church - helped fleeing members of a brutal, pro-Nazi

regime in Croatia hide and launder millions of dollars worth of loot, including gold and jewelry taken from concentration camp

prisoners.

The route of the Nazi leaders and treasure can be traced through memos written by U.S. Army intelligence officers.

Like any new pope, Benedict XVI inherits some problems from his predecessor, among them sexual abuse scandals and a Catholic Church

involment in Operation "Rat Line".