Italian Officials Say Banker Was Murdered (1982)

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2943731,00.html



ROME (AP) - Prosecutors investigating the
apparent 1982 suicide of Roberto Calvi, the
Vatican-connected financier implicated in Italy's
biggest postwar banking scandal, have concluded
he was murdered, reports said Wednesday.

Four suspects in the case, including an alleged
mafioso, have been notified of the conclusions
but have not been indicted, the ANSA news
agency reported. Their lawyers have 20 days to
respond, it said.

RAI state television said prosecutors believe the
Mafia killed Calvi because he lost their money and
knew too much about their operations. Legal
officials were unavailable Wednesday to confirm
the reports.

Calvi's body was found hanging under a London
bridge in 1982 within days of the collapse of
Banco Ambrosiano, of which he was president
and in which the Vatican's bank held a significant
stake.

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1. And this year's Captain Obvious award goes to these prosecutors

Calvi was not just found hanging under a bridge. He was found hanging under Blackfriar Bridge with bricks in his pockets. This just happens to be the 'punishment' that certain masonic vows prescribe (metaphorically.....usually) for breaking silence about the lodge. It was judged a suicide at the time.

Calvi was in fact associated with the wellspring of 20th century masonic conspiracies: P2, or 'Propaganda Due' -- an Italian lodge that was eventually outlawed and it 's leader, Licio Gelli, charged with attempting to subvert the Italian government.

In case you don't have any idea who Calvi is -- he was at the epicenter of the Vatican banking scandal.

I'd suggest googling on some of these names, but that way lies madness...

(on edit -- I meant 'prescribe', not 'proscribe'...).

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2. madness indeed

try googling p2 bush palme.

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3. Leads you right into one of these moments...