October 21, 2025, 2:59 PM

Ranucci:"What happened to me is a step up from the constant threats."

“What happened to me is an act of intimidation whose purpose I don't know. It's the culmination of a series of initiatives that have been ongoing for years, some never made public, but it certainly represents a step up from the constant threats. Those who manage the power of organized crime don't like newspaper attention, and the wiretaps confirm it.” This was stated by journalist Sigfrido Ranucci speaking remotely at the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize seminar at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “Laws and complaints are a tool of delegitimization that has taken the place of bullets. In the 1970s and 1980s, bullets and explosives were used,” Ranucci added.