The Vatican Connection : The True Story of a Billion-Dollar Conspiracy Between the Catholic Church and the Mafia
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1504049381
ISBN-13
9781504049382
Publisher
Open Road Media
Imprint
Open Road Media
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 6th, 2018
Print length
380 Pages
Weight
444 grams
Dimensions
13.30 x 20.20 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
True crimeRoman Catholicism, Roman Catholic ChurchOrganized crime
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Winner of the Edgar Award: The riveting account of an audacious fraud scheme that stretched from a Mafia hangout on the Lower East Side to the Vatican.
With a round, open face and a penchant for tall tales, Matteo de Lorenzo resembled everyones kindly uncle. But Uncle Marty, as he was known throughout the Genovese crime family, was one of the New York mobs top earners throughout the 1960s and 70s, the mastermind of a billion-dollar trade in stolen and counterfeit securities.
In the spring of 1972, de Lorenzo and his shrewd and ruthless business partner, Vincent Rizzo, traveled to Europe to discuss a plan to launder millions of dollars worth of phony securities. Shockingly, the plot involved Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the scandal-plagued president of the Vatican Bank. Unbeknownst to de Lorenzo and Rizzo, however, the NYPD was already on the casethanks to the crusading work of Det. Joseph Coffey.
Coffey, the legendary New York policeman who investigated the Lufthansa heist and took the Son of Sams confession, first learned of the scheme in a wiretap related to the attempted mob takeover of the Playboy Club in Manhattan. From those unlikely beginnings, Detective Coffey worked tirelessly to trace the fraudulent stocks and bonds around the world and deep into the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and Rome.
Meticulously researched and relentlessly gripping, The Vatican Connection is a true story of corruption and deceit, packed with all the ingredients of a thriller (San Francisco Chronicle).
With a round, open face and a penchant for tall tales, Matteo de Lorenzo resembled everyones kindly uncle. But Uncle Marty, as he was known throughout the Genovese crime family, was one of the New York mobs top earners throughout the 1960s and 70s, the mastermind of a billion-dollar trade in stolen and counterfeit securities.
In the spring of 1972, de Lorenzo and his shrewd and ruthless business partner, Vincent Rizzo, traveled to Europe to discuss a plan to launder millions of dollars worth of phony securities. Shockingly, the plot involved Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the scandal-plagued president of the Vatican Bank. Unbeknownst to de Lorenzo and Rizzo, however, the NYPD was already on the casethanks to the crusading work of Det. Joseph Coffey.
Coffey, the legendary New York policeman who investigated the Lufthansa heist and took the Son of Sams confession, first learned of the scheme in a wiretap related to the attempted mob takeover of the Playboy Club in Manhattan. From those unlikely beginnings, Detective Coffey worked tirelessly to trace the fraudulent stocks and bonds around the world and deep into the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and Rome.
Meticulously researched and relentlessly gripping, The Vatican Connection is a true story of corruption and deceit, packed with all the ingredients of a thriller (San Francisco Chronicle).
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