God’s Banker I 6. On the Run

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Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Calvi disappears as news of the missing funds breaks. He speeds through Austria under a false name, accompanied by Silvano Vittor, the last person to see him alive. Vittor agrees to an interview, revealing Calvi’s blackmail-filled briefcase. Nicolo wonders: was Vittor a protector or a hunter? Friends of the Pod get early access to the entire first season of Shadow Kingdom: God's Banker before it drops for everyone else—ads included. Get early access to the full season now by joining Crooked’s Friends of the Pod at crooked.com/friends. Hear this episode in Italian by subscribing to Il Banchiere di Dio wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.3	On June 11th, 1981,
0:44.3	Roberto Calvi disappeared.
0:48.3	Thursday, June the 10th last year,
0:51.3	Roberto Calvi vanished from his apartment in Rome.
0:56.0	He told no one where he was going.
0:58.0	The circumstances that led to Calvi's flight from Italy were to say the least unusual.
1:04.0	The president of the bank of Ambrosian, not where is
1:07.0	he's scapato, or so he's fugitive...
1:09.0	Yet another chapter in what is shaping up to be a major banking scandal involving the Vatican.
1:15.2	News reports said that Calvi had vanished seemingly in the middle of the night.
1:19.9	His disappearance came just a couple of weeks before huge debt payments at the Ambrosiano were coming due.
1:27.1	Hundreds of millions of dollars.
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