Catholic Church officials in Greece allegedly sent more than €3m (£2.5m) of embezzled money to be laundered through cafes and nightclubs. The country's anti-money-laundering authority has been investigating for months and found that two officials allegedly sent the funds from the church to five bank accounts, a source told Reuters.

Greek authorities have frozen the bank accounts and assets of five cafe and nightclub owners on suspicion of laundering Catholic church money supplied by two church officials, a senior Greek official and local media said on Thursday.

Greek prosecutors are investigating a total of seven people for embezzling €3 million. The money transfers disguised as investments went on for eight years, authorities say.View on euronews

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Two high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church in Greece are being probed for embezzling €3 million after an investigation by the Anti-Money Laundering Authority. View on euronews