Silvano Vitor

There, he lost it completely with the news about his secretary. He said, something happened to me that I never thought my secretary, he was just 100% depressed.

I told Flavio, Flavio, aren't you coming? And he said, no, I'm not coming. I just don't want to meet Calvi. It seems to me like he just really didn't want to meet him.

I take the elevator and I go up. I walk to the door and I got for a usual signal. Two knocks, boom, boom. One knocks, boom. with the pause between and nothing, no answer. I tried to do it again, so I knocked, I knocked again, nothing. And I don't have the key because when I left, I left Dan inside because I knew he'd be there.

So I go down to the lobby and I speak to some guy and he comes with me upstairs all the way up into the room with a spare set of keys. He opened the door, we got in, and there was no Calvi. Just a suitcase. At the moment, I think he's probably coming to look for me, so I immediately also go down and go looking for Calvi in the vicinity. I went back down to the lobby where there was a restaurant.

I looked everywhere. He wasn't there. I went back into the room. And so what are you thinking at this point? As the hours went on, one became two, three. I was thinking about everything. It was maybe he left to speak with someone, or maybe he's coming back in 30 minutes, or maybe in an hour. Basically, I don't know. Maybe he went with somebody, but he'd be back later.

But I set apart that I didn't know anymore, and I had no answer until the morning.

I mean, at the moment, I just didn't know anything. So at 11, I just decided, look, I'm not hearing anything. There is no Calvi, there is no Carboni. So anyway, I decided, I don't know, maybe I did a bad thing, but I decided to go back to Austria.

He says, I'm shaving my mustache. This way, I'm less recognizable.

And I remember him saying, in my entire life, this is the first time I ever shaved my mustache.

That he just was so scared of being seen, and he would do anything to hide his appearance.

Calvi was really agitated. He was agitated because the arrival of his briefcase has been delayed. I was getting phone calls constantly saying, I can't stand this anymore.

When he heard me coming with the car, he stormed out. I was just getting out of the car with the briefcase in my hand. And he was right there, anxious, waiting for his damn briefcase.

I remember the fireplace and how it was glowing. He was burning some of the paper that he had picked out from the briefcase.

And it's 11 o'clock at night or midnight. I don't remember exactly, but it was late. He says, yeah, it's all organized. It's all set. And I say, where are we going? And he says, toward Switzerland. And so we take off.

And the whole time, I was the one at the wheel. He never drove, so we talk.

He would tell me about his family, about his daughter most of all. He'd tell me about his time in the military, that he'd frozen his hand. He showed me three of his fingers that were frozen. He'd also tell me, hey Silvano, let's chat. I don't want you to fall asleep at the wheel.

Yes, I think so. And the more time went on, the more you become attached because it was just the two of us. We were together all the time and he opened up a little bit. But he was also worried. I could feel it. There was nobody else around me. He needed someone because, you know, he was fugitive.

Why is that? No one ever knew why.

Calvi had to accept this. He was on the run. He was nervous and panicking. And he had no other solution. So he had to accept going to London. So you're saying at this point Calvi has almost resigned? Resigned, yes. Because they basically imposed this departure and arrival and the accommodation. And he accepted.

So we arrived at London Gatwick, and we land off to the side where the private jets land. No commercial flight. No passport through a back door.

Calvi went totally mad here. As soon as we got in, he ran to the phone and started complaining. I can't stay here. He was saying he had to meet real important people and the president of the bank couldn't host people in such an environment.

It was unbelievable, unbelievable. This was a blow to him. He basically dropped to the floor.

He opened the door, he got in, and there was no Calvi, just a suitcase.

You've been to Trieste three times. Yeah, but many years ago. When you were young. When I was a kid.

And he told me, basically, if I was willing,

He asked me if I could make my boat available and if I could travel. I said, sure, and we decided to make a regiment the next day.

I took Calvi's bag out of respect. I saw this heavy bag and I say, wait, I can help. I was 40 or less than 40 years old. I thought I'd help him. I said, poor guy, he was 60, 62. So I took this bag and brought it in.

So I made some phone calls to some people I knew, and they told me that after midnight or around midnight, there'd be no controls, and I could safely cross the border.

We were sitting at the table, and he made me turn on the television. And when we turned it on, they were broadcasting the news of him missing.

At this point, he started to panic. So I told him, look, why don't you wait an extra day at my house? I'll arrange for a safer trip tomorrow. But he wanted to leave as soon as possible. So he's watching the news and he's getting upset.

It was actually a really hot day. It was boiling. So I think at one point he was down to his underwear.

I told him, look, if we get caught at the border, the first thing they'll say is, show us your briefcase. And I don't know what you have in there, but you are running a real risk that they take it from you. And so I told him, leave it with me and I can drop you off and bring it with me the following day.

I told him, don't worry. I'll make sure to bring you your bag. And he said, yes. He also said he'd spoken to Carboni and who told him I was a person he could trust. So he gave it to me. And actually, he even gave me the combination to the lock. It's a combination I remember to this day. I remember it my whole life. Why or how? Because it was an easy combination. Can you share it?

The sea was beautiful. It was a flat and calm, beautiful sea. But Calvi would ask me, hey, what are those lights there? Who are those guys? I tell him, those are fishing boats. Or he'd want to know, what about the light moving towards us? I say, those are fishing boats making their way around the Gulf. because there were quite a few boats around.

Pretty much for the entire journey, he kept asking me information. It was like an interrogation. He was just really worried and concerned. So he was afraid. Yeah. He thought he saw patrol boats and was afraid.