Part I: A Mediterranean feeding frenzy

By Kate Willson and Jean-Pierre Canet

Cobblestone walkways line the quiet canals of Sète, a French community of 40,000 nestled along the Mediterranean about 85 miles west of Mars

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"… and Scilla Alecci in Washington, Marcos Garcia Rey in Madrid, Leo Sisti in Milan, and Brigitte Alfter in Brussels contributed to this report. Data analysis …"

Arrested Italian cell sheds light on Bin Laden's European network

By Leo Sisti and Maud S. Beelman

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2001 — On a cold winter night last January, on the outskirts of Milan, Italian anti-terrorist police intercepted a fr

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"… not terrorists.” …"

"… conspiracy, trafficking in arms and explosives, and using false documents.Milan prosecutor Stefano Dambruoso is expected to complete his investigation in …"

"… Jan. 5, 2001, Dambruoso told the Italian news agency Ansa.Maaroufi flew to Milan on September 15, 2000, and from the airport called a cell phone number use …"

"… m up, the report said. Italian authorities tailed the two as they drove to Milans Cultural Islamic Institute, whose former director was Anwar Shaaban, an E …"

The Montenegro connection

By Leo Sisti

“My little cat … I’m going crazy without you …. You have repeatedly betrayed me, I think …. Little cat, when are you coming? ... I love you,

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"… , Dusanka Pesic Jeknic, representative of the Montenegrin trade mission in Milan, Italy, was speaking on the phone at her home in the southwest of the city …"

"… phone call to his lover Duska Jeknic, the Montenegrin business attaché in Milan, who had just turned 42. “Where are you, little cat?” Jeknic: “I’m …"

"… through MTT’s directors.Scelsi’s DIA investigators searched Jeknic’s Milan apartment in July 2003. By then Jeknic had fled Italy, fearing the worst. …"

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The loneliness of El Diario of Juárez

By María Teresa Ronderos

A Colombian journalist spends three days with reporters from Juárez, Mexico’s most violent city

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"… s a potential enemy.Julio’s pictures of Juárez’s tragedy have gone to Milan, where they were exhibited alongside Letizia Battaglia’s impressive pict …"

Drugs, diamonds and deadly cargoes

By Alain Lallemand

Israeli Leonid Minin has an expensive drug habit, and a fondness for beautiful woman and polished diamonds

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"… ast ballots." …"

"… Union, Russia, Germany and Bolivia.The initial investigation in Monza, the Milanese suburb where Minin was held, revealed little of interest. Some prostitu …"

"… ty did not reveal any connections to Africa.16 But when he was arrested in Milan, investigators discovered clues about his new life: contracts, faxes and l …"

The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

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"… ities ruled him a flight risk and moved him to a high-security prison near Milan, but said that Ruprah would likely be released since the charges were not …"

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Water and power: The French connection

By Julio Godoy

The French government has taken a protectionist approach to the water business

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"… to obtain a $100 million contract to construct a water treatment plant in Milan, Italy.In 2001, Italian judges sentenced former Milan city council preside …"

"… r treatment plant in Milan, Italy.In 2001, Italian judges sentenced former Milan city council president Massimo De Carolis to nearly three years in jail fo …"

"… r and 10 months. Both De Carolis and Maetz are appealing their convictions.Milan subsequently banned Vivendi's subsidiary from the bidding process. In Nove …"

Anatomy of a rendition

By Leo Sisti

In cleric's abduction in Italy, the CIA all but left a calling card

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"… known as Abu Omar, had just stepped out of his home on via Conte Verde in Milan around noon on February 17, 2003, and was heading for prayers at the mosqu …"

"… e first served as an imam at a mosque in Latina, close to Rome. He went to Milan, where he was an imam in a radical mosque, and then worked in an Islamic c …"

"… ied as CIA agents by the Italian authorities and who have been indicted in Milan for Abu Omar's kidnapping.Detention in EgyptIn April 2004, Armando Spataro …"

"… ion in EgyptIn April 2004, Armando Spataro, the deputy chief prosecutor in Milan for investigations of the Mafia and terrorism, began probing Abu Omar's di …"

A casualty in the war on terror

By Nathaniel Heller

Europe's relations with U.S. undermined by apparent complicity on CIA prisons

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"… vices in the abduction of Egyptian-born cleric Abu Omar off the streets of Milan shook the Italian government and has led to the indictment of half a dozen …"

FDA staff travels on drug industry dollars

By Alexander Cohen

Groups tied to FDA-regulated industry paying for agency officials' trips

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"… eutical Engineering, a group that paid more than $15,000 for his travel to Milan, Tokyo, Singapore, Zurich and Dublin while he was with the FDA.Hoiberg dec …"

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