by Heribert Blondiau, Udo Gümpel · Ellago Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495881229
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On June 18, 1982, a tragic death shook the world. Initially, it appeared to be a suicide, but it was soon revealed as a murder. This event became the criminal case of the 20th century, leading investigators to travel the world in search of the criminals' tracks. They meticulously examined shell companies in the Caribbean and reviewed secret diplomatic documents. To clarify the facts, the victim's body was subjected to three autopsies. Today, two decades after the death of Roberto Calvi, the so-called "God's banker", the case is about to be resolved with the start of the murder trial in Rome. Calvi, a Milanese banker at the head of Italy's most important private bank, played everything and lost everything. Together with the Vatican Bank (IOR), he carried out fraudulent business for years, benefiting each other. Calvi rose to the level of the powerful secret banker of the Vatican, providing the Polish Pope with the money needed for his anti-communist crusade in the East. However, when Calvi was unable to meet the payments, he tried to blackmail John Paul II, which led to his death twelve days later, hanging from the London bridge of Blackfriars.
