Alerts | Online intimidation or smear

La Repubblica journalist Salvo Palazzolo threatened after article about mafia under COVID-19

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La Repubblica journalist Salvo Palazzolo has faced persistent threats after writing an article on April 8 about the mafia using the coronavirus crisis to increase its influence in certain districts of Palermo.

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