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Nov 2018
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How the mafia infiltrated Italy's food c...

Financial Times
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Italy’s food chain has been thoroughly infiltrated by the mafia, from field to fork.  Hannah Roberts investigated the problem and told Josh Noble what she found


Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Hannah Roberts, Rome-based investigative reporter. Producer: Fiona Symon

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