Because of the Opus Dei connection Italian newspapers have already dubbed the murder investigation The Rovera Code. Via News.com.au:

"A banker who had been questioned over a huge corporate scandal was found murdered on Friday, having apparently been kidnapped coming home from a meeting of the Roman Catholic organisation Opus Dei. The body of Gianmario Roveraro, 70, had been chopped into pieces and hidden in a hut beneath a motorway bridge about 30km from Parma. Police said three men had been charged over the crime but a limited confession by the alleged ringleader opened the way for a flood of speculation...

...Luciano Garofano, the chief of the police squad that found the body, said: "We are dealing here with a particularly savage murder." The alleged ringleader of those arrested was Filippo Botteri, 43, described as a former financial consultant from Parma who allegedly had had dealings with Mr Rovera..."

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-- MDT

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