{"id":81002,"date":"2025-10-22T21:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81002"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:57:18","slug":"rai-journalist-albanian-hitmen-wanted-to-eliminate-me-so-i-took-protection-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rai-journalist-albanian-hitmen-wanted-to-eliminate-me-so-i-took-protection-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"RAI Journalist: Albanian Hitmen Wanted to Eliminate Me, So I Took Protection Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">RAI journalist Sigfrido Ranucci<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> spoke this Wednesday on the <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Now<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> program on <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Euronews Albania<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, hosted by <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Erla M\u00ebhilli<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, regarding suspicions surrounding the recent attack against him in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ranucci revealed that he had been threatened by a <\/span><span class=\"s1\">mafia member in Padua<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, who, according to him, had <\/span><span class=\"s1\">hired Albanian hitmen<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> to intimidate him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAs I said, we have no evidence indicating that this act originated from the Albanian criminal world. We have also discussed criminal organizations in Rome. For example, I took protective measures because an inmate in Padua, connected to the \u2019Ndrangheta, had spoken with some Albanian hitmen to have me killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">That was the reason. I have not received any threats from the Albanian mafia,\u201d Ranucci stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAI journalist Sigfrido Ranucci spoke this Wednesday on the Now program on Euronews Albania, hosted by Erla M\u00ebhilli, regarding suspicions surrounding the recent attack against him in Italy. 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