"It is the masonry that commands, which has the strength to go ahead and develop our economy. It is now documented through numerous investigations that the Cosa Nostra and the 'Ndrangheta have grown thanks to masonry". So the national anti-mafia prosecutor, Federico Cafiero De Raho, who described masonry as "that chamber in which the various forces share projects. There are politics, the 'Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra, professionals, magistrates, entrepreneurs. There are all "categories. "The economy and politics - he added - met with the mafias in those living rooms and it was there that they gave body, which actually constituted that business committee which then determined infiltrations in contracts, acquisitions of various sectors and the exclusion of those who move in compliance with the rules and today - he concluded - we are faced with a situation in which we must be very careful ".
"We respect Dr. Cafiero De Raho and we are completely close to him in terms of legality and the fight against the mafias and the underworld, but we believe that certain of his declarations, issued in Naples, and in which he even gives Freemasonry 'a leading role' also calling it 'that chamber in which the various forces share projects. There are politics, the' Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra, professionals, magistrates, entrepreneurs. It is Freemasonry that commands', are particularly heavy and have gone well beyond all reasonable limits and doubt ". This was said by Stefano Bisi Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy, commenting on the words of the national anti-Mafia prosecutor, Federico Cafiero de Raho. "We are sorry - added Bisi - that such a high and appreciated magistrate, among other things in his delicate role as National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, indulges in such serious and generic statements. He even went from Freemasonry infiltrated by forces and committees of business with illegal ends to that which 'commands' these forces. The Grand Orient of Italy cannot accept that dangerously firing into the heap and unleash yet another unjust and unspeakable hunt for the Mason ". "The national anti-mafia prosecutor knows that responsibility is always personal and that this legal principle applies to everyone - concluded Bisi -. We reiterate our estrangement from the framework he described and we urge him to avoid easy media sentences that can cause serious damage to the image and danger for the safety of many honest free mason citizens ". (ANSA).
