ROME – After the previous investigation on the agreement between Italy and Albania on migrants, ‘Report’ was strongly criticized by two Prime Ministers: the Italian one, Giorgia Meloni, and the Albanian, Edi Rama. Despite this, the program with Sigfrido Ranucci – broadcast this evening at 8.55pm on Rai 3 – continues its journey on the other side of the Adriatic where the reportage by Giorgio Mottola with the consultancy of Thimi Samarxhiu and the collaboration of Greta Orsi‘ The Albania campaign has collected new evidence and testimonies of the interference in Albanian politics and the economy of mafia organizations, which have come to influence the highest institutional spheres. In recent years, Albania has also become a land of conquest for Italian politicians and former politicians looking for business.
‘Report’ reveals how a former Italian prime minister and a current minister have set up their own activities in the institutional consultancy and lobbying sector in Tirana, achieving excellent results. Results that so far the Italian mission which landed in Albania for the construction of the centers that will host the migrants cannot boast. The start of activities was scheduled for May 20th, but, from what was discovered by visiting the construction sites, we will not talk about it before November. Meanwhile, expenses continue to increase and almost all the contracts have already been awarded. The names of companies involved in investigations for corruption and bid rigging or linked to the Capital Mafia investigation are thus starting to emerge. On the issue of the agreement with Italy, the strong mafia pressure and the interests of Italian politicians in Albania, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gave an interview to “Report” for the first time.
Following, ‘Hidden truths for Giulio Regeni’ by Daniele Autieri with the collaboration of Federico Marconi. In the days when the world was wondering where Giulio Regeni was, someone – at the highest levels of the institutions – knew. This is the truth that emerges from some unpublished documents and from the story of a super witness who for the first time in eight years he has decided to speak and does so to ‘Report’. Ten days passed from the disappearance of Giulio Regeni on 25 January 2016 to the discovery of his lifeless body. Ten days during which Italian institutions moved at the highest levels, from the Prime Minister to the director of Aise, our foreign secret service, without however managing to save the boy. In the same days, while the Italian researcher is being tortured, the Egyptian government denies any responsibility and repeats on several occasions that it does not know what happened to Giulio Regeni. He reiterates this, for example, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and to the Italian Ambassador to Cairo Maurizio Massari.
This is the truth maintained up to now, the same truth hinged on the trial that is being celebrated in Rome against the four officers of National Security, the Egyptian military secret service, accused in various capacities of having kidnapped, tortured and killed Giulio Regeni. But does the official story really correspond to what happened in those days?
In closing, ‘The irresponsible of the shipwreck’ by Rosamaria Aquino, with the collaboration of Chiara D’Ambros and Alessia Marzi. The shipwreck off the beach of Steccato di Cutro, in the province of Crotone, shocked world public opinion. Ninety-four deaths, including women and many children, lost their lives in the night between 25 and 26 February 2023 after a crash on a shoal. On that beach however, although the gulet coming from Turkey had been sighted many hours earlier, there were only three unaware fishermen who found themselves faced with a huge tragedy, having to recover the living and the dead with their own strength alone. For how many hours had the European and Italian institutions, present at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, seen the boat? Who was supposed to raise the alarm and who was to physically intervene between the Financial Police and the Coast Guard? ‘Report’ retraces the hours preceding the shipwreck and, through interviews with the protagonists, reconstructs the chain of decisions that were taken that night at all levels.