#70 - Roberto Calvi: The Death of God's Banker (Blackfriars, London, EC2)

On Saturday 18th June 1982 at 7:30am, the body of Roberto Calvi, the ex-Chairman of Banco Ambrosiano was found hanging under the north-side of Blackfriars Bridge. Having been sacked, with his bank having collapsed owing to a $1.4 billion dollar debt, which he had caused by illegal trade deals, it looked like a regular suicide. But was it?

• Date: Saturday 18th June 1982
• Location: Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars, London, EC2
• Victims: 1 (Roberto Calvi)
• Culprit: Unknown

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