{"id":70747,"date":"2013-01-22T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=70747"},"modified":"2013-01-22T22:38:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T22:38:04","slug":"how-the-vatican-built-a-secret-property-empire-using-mussolinis-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/how-the-vatican-built-a-secret-property-empire-using-mussolinis-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Vatican Built A Secret Property Empire Using Mussolini&#8217;s Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Papacy used offshore tax havens to create \u00a3500m international portfolio, featuring real estate in UK, France and Switzerland, the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>Few passing London tourists would ever guess that the premises of Bulgari, the upmarket jewellers in New Bond Street, had anything to do with the pope. Nor indeed the nearby headquarters of the wealthy investment bank Altium Capital, on the corner of St James&#8217;s Square and Pall Mall. 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