Operation Hiram: Italian Freemasonry and the Mafia
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 - by Terry MelansonNB: Some of the following material is verbatim from a few posts I did at ATS. Since I own the copyright, it is my prerogative to reproduce in anyway I see fit.
Diploma of Giosue Carducci from Propaganda Massonica, Rome on April 21, 1886 (the original P2 Lodge)
Back in June there was a story (in English) about the Italian authorities having concluded an investigation “into attempts to slow down legal proceedings against members of the mafia with the help of members of the Freemasonry”:
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