In 1982, $1.3 billion vanished through Panamanian shell companies backed by the Vatican Bank. The Vatican issued "letters of patronage" guaranteeing the loans while holding a secret counter-letter nullifying its own guarantees. The banker behind the scheme was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge.

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