Press freedom under threat: Journalists in Italy face intimidation from mafias

This post was originally published on France24

Italy is the country with the highest number of journalists facing deadly threats in Europe with some twenty journalists living under 24-hour police protection. Since 1960, 30 Italian journalists have been killed while investigating criminal activities of notorious mafias such as the Camorra, Cosa Nostra, or the ‘Ndrangheta.