{"id":1537,"date":"2018-03-10T06:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T06:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:11:59","slug":"the-times-italy-clamps-down-on-masons-after-mafia-links-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/10\/the-times-italy-clamps-down-on-masons-after-mafia-links-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times: Italy clamps down on masons after mafia links exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Times, London UK<\/p>\n<p>January 16, 2018<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1755\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1755\" src=\"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/italy-freemasons-jealous-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Italian freemasons are jealous of their privacy after attempts by Mussolini to ban them in the 1920s ALAMY\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italian freemasons are jealous of their privacy after attempts by Mussolini to ban them in the 1920s ALAMY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tom Kington, Rome<\/p>\n<p>Italian politicians will be forced to declare whether they are freemasons under laws being drawn up after revelations that mafia bosses are joining lodges to strike deals with elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is being proposed after police raids on the four largest freemasonry orders in Italy discovered 193 mob-linked masons on the orders\u2019 secret membership lists in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were published last month by the Italian parliament\u2019s anti-mafia commission, which alleged that mobsters used secret lodge meetings to do business with politicians and entrepreneurs. Laws proposed by the commission would ban magistrates from joining the masons and compel public officials to say if they are members.<\/p>\n<p>Rosy Bindi, the commission president, said she also hoped to compel masons to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/italy-clamps-down-on-masons-after-mafia-links-exposed-0blw9p3q8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1660\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1660\" src=\"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/58792c19120000c301ad7760-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"FBI Director James Comey adjusts his tie before testifying to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on \u201cRussia\u2019s intelligence activities&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FBI Director James Comey adjusts his tie before testifying to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on \u201cRussia\u2019s intelligence activities&#8221; on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. 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