Niccolo Mainoni

Gelli had a safe there. Great. But Gelli's secretary didn't have the keys. Not so great. It didn't take long, though, before Turone's men noticed the secretary fiddling with her purse.

Gelli had a safe there. Great. But Gelli's secretary didn't have the keys. Not so great. It didn't take long, though, before Turone's men noticed the secretary fiddling with her purse.

As the secretary made her way down the stairs, she pulled something shiny from her bag. It looked like she was going to pass a set of keys to someone who had just arrived. One of the cops, though, snuck down the steps, rushed behind the secretary, and actually grabbed the keys out of her hand. She was stunned for a moment. then recovered and said, be careful about what you're doing.

As the secretary made her way down the stairs, she pulled something shiny from her bag. It looked like she was going to pass a set of keys to someone who had just arrived. One of the cops, though, snuck down the steps, rushed behind the secretary, and actually grabbed the keys out of her hand. She was stunned for a moment. then recovered and said, be careful about what you're doing.

My commander is a very powerful person. Turone's men ran back up the stairs, found the safe, jammed the key in the lock. Inside were what looked like loyalty oaths to a branch of Freemasons called Propaganda Due. signed documents that declared each member would obey the Masonic Lodge and the Grand Master.

My commander is a very powerful person. Turone's men ran back up the stairs, found the safe, jammed the key in the lock. Inside were what looked like loyalty oaths to a branch of Freemasons called Propaganda Due. signed documents that declared each member would obey the Masonic Lodge and the Grand Master.

The safe held oaths from the country's most powerful military officers, from journalists, diplomats, professors, judges. There were at least 30 members of Italian parliament, two undersecretaries, government ministers, even future Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. According to these oaths, they had all joined Propaganda Due.

The safe held oaths from the country's most powerful military officers, from journalists, diplomats, professors, judges. There were at least 30 members of Italian parliament, two undersecretaries, government ministers, even future Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. According to these oaths, they had all joined Propaganda Due.

Turone's men seemed to have stumbled upon a master list of Propaganda Due members in Italy and beyond. And right in the middle was Roberto Calvi's name. From crooked media and campsite media, this is Shadow Kingdom, God's Banker. I'm Niccolo Mainoni, and this is episode three, The Grand Master.

Turone's men seemed to have stumbled upon a master list of Propaganda Due members in Italy and beyond. And right in the middle was Roberto Calvi's name. From crooked media and campsite media, this is Shadow Kingdom, God's Banker. I'm Niccolo Mainoni, and this is episode three, The Grand Master.

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