Niccolo Mainoni

I spoke to Cornacchia in Italian, so we asked an actor to record his responses in English. When Cornacchia's boss asked him to look into Calvi's death, he quickly booked a flight to London. The way he talked about the whole investigation was really vivid. I could viscerally see and feel the Italian legal system, which I know well, clashing with the British legal system.

I spoke to Cornacchia in Italian, so we asked an actor to record his responses in English. When Cornacchia's boss asked him to look into Calvi's death, he quickly booked a flight to London. The way he talked about the whole investigation was really vivid. I could viscerally see and feel the Italian legal system, which I know well, clashing with the British legal system.

Not the real police. Kornacki's voice was full of his casual disdain here. He said the police he had to work with were from the city of London. which is confusingly a distinct municipality within Greater London. It's like if Wall Street was a separate little city inside New York with its own tiny police force, a police force a lot less equipped than Scotland Yard.

Not the real police. Kornacki's voice was full of his casual disdain here. He said the police he had to work with were from the city of London. which is confusingly a distinct municipality within Greater London. It's like if Wall Street was a separate little city inside New York with its own tiny police force, a police force a lot less equipped than Scotland Yard.

Quick example of the rookiness of their investigation, the City of London police untied the knot on the rope Calvi had around his neck instead of cutting the rope and preserving how the knot was tied. Apparently that's like policing 101. You don't untie the knot because the kind of knot and how it was tied can tell you a lot about the person who tied it.

Quick example of the rookiness of their investigation, the City of London police untied the knot on the rope Calvi had around his neck instead of cutting the rope and preserving how the knot was tied. Apparently that's like policing 101. You don't untie the knot because the kind of knot and how it was tied can tell you a lot about the person who tied it.

So when Kornackia got to London, it was immediately clear to him that this, this is not the A-Team, shall we say. But he held back his contempt, and he started filling the British cops in on everything he knew about Calvi, his associates, how Calvi was a member of the secret society P2, how he was a fugitive,

So when Kornackia got to London, it was immediately clear to him that this, this is not the A-Team, shall we say. But he held back his contempt, and he started filling the British cops in on everything he knew about Calvi, his associates, how Calvi was a member of the secret society P2, how he was a fugitive,

and how, actually, Italian intelligence officers had been trying to piece together the timeline of Calvi on the run.

and how, actually, Italian intelligence officers had been trying to piece together the timeline of Calvi on the run.

Kornakia said the local cops just stared at him, blankly.

Kornakia said the local cops just stared at him, blankly.

The City of London police continue to investigate Calvi's death. A month later, they held a coroner's inquest, where a coroner presents the evidence to a jury, and they decide if a crime has been committed. In this case, did Calvi die by suicide or was it murder?

The City of London police continue to investigate Calvi's death. A month later, they held a coroner's inquest, where a coroner presents the evidence to a jury, and they decide if a crime has been committed. In this case, did Calvi die by suicide or was it murder?

The jury ruled that Calvi's death was a suicide.

The jury ruled that Calvi's death was a suicide.

So the English legal system had spoken. Case closed. It was a suicide. Calve was a desperate man, and he found some rope hanging along a dock in the Thames. Police sent Cornacchia and his colleagues back home. And that's where the case seemed to end, with Calvi's Ambrosiano taken over by the Bank of Italy and his family left to fend for themselves.

So the English legal system had spoken. Case closed. It was a suicide. Calve was a desperate man, and he found some rope hanging along a dock in the Thames. Police sent Cornacchia and his colleagues back home. And that's where the case seemed to end, with Calvi's Ambrosiano taken over by the Bank of Italy and his family left to fend for themselves.

Until a few months later, when there was breaking news.

Until a few months later, when there was breaking news.