{"id":783,"date":"2018-02-28T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:36:39","slug":"slovak-journalist-jan-kuciak-murdered-signs-point-to-italian-mafia-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/slovak-journalist-jan-kuciak-murdered-signs-point-to-italian-mafia-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak Journalist Jan Kuciak Killed &#8211; Signs Point to Italian Mafia Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The murder of a Slovakian journalist may be linked to organised crime, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Jan Kuciak, 27, and his partner Martina Kusnirova were found shot dead in their house in Velka Maca, east of the capital\u00a0Bratislava, on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Police were sent to the couple\u2019s home after a concerned family member raised the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kuciak, a journalist for news website Aktuality.sk, is said to have been working on a story about possible\u00a0Italian\u00a0mafia involvement in fraud linked to European Union subsidies in Slovakia when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Slovakian\u00a0daily\u00a0newspaperSme, Slovak-based Canadian journalist Tom Nicholson said Mr\u00a0Kuciak\u00a0had told him shortly before his death that he was working on a story about possible Italian\u00a0mafia\u00a0activity in the east of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nicholson said he was ready to testify, but has not been approached by police yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not sure what caused Jan&#8217;s death but I bet my life that this is so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the killings were probably\u00a0linked to Mr Kuciak&#8217;s reporting, which also covered tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p>His last story, published on 9 February, focused on suspected tax evasion connected to a Bratislava apartment complex\u00a0with links to the Slovak government.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Slovakia President Andrej Kiska said the perpetrators needed to be found \u201cas soon as possible\u201d to \u201censure the safety of all\u00a0journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The murder of a Slovakian journalist may be linked to organised crime, according to reports. 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