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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: A block of approximately 250 grams (8.81 ounces) of hashish, seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases ,is shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said. suitcases ,is shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0360.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Flags of vessels seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) hang on the wall in the office of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga), a section of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), in the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0711.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Marshals of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) are here in the interception room of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), as they listen to live interceptions and wiretaps in the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0703.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Marshals of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) are here in the interception room of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), as they listen to live interceptions and wiretaps in the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0684.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306257.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) prepare hot meals for homeless people in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305893.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait in his car in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306216.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1904.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1834.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1824.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) part of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), who coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait at the Guardia di Finanzia (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0649.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Colonel Francesco Mazzotta, Commander of the Tax Police Unit of Palermo that coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0528.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Six blocks of approximately 250 grams (8.81 ounces) of hashish each, seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases, iare shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0440.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306265.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait in his car in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306234.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait in his car in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306216.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A homeless man's bed is seen here in in a gym in a tensile structure converted to a shelter for the homeless, in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
Homeless men here rely on food handouts donated by the charity L'Abbraccio (Italian for The Hug). L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306108.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A homeless man takes a meal donated by the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) here in in a gym in a tensile structure converted to a shelter for the homeless, in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306103.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306065.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306039.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52),  volunteer a volunteer and parking attendant out of work relying on the food handouts from of the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), carries the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305809.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) unload the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305759.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) unload the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305739.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306265.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait in his car in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306234.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A homeless man takes a meal donated by the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) here in in a gym in a tensile structure converted to a shelter for the homeless, in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306103.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306043.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306039.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52),  volunteer a volunteer and parking attendant out of work relying on the food handouts from of the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), carries the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305809.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) unload the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305759.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Reporter Rukmini Callimachi, Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) and reporter Lorenzo Tondo are here in the conference room of the Guardia di FInanza (Financial Police) headquarters as they go over details of the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0591.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) walks towards the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1881.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) points out the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1866.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1851.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1814.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: A hard disk with data extracted from computers and cell phones of the "Meryem" cargo ship, seized in June 2015 with 12 tons of hashish as it was navigating from Morocco to Libya, is here on a desk of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga), a section of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), in the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0671.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Folders containing documents of the "Operazione Libeccio International", which led to the seizure of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, are here on a desk of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga), a section of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), in the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0664.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) part of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), who coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait at the Guardia di Finanzia (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0658.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) part of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), who coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait at the Guardia di Finanzia (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0622.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) part of the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata), who coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait at the Guardia di Finanzia (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0616.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Colonel Francesco Mazzotta, Commander of the Tax Police Unit of Palermo that coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0535.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Colonel Francesco Mazzotta, Commander of the Tax Police Unit of Palermo that coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0494.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Six blocks of approximately 250 grams (8.81 ounces) of hashish each, seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases, iare shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0445.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Six blocks of approximately 250 grams (8.81 ounces) of hashish each, seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases, iare shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0436.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) opens a jute suitcase containing 100 blocks of hashish for a total of approximately 25kg (55 lbs), seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases, here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily  by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0390.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306043.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A volunteer of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) prepares hot meals for homeless people in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305649.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Matteo Marzana, head of the the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306257.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A homeless man's bed is seen here in in a gym in a tensile structure converted to a shelter for the homeless, in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
Homeless men here rely on food handouts donated by the charity L'Abbraccio (Italian for The Hug). L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306108.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Antonella Maresca, a 54 years old part-time cleaning lady and care giver now relying on food handouts from the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug), poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306065.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) prepare hot meals for homeless people in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305893.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Volunteers of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) unload the food donated by the food bank at the headquarters of the charity in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305739.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A volunteer of the charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) prepares hot meals for homeless people in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305649.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Reporter Rukmini Callimachi, Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Campobasso, Commander of the GOA unit (Gruppo Operativo Antidroga) and reporter Lorenzo Tondo are here in the conference room of the Guardia di FInanza (Financial Police) headquarters as they go over details of the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0595.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) stands by the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1890.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1844.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1803.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1771.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Colonel Francesco Mazzotta, Commander of the Tax Police Unit of Palermo that coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0522.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: Colonel Francesco Mazzotta, Commander of the Tax Police Unit of Palermo that coordinated the seizures of vessels carrying hashish from Morocco to Libya, poses for a portrait in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0486.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: A block of approximately 250 grams (8.81 ounces) of hashish, seized in December 2015 on the cargo ship Munzur carrying 13 tons of hashish divided into 500 jute suitcases ,is shown here in a conference room of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) headquarters in Palermo, Italy, on June 6th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160606_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_0342.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Items on sale in an Ann Taylor-LOFT store on 34th street (between Broadway and Fifth ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 4 October, 2008. T-shirts on sale in an Ann Taylor-LOFT store on 34th street (between Broadway and Fifth ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_OUT_007.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A customer enters the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_018.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A customer check items on sale in the Old Navy store of 34th street (between Broadway and 7th ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_005.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A customer exits a Banana Republic store on 34th street and Fifth ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_OUT_006.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A customer exits the Banana Republic Store located at the Grand Central Terminal. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_OUT_001.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor-LOFT store in Times Square.  As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_023.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Mother and daughter wait in front of the Gap store on 34th street (Herald Square). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_022.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers are here in the women's department of the Gap store in Herald Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_021.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_019.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customer check items on sale in the Gap store of 42nd street and 3rd ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_017.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers go up the stairs of the Gap store of Times Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_016.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers exit the Gap store in Herald Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Discount_013.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A customer checks items on sale in the Banana Republic store of 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_009.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Banana Republic store of Grand Central Terminal. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Discount_003.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor of 21st street and 5th ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_001.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  Items on sale at the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexingon ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_OUT_004.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A customer check items on sale at the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_OUT_002.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Lighting on sale in the Restoration Hardware store on 22nd street and Broadway. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
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    Discount_020.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor-LOFT store of 42nd street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_015.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers enter the gap store of 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Discount_014.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Sale signs in the Gap store of Herald Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_010.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers check items on sale in the women's department of the Gap store in Times Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_008.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A customer checks items on sale in the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_007.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign and dummies are here in the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Discount_006.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers check items on sale in the Ann Taylor-LOFT store in Times Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_004.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor of 21st street and 5th ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_002.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A sale sign is here at the entrance of the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Discount_OUT_005.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  Items on sale at the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexingon ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_OUT_003.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Customers enter the Restoration Hardware store on 22nd street and Broadway. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_012.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. A customer exits the Banana Republic store of 34th street and 5th ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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    Discount_011.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52), a parking attendant out of work and relying on the food handouts from the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) , poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
Carmine Esposito worked as a parking attendant in central Salerno. Many of his clients were foreign tourists, who used to stop in Salerno before driving to the nearby Amalfi Coast. He hasn’t made any money in more than two months and is now struggling to pay his €600 monthly rent. He relies on food handouts from L’Abbraccio. Although he worked full time, he was on a part time contract, a way for his employers to skimp on social-security payments. As a result, when his furlough benefits eventually come through, he expects to receive €500, far less than the €1,300 a month he used to make. “It is a serious problem. I need the money immediately,” said Mr. Esposito, who regularly sends money to his 25- year-old son, a college student. He is looking for new jobs, but the prospects are slim. “It was a struggle before. Just imagine what it’s like now,” he said.<br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for t
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306205.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A worker lifts cases of bean cans at the Banco Alimentare, a food bank in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020.<br />
<br />
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Banco Alimentare distributed food to around 1.5 million people, a number that has gone up by roughly 40% in just over two month. The food bank can’t keep up with the new requests, particularly in Italy’s traditionally poorer southern regions such as Campania, of which Naples is the capital. The food, a mix of donations and purchases made with EU funds, is distributed through local charities that prepare shopping baskets and ready-to-eat meals for those in need.  <br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305366.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Pallets of bean cans are seen here at the Banco Alimentare, a food bank in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020.<br />
<br />
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Banco Alimentare distributed food to around 1.5 million people, a number that has gone up by roughly 40% in just over two month. The food bank can’t keep up with the new requests, particularly in Italy’s traditionally poorer southern regions such as Campania, of which Naples is the capital. The food, a mix of donations and purchases made with EU funds, is distributed through local charities that prepare shopping baskets and ready-to-eat meals for those in need.  <br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lif
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305559.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A worker fills a box with food that will be distibuted to a needy family, here at the Banco Alimentare, a food bank in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020.<br />
<br />
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Banco Alimentare distributed food to around 1.5 million people, a number that has gone up by roughly 40% in just over two month. The food bank can’t keep up with the new requests, particularly in Italy’s traditionally poorer southern regions such as Campania, of which Naples is the capital. The food, a mix of donations and purchases made with EU funds, is distributed through local charities that prepare shopping baskets and ready-to-eat meals for those in need.  <br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly p
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305493.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: A worker lifts cases of bean cans at the Banco Alimentare, a food bank in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020.<br />
<br />
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Banco Alimentare distributed food to around 1.5 million people, a number that has gone up by roughly 40% in just over two month. The food bank can’t keep up with the new requests, particularly in Italy’s traditionally poorer southern regions such as Campania, of which Naples is the capital. The food, a mix of donations and purchases made with EU funds, is distributed through local charities that prepare shopping baskets and ready-to-eat meals for those in need.  <br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: ITPOOR<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305377.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52), a parking attendant out of work and relying on the food handouts from the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) , poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
Carmine Esposito worked as a parking attendant in central Salerno. Many of his clients were foreign tourists, who used to stop in Salerno before driving to the nearby Amalfi Coast. He hasn’t made any money in more than two months and is now struggling to pay his €600 monthly rent. He relies on food handouts from L’Abbraccio. Although he worked full time, he was on a part time contract, a way for his employers to skimp on social-security payments. As a result, when his furlough benefits eventually come through, he expects to receive €500, far less than the €1,300 a month he used to make. “It is a serious problem. I need the money immediately,” said Mr. Esposito, who regularly sends money to his 25- year-old son, a college student. He is looking for new jobs, but the prospects are slim. “It was a struggle before. Just imagine what it’s like now,” he said.<br />
<br />
L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for t
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M306181.jpg
  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52), a parking attendant out of work and relying on the food handouts from the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) , poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
<br />
Carmine Esposito worked as a parking attendant in central Salerno. Many of his clients were foreign tourists, who used to stop in Salerno before driving to the nearby Amalfi Coast. He hasn’t made any money in more than two months and is now struggling to pay his €600 monthly rent. He relies on food handouts from L’Abbraccio. Although he worked full time, he was on a part time contract, a way for his employers to skimp on social-security payments. As a result, when his furlough benefits eventually come through, he expects to receive €500, far less than the €1,300 a month he used to make. “It is a serious problem. I need the money immediately,” said Mr. Esposito, who regularly sends money to his 25- year-old son, a college student. He is looking for new jobs, but the prospects are slim. “It was a struggle before. Just imagine what it’s like now,” he said.<br />
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L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
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In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
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“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
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The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for t
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  • SALERNO, ITALY - 11 MAY 2020: Carmine Esposito (52), a parking attendant out of work and relying on the food handouts from the  charity "L'Abbraccio" (Italian for The Hug) , poses for a portrait at the charity headquarters in Salerno, Italy, on May 11th 2020. <br />
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Carmine Esposito worked as a parking attendant in central Salerno. Many of his clients were foreign tourists, who used to stop in Salerno before driving to the nearby Amalfi Coast. He hasn’t made any money in more than two months and is now struggling to pay his €600 monthly rent. He relies on food handouts from L’Abbraccio. Although he worked full time, he was on a part time contract, a way for his employers to skimp on social-security payments. As a result, when his furlough benefits eventually come through, he expects to receive €500, far less than the €1,300 a month he used to make. “It is a serious problem. I need the money immediately,” said Mr. Esposito, who regularly sends money to his 25- year-old son, a college student. He is looking for new jobs, but the prospects are slim. “It was a struggle before. Just imagine what it’s like now,” he said.<br />
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L'Abbraccio is  a charity which has focused on assisting the newly poor since the 2008 financial crisis.<br />
<br />
In less than two months, the number of families who have turned to L’Abbraccio to feed themselves has jumped from 160 families to over 500.<br />
<br />
“They are not people who live in extreme poverty, but people who have found themselves poor because of the economic crisis,” says the heady of the charity Matteo Marzana.  They include swathes of the population employed off the books and thus largely excluded from the state’s welfare safety net.<br />
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The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for t
    CIPG_20200511_WSJ_NewPoor_7M305987.jpg
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