{"id":69607,"date":"2024-06-04T19:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=69607"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:07:39","slug":"mafia-hit-in-italy-albanian-collaborator-with-ndragheta-among-28-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/mafia-hit-in-italy-albanian-collaborator-with-ndragheta-among-28-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia hit in Italy! 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