(16 Dec 1998) Natural Sound
Authorities have dug up the remains of Italian banker Roberto Calvi at a cemetery in Northern Italy, as Italian magistrates reopen the investigation into his death.
Calvi was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982.
His remains will be studied by experts to see if Calvi was murdered or committed suicide.
The two sons of a Vatican-connected financier gathered at his grave on Wednesday for the exhumation of their father's body to determine whether his 1982 death was murder or suicide.
A British coroner recorded an open verdict on the death at the time.
Roberto Calvi's wooden coffin was taken from the family tomb in Drezzo, a town on the shores of Lake Como, sealed with lead and loaded onto a hearse.
The body was then taken to the morgue in nearby Milan for tests.
Calvi's corpse was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London, following Italy's biggest post-war banking scandal.
Roman businessman Flavio Carboni has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Prosecutors asked for the exhumation after Carboni's lawyers presented a report based on a preliminary examination of the body that indicated Calvi hanged himself.
Calvi was known as "God's banker" for his close ties with the Vatican.
Banco Ambrosiano, in which the Vatican bank held a significant stake, collapsed in 1982 when it could not collect 1.4 (b) billion dollars in loans made to shell companies in Latin America.
Calvi, the chairman of what was then Italy's largest bank, was found dead days later.
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