It's a story that reads like a best seller --- a Catholic cleric with Vatican connections is arrested, accused of trying to smuggle just over 25 million dollars worth in cash into Italy from Switzerland.<br/> <br />Italian police video shows 61-year-old Nunzio Scarano's arrest . A secret service agent and a financial broker were also arrested in the plot which police say included plans to fly a private plane filled with euros from Locarno to Rome.<br/> <br />According to reports, the three became nervous and the plane ultimately returned to Rome empty.<br/> <br />Scarano's arrest comes just weeks after he was relieved from his job as a senior Vatican accountant and placed under investigation in another matter.<br/> <br />And just two days earlier, the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis said it was setting up an oversight division for its bank.
