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Is it true: Propaganda Due (P2) Masonic lodge / Licio Gelli (1981)?

Confirmed5% confidence

Yes — this is confirmed.

P2's existence, the 962-member list, and the Piano di Rinascita Democratica are confirmed by the 1981 Guardia di Finanza raid, the Andreotti Commission (1984), and multiple criminal convictions including Gelli's 1996 slander conviction and 1998 BNL fraud conviction. The membership — including three cabinet ministers, 43 MPs, SISMI's director and deputy director, and CESIS head — is documented judicial record. P2's operational role in specific murders (Calvi, Moro, JPI) is alleged with circumstantial support but not fully proven.

The claim

On 17 March 1981, Italy's Guardia di Finanza raided Licio Gelli's Villa Wanda in Castiglion Fibocchi and found the 'Elenco degli iscritti' — a membership list of 962 P2 affiliates. Members included th

Key evidence

1981 Guardia di Finanza raid: 962-member list confirmed

P2's operational role in specific murders: unproven

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