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The first thing I wanted to figure out after Mario set me on this mission was simple.

Who was God's banker?

And I had a plan.

Step one. Use my frequent flyer miles to fly to Rome.

From there, I'd find my old Vespa, which lay dormant in my grandmother's garage.

Then, I'd zip to a criminal courthouse where I'd find transcripts of a big trial

Mario had told me about, a trial that happened after Calvie's death. These transcripts would be

a great primer for the Italian side of the story.

Finally, I'd Vespa over to the Vatican to gaze upon the buildings where Calvi had apparently built an empire with the Vatican's money.

But my courthouse visit did not go as planned.

The clerk said my Italian lawyer ID didn't work anymore,

so I couldn't check out the exact documents I wanted.

Also, the Vatican was on lockdown for a Pope Francis event.

So I pointed my Vespas away from St. Peter's, and I sped down Via de la Conciliaceone,

a road, I'd find out later, that Calvi had walked before, a road that actually changed his life.

But in those early days of my research, I was only after the very basics of Calvi's life and persona.

And I'm going to be honest, Roberto Calvi is a tough guy to get to know.

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