Banco Ambrosiano: The Rumour of a Money Route from the Vatican to Blackfriars Bridge
At dawn on June 18, 1982, Roberto Calvi’s body was found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. Bricks and mixed currency were in his pockets. Calvi was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, an Italian bank that had just collapsed under enormous debts and a network of offshore companies. The press called him “God’s Banker” because of his close relationship with the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, usually called…
Read in Vietnamese →At dawn on June 18, 1982, Roberto Calvi’s body was found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. Bricks and mixed currency were in his pockets. Calvi was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, an Italian bank that had just collapsed under enormous debts and a network of offshore companies. The press called him “God’s Banker” because of his close relationship with the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, usually called the Vatican Bank. From a bridge named Blackfriars, the rumour runs toward the P2 lodge, the Mafia, the Vatican, and accounts that only insiders fully understood.
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