This is my first post. I've lurked for a long time and have always enjoyed this board.

I have signed up to share with you some newspaper articles that have recently run in the UK paper The Guardian. The stories deal with the 1982 murder of Italian banker Roberto Calvi.

Roberto Calvi was known as "God's Banker" and was the basis for the character Frederik Keinszig. Their positions in the banking industry, the crimes both men committed, as well as the manner in which they died were virtually identical. Recently the police have made some inroads into Calvi's unsolved murder. Linked below are several articles related to that case. Included in some of the articles are references to a Masonic lodge that was clearly the basis for the shadowy organization led by Don Lucchesi.

The Guardian - December 16, 1998 - Police Open Tomb To Solve Mystery Of God\'s Banker

The Guardian - December 30, 1998 - DNA May Solve Banker\'s Murder


The Guardian - October 2, 2001 - The Enemy Of Democracy


The Guardian - October 14, 2002 - New Clue Turns Up In "God\'s Banker" Death


The Guardian - July 24, 2003 - Banker\'s 1982 Murder May Have Been Mafia Hit

The Guardian - July 25, 2003 - Calvi Was Murdered By The Mafia, Italian Experts Rule


The Guardian - September 30, 2003 - UK Police Open Calvi Murder Inquiry

The Guardian - October 1, 2003 - Hanged Banker Case Reopened

The Observer - October 5, 2003 - Calvi Probe Focuses On UK Suspects

The Guardian - October 8, 2003 - Net Closes On Godfather As Henchman Is Arrested

Interesting stuff. By the way, welcome to the boards!

Hello and welcome to the boards, I have read the first article and will read the rest when I have time tomorrow, it all seems very interesting indeed. Thanks for taking the time to post them it is just the sort of stuff I love to read.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

Here is another article. This one discusses on Calvi, but also focuses on Archbishop Paul Marcinkus who headed the Vatican Bank. He is the basis for Archbishop Gilday. The article is from the late 1980s (with a more recent epilogue) and is thus a bit dated, but it still makes an interesting read.


The Shady Deals Of God\'s Banker

The saga and mystery of the death of the real life "God's Banker" continues. Here are some recent newspaper articles about the prosecution of his alleged killers.

The Observer - December 7, 2003 - Who Killed Calvi?

The Guardian - December 10, 2003 - Woman Held As Police Hunt Calvi Killers

The Observer - December 13, 2003 - Calvi Bank\'s $70m Traced

The Guardian - January 7, 2004 - Labour\'s Love Lost


The Guardian - March 17, 2004 - Four Go On Trial For Murder Of God\'s Banker

Here is an additional article from the English newspaper The Guardian. This article was first published way back in 1982 when it was ruled that Roberto Calvi, "God's Banker" and the inspiration for Keinszig, had committed suicide despite evidence that pointed to murder.

The Guardian - July 24, 1982 - Banker Hangs Himself, Inquest Decides

Here's another article about the intrigue surrounding the death of Roberto Calvi, "God's Banker".


The Observer - May 9, 2004 - British Women Caught Up In "God\'s Banker" Murder Trial

Welcome to the boards Tamalie. Don't you know that the Guardian and the Observer are lie-ridden, dangerous, lefty pamphlets whose sole objective in life is to show the USA and George Bush in a bad light? For the truth read the Daily Telegraph

If the Daily Telegraph would just print more "Godfather" related articles, I'd switch in an instant.