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‘God’s banker’ murder suspects acquitted By Tony Barber in Rome 6/6/07 All five defendants in one of modern Europe’s most mysterious murder cases were acquitted on Wednesday of killing Roberto Calvi, the Italian financier known as ”God’s banker” on account of his illicit work on behalf of the Vatican’s bank. The Rome court where the case had been heard since October 2005 acquitted four defendants on the grounds that there was ”insufficient proof” that they had murdered Calvi. The court fully acquitted the fifth. The verdict was delivered almost exactly 25 years after Calvi’s body was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London, his clothes stuffed with bricks, stones and large amounts of cash in international currencies....Although British police in 1982 treated Calvi’s death as a suicide, the authorities in Rome were convinced that it was linked to his connections with the Vatican’s bank, the secret Propaganda Due (P2) masonic lodge and Italian political parties. Calvi, who was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, a private bank, laundered money through the Vatican’s bank, financed clandestine arms deals and channelled funds illegally to Italy’s political parties. Banco Ambrosiano collapsed soon after his death. Prosecutors alleged at the trial that Mr Calò and the three other male defendants killed Calvi because they wanted to punish him for embezzling mafia funds, protect the profits from Banco Ambrosiano’s illegal activities, and prevent Calvi from revealing everything he knew about the Vatican’s bank, P2 and other sensitive matters. _http://www.ft.com/cms/s/762db34c-1442-11dc-88cb-000b5df10621.html_ (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/762db34c-1442-11dc-88cb-000b5df10621.html) Calvi murder: The mystery of God's banker - It was a trial which promised to solve the 25-year old case of Roberto Calvi, who was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge. But yesterday a judge acquitted all five defendants By Peter Popham and Philip Willan in Rome and Robert Verkaik 6/7/07 Twenty-five years after the event, the trial of the alleged killers of Roberto Calvi has ended with the sensational acquittal of all five defendants: a Sardinian property dealer and his mistress, a Mafia accountant already serving life for other offences, a Roman loan shark and the banker's one-time bodyguard, all are absolved. Yet it would be a mistake to say we are back at square one. In the snail-like progress of this case since that day in June 1982 when the Italian banker was found at the end of a rope under Blackfriars Bridge, there has been a major step forward. Evidence strong enough to convict the five was missing, decided Judge Mario Lucio d'Andria. But there is no longer much room for doubt that Roberto Calvi was murdered. _http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2621811.ece_ (http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2621811.ece) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
