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  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Caroline Meraz Garcia from Santa Cruz, California, arrives at the Customs in the harbor of Valletta, Malta, after stepping down from the ferry that evacuated her from Libya. In Libya, she was an English teacher at the American School. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The first evacuated people get assistance upon their arrival in the harbor of Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry arrives in the harbor of Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The harbor in Valletta, Malta, where ferries and ships docked after evacuating people from strife-torn Libya.<br />
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  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The harbor in Valletta, Malta, where ferries and ships docked after evacuating people from strife-torn Libya.<br />
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    malta_40.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The first evacuated people get assistance upon their arrival in the harbor of Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_18.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The first evacuated people get assistance upon their arrival in the harbor of Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_16.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry arrives in the harbor of Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_15.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Passengers of the ferry arriving from the old port of Marseille get off at the harbor<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140524_NYT_Estaque__M3_7540.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: "Ne nous cultive plus, on s'en charge" (don’t educate us anymore, we’ll take care of it) is spray-painted on a cement quai at the harbor<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8048.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A view of the hillside, the viaduct and the harbor in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. <br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8022.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A view of the national road 568 and of the harbor of L'Estaque, seen from the western calanques<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7677.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A boy  summersaults into the water of the harbor next to a fisherman<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140524_NYT_Estaque__M3_7497.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A man sits at the harbor<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140524_NYT_Estaque__M3_7483.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Two women sit at the harbor in L'Estaque, Marseille, France, on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140524_NYT_Estaque__M3_7474.jpg
  • 11 May 2012, Palermo. Angela Solaro, a 29 years old sociologist,walks by the Cala, the historical harbor in Palermo, Italy. Angela, originally from Milan, arrived in Palermo in 2007. ### 11 maggio 2012, Palermo. Angela Solaro, una sociologa di 29 anni, cammina nei pressi della Cala, lo storico porto di Palermo. Angela, originaria di Milano, è arrivata a Palermo dal 2007.
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  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A view of the church and of the Plage de L'Estaque (the waterfront of l'Estaque) seen from the harbor<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140524_NYT_Estaque__M3_7558.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A typica Maltese bus in at the bus terminal at the City Gate in Valletta, Malta. These buses, some of which are 60 years old, will be replaced in the following months by newer buses. There are approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta. The drivers themselves own most of the buses, but operate to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.<br />
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©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    malta-bus_02.jpg
  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. More than 2,000 Chinese passengers remain on the Chinese ferry in the harbour of Valletta, Malta,  until planes come to Malta to bring them back to China. According to a port official,  the ship evacuated 2,216 Chinese nationals, 13 Maltese, 20 Croatians, four Vietnamese and two Italians from strife-torn Libya. The vessel, Roma, is owned by Italy-based Grimaldi Lines and was chartered by the Chinese government.<br />
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    malta_39.jpg
  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. More than 2,000 Chinese passengers remain on the Chinese ferry in the harbour of Valletta, Malta,  until planes come to Malta to bring them back to China. According to a port official,  the ship evacuated 2,216 Chinese nationals, 13 Maltese, 20 Croatians, four Vietnamese and two Italians from strife-torn Libya. The vessel, Roma, is owned by Italy-based Grimaldi Lines and was chartered by the Chinese government.<br />
<br />
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    malta_37.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. People evacuated from Libya are transferred to the hotels upon their arrival in Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_33.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. People arrive at the Customs after stepping down from the ferry that evacuated them from Libya. In the background (left, smiling) is Douglas W. Kmiec, U.S. ambassador in Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_28.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Ireland Counselate staff show Irish flags in order to be recognized by their citizens as they step down from the ferry that evacuated them from Libya. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_22.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A woman who was evacuated from Libya enters the Maltese Customs as she steps down from the ferry.  A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_23.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Libyans living in Malta protest in front of the Libyan embassy. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
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    malta_11.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Maltese policement in front of the Libyan embassy where Libyan citizens living in Malta protested. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_07.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A typica Maltese bus in at the bus terminal at the City Gate in Valletta, Malta. These buses, some of which are 60 years old, will be replaced in the following months by newer buses. There are approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta. The drivers themselves own most of the buses, but operate to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.<br />
<br />
<br />
©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    malta-bus_01.jpg
  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. More than 2,000 Chinese passengers remain on the Chinese ferry in the harbour of Valletta, Malta,  until planes come to Malta to bring them back to China. According to a port official,  the ship evacuated 2,216 Chinese nationals, 13 Maltese, 20 Croatians, four Vietnamese and two Italians from strife-torn Libya. The vessel, Roma, is owned by Italy-based Grimaldi Lines and was chartered by the Chinese government.<br />
<br />
©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    malta_38.jpg
  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. More than 2,000 Chinese passengers remain on the Chinese ferry in the harbour of Valletta, Malta,  until planes come to Malta to bring them back to China. According to a port official,  the ship evacuated 2,216 Chinese nationals, 13 Maltese, 20 Croatians, four Vietnamese and two Italians from strife-torn Libya. The vessel, Roma, is owned by Italy-based Grimaldi Lines and was chartered by the Chinese government.<br />
<br />
©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    malta_36.jpg
  • 26 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. More than 2,000 Chinese passengers remain on the Chinese ferry in the harbour of Valletta, Malta,  until planes come to Malta to bring them back to China. According to a port official,  the ship evacuated 2,216 Chinese nationals, 13 Maltese, 20 Croatians, four Vietnamese and two Italians from strife-torn Libya. The vessel, Roma, is owned by Italy-based Grimaldi Lines and was chartered by the Chinese government.<br />
<br />
©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    malta_35.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. People evacuated from Libya are transferred to the hotels upon their arrival in Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_34.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A young man next to his mother and sister as they wait at the Maltese Customs after stepping down from the ferry that evacuated them from Libya. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
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    malta_27.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A tired child between his father (right) and an interviewer (left) at the Maltese Customs after stepping down from the ferry that evacuated them from Libya.  A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
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    malta_26.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A US Embassy staff at the Maltese Customs shows a woman arriving from Libya where her husband is waiting for her. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_20.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A mother kisses her child as she steps down from the ferry that evacuated her from Libya. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_19.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A typica Maltese bus in Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_13.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A typica Maltese bus in Valletta, Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_12.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Libyans living in Malta protest in front of the Libyan embassy. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
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    malta_10.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. Libyans living in Malta protest in front of the Libyan embassy. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
<br />
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    malta_09.jpg
  • 25 February 2011. Valletta, Malta. A cardboard with the faces of North African dictators Ben Ali, Mubarak and Gheddafi is here on the sidewalk in front of the Libyan embassy in Malta. A U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maria Dolores ferry, after three days of delays, brought over 300 passengers, including at 167 U.S. citizens, away from Libya where Colonel Gaddafi's forces continue to clash with anti-government demonstrators.<br />
<br />
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    malta_08.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: Visitors cross the bridge between the top of the MuCEM,<br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, and the historic Fort St Jean, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
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  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The viaduct that inspired various painters, including Cézanne, Renoir and Braque between the late 19th century and early 20th century, is here in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8448.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Two elderly women sit on the ferry from L'Estaque to Marseille<br />
 France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8238.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The waterfront of Marseille by the old port, as seen from the ferry arriving from L'Estaque, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8229.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: An elderly man walks down Boulevard de la Falaise<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7877.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: Visitors walk on the quai of the MuCEM,<br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
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  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: A view of Zaha Hadid's CMA CGM tower (left) and Marseille's cathedral (right) from the historic Fort St Jean, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
    DSCF0200.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: Visitors look at the panorama from the bridge between the top of the MuCEM,<br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, and the historic Fort St Jean, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
    DSCF0190.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: Visitors cross the bridge between the top of the MuCEM,<br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, and the historic Fort St Jean, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. In the background are Zaha Hadid's CMA CGM tower (left) and Marseille's cathedral (right).
    DSCF0170.jpg
  • L'ESTAQUE, MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A view of the church of L'Estaque and of the islands Marseille, in L'Estaque, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8481.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Men are here on the dock by the Muceum, <br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8287.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A man stands on the prow of a sailing ship exiting the old port of  Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. On the background are Zaha Hadid's CMA CGM tower (left) and Marseille's cathedral.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8178.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Two young men look at boats and ferries entering the old port of Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8171.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A couple sits on the ferry between L'Estaque and Marseille<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8123.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Men sit on the ferry between L'Estaque and Marseille,<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8091.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A man sits on stern of the ferry betwen l'Estaque and Marseille in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8076.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: Passengers of the ferry between L'Estaque and Marseille relax on the pier before boarding the ferry<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8034.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A plaque hangs on the house of Place  Malterre where Paul Cézanne live,<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7966.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A kiosk selling local spiecialties such as chichi fégi, a fried dough with hint of crushed black pepper inside and coated in coarse sugar, and panisses, chickpea flour fritters, is here by the waterfront<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7939.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The viaduct that inspired various painters, including Cézanne, Renoir and Braque between the late 19th century and early 20th century, is here in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7910.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: A man fishes near the Plage de Corbière<br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7797.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The railroad of the Blue Coast train line passes by the western calanques of the Cote Bleue (Blue Coast) <br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. The Blue  Coast, which streches from Marseille to the lake of Etang de Berre for approximately 15 miles, is comprised of 6 miles of entirely preserved nature. The site is also known as Provencal Venice.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7749.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The railroad of the Blue Coast train line passes by the western calanques of the Cote Bleue (Blue Coast) <br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. The Blue  Coast, which streches from Marseille to the lake of Etang de Berre for approximately 15 miles, is comprised of 6 miles of entirely preserved nature. The site is also known as Provencal Venice.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7657.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The railroad of the Blue Coast train line passes by the western calanques of the Cote Bleue (Blue Coast) <br />
in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014. The Blue  Coast, which streches from Marseille to the lake of Etang de Berre for approximately 15 miles, is comprised of 6 miles of entirely preserved nature. The site is also known as Provencal Venice.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_7650.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 26 MAY 2014: A bridge connects the top of the MuCEM,<br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, to the historic Fort St Jean, in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
    DSCF0180.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The viaduct that inspired various painters, including Cézanne, Renoir and Braque between the late 19th century and early 20th century, is here in L'Estaque, Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.<br />
<br />
L'Estaque is a small Fishing village outside Marseille which, for over half a century, attracted a stream of great artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. <br />
Administratively, L'Estaque belongs to the commune of Marseille.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8443.jpg
  • MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 25 MAY 2014: The cathedral of Marseille is here, seen from the ferry between Marseille and L'Estaque, next to the MuCEM (right), <br />
the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations,<br />
in Marseille, France on May 25th 2014.
    CIPG_20140525_NYT_Estaque__M3_8293.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016: 82-years old Fenisia La Greca is here on her balcony overlooking the harbor in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Fenisia La Greca grows fruit and vegetables in her own garden.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_0115.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (R-L) Cargo ships Munzur and Meryem, seized respectively in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashish and in June 2015 with 20 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", are docked here in the harbor of 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_0910.jpg
  • CAPRI, ITALY - 10 MAY 2021: Ferry ticket offices are seen here at the harbor in Capri, Italy, on May 10th 2021.<br />
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Feeling the heat from Greece and Spain, which had prioritized vaccination campaigns on their islands to lure tourists away from Italy,  Vincenzo De Luca - the president of the Campania region, which includes Capri -  diverged from the government’s vaccination strategy of prioritizing categories of more vulnerable Italians. Instead, he treated Capri and other holiday islands as special cases. He fast forwarded vaccinations on Capri by flooding the island with doses and inoculating first seniors, then the middle-aged, then 20-somethings and even some teenagers while the rest of the region was still struggling to inoculate all its 70- and 60-year-olds.
    CIPG_20210510_NYT_Capri-Covid_A73-18...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: Italian Navy staff is seen here at work during a maneuver in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
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As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermining
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9712.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: 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 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: (L-R) Cargo ships Munzur and Meryem, seized respectively in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashish and in June 2015 with 20 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", are docked here in the harbor of 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_1165.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Cargo ships Munzur and Meryem, seized respectively in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashish and in June 2015 with 20 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", are docked here in the harbor of 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_1059.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Cargo ships Munzur and Meryem, seized respectively in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashish and in June 2015 with 20 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", are docked here in the harbor of 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_1038.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Cargo ship Munzur, seized in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashishith 5 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", is docked here in the harbor of 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_1027.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (L-R) Fishing boat Ozu 2 and cargo ships Munzur and Meryem, seized respectively in July 2015 with 5 tons of hashish, in December 2015 with 13 tons of hashish and in  June 2015 with 12 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", are docked here in the harbor of 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_1018.jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 6 JUNE 2016: (R-L) Cargo ship Meryem, seized in June 2015 with 20 tons of hashish within the "Operazione Libeccio", is docked here in the harbor of 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_0778.jpg
  • GORGONA, ITALY - 27 JUNE 2014: the fishing village of Gorgona by the harbor, where only one civilian lives, in Gorgona, Italy, on June 27th 2014.<br />
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Gorgona is the smallest island of the Tuscan archipelago, located 18 miles west of Livorno, which became an experimental agricultural penal colony in 1869.<br />
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The “Frescobaldi per Gorgona” project  provides inmates the opportunity to learn winemaking techniques and job skills under the supervision of the company’s agronomists and winemakers, led by Vice President Lamberto Frescobaldi himself. Fifty inmates contributed to the production of Gorgona, a white wine made from Vermentino and Ansonica grapes planted on the island of Gorgona in the Tyrrhenian Sea, close to the Tuscan coast. The Frescobaldi family purchased a hectare of old vineyards and will expand with more vineyards in the upcoming months. Total production is only 2,700 bottles, but 1,000 of the bottles will reach the US market through Frescobaldi importer Folio Fine Wine Partners, in the Fall.<br />
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Born in August 2012, the Gorgona initiative was financed by the Department of Penitentiary Administration and accomplished through the collaboration of the Gorgona Penitentiary's Directorate and Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi.
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  • GIGLIO (GR), ITALY - 9 APRIL, 2012: An ice-cream maker is in his shop by the Giglio harbor. Giglio, a Tuscan island famous for its pristine waters and quiet living style, faces the challenges of starting a tourist season with a 225,000-tonne ship stuck at the entrance of its tiny port. Months after the Costa Concordia shipwreck, the Tuscany Region and Ministry for Tourism financed a 50,000-euro promotional campaign to encourage visitors to go to Giglio for the summer, while islanders are creating new walking paths and wine tasting tours to diversify their offer, trying to take advantage of the popularity that the tiny island has gained globally last January. The new attraction on Giglio has already caused an increase in the number of tourists who go to the island just for one day. <br />
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Ph. Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • GIGLIO (GR), ITALY - 9 APRIL, 2012: Toursists arrive for a one day trip in the centre of Giglio by the harbor. Giglio, a Tuscan island famous for its pristine waters and quiet living style, faces the challenges of starting a tourist season with a 225,000-tonne ship stuck at the entrance of its tiny port. Months after the Costa Concordia shipwreck, the Tuscany Region and Ministry for Tourism financed a 50,000-euro promotional campaign to encourage visitors to go to Giglio for the summer, while islanders are creating new walking paths and wine tasting tours to diversify their offer, trying to take advantage of the popularity that the tiny island has gained globally last January. The new attraction on Giglio has already caused an increase in the number of tourists who go to the island just for one day. <br />
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Ph. Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - APRIL 2: Tunisian migrants are escorted by the Guardia di Finanza (Italy's financial police) and  transferred by bus to the ferry that will bring them to mainland Italy on the quay of the harbor on April 2, 2011 in Lampedusa, Italy. Three days after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited the island of Lampedusa and promised to remove all migrants within 60 hours, no migrants have been transferred because of the bad see conditions. Transfers are resumed after high winds blocked ferries from taking migrants away from Lampedusa, frustrating the migrants who have been protesting about a lack of food, water and shelter.??Thousands of people, many who left North Africa following recent unrest, are stranded on the Italian island of Lampedusa in appalling conditions.  About 22,000 immigrants have arrived on the island since January, most of them from Tunisia. with many already having been moved to other parts of Italy...Many on Lampedusa have not been provided with the most basic humanitarian assistance such as shelter, medical care, mats, blankets and access to sanitary facilities, while thousands continue to sleep outdoors...(Photo by Gianni Cipriano / Getty Images)
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  • LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - APRIL 1: A Tunisian migrant watches the harbor from the so-called Hill of Shame, where hundreds of Tunisan migrants live in poor conditions on April 1, 2011 in Lampedusa, Italy. Thousands of people, many who left North Africa following recent unrest, are stranded on the Italian island of Lampedusa in appalling conditions.  About 22,000 immigrants have arrived on the island since January, most of them from Tunisia. with many already having been moved to other parts of Italy...Many on Lampedusa have not been provided with the most basic humanitarian assistance such as shelter, medical care, mats, blankets and access to sanitary facilities, while thousands continue to sleep outdoors...(Photo by Gianni Cipriano / Getty Images)
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  • GARGNANO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: The Bar Osteria al Porto di Villa is seen here by the harbor in Gargnano, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
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  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 22 APRIL 2018: A view of the harbor of Pisciotta, Italy, on April 22nd 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
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Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
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  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 22 APRIL 2018: A view of the harbor of Pisciotta, Italy, on April 22nd 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
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Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180422_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • AGROPOLI (SA) - 4 FEBBRAIO 2018: Un uomo passeggio nel porto di Agropoli, città  amministrata dall'ex sindaco Franco Alfieri, ora candidato alla Camera dei Deputati nel collegio uninominale di Agropoli (Campania) il 4 febbraio 2018.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2018 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento – il Senato della Repubblica e la Camera dei deputati – si terranno domenica 4 marzo 2018. Si voterà per l'elezione dei 630 deputati e dei 315 senatori elettivi della XVIII legislatura. Il voto sarà regolamentato dalla legge elettorale italiana del 2017, soprannominata Rosatellum bis, che troverà la sua prima applicazione<br />
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AGROPOLI, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2018: A man walks by the harbor of Agripoli, a city once governed by former mayor Franco Alfieri,  now chief of staff of the governor of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca and running as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 Italian General Elections , in Agropoli, Italy, on February 4th 2018.<br />
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The 2018 Italian general election is due to be held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017.<br />
Voters will elect the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Republic of Italy, since 1948.
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  • AGROPOLI (SA) - 4 FEBBRAIO 2018: Un uomo passeggio nel porto di Agropoli, città  amministrata dall'ex sindaco Franco Alfieri, ora candidato alla Camera dei Deputati nel collegio uninominale di Agropoli (Campania) il 4 febbraio 2018.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2018 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento – il Senato della Repubblica e la Camera dei deputati – si terranno domenica 4 marzo 2018. Si voterà per l'elezione dei 630 deputati e dei 315 senatori elettivi della XVIII legislatura. Il voto sarà regolamentato dalla legge elettorale italiana del 2017, soprannominata Rosatellum bis, che troverà la sua prima applicazione<br />
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AGROPOLI, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2018: A man walks by the harbor of Agripoli, a city once governed by former mayor Franco Alfieri,  now chief of staff of the governor of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca and running as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 Italian General Elections , in Agropoli, Italy, on February 4th 2018.<br />
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The 2018 Italian general election is due to be held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017.<br />
Voters will elect the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Republic of Italy, since 1948.
    CIPG_20180204_ELE2018_PD-Campania_M3...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard studies a map of the Mediterranean Sea  in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
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As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
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On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9934.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard studies a map of the Mediterranean Sea  in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9924.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard is seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
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On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermini
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9881.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard is seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermini
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9877.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard is seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
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On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermini
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9866.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard is seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermini
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9834.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: The view seen from the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermining the Libyan state’s authority for their
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9813.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: A petty official of the Libyan Navy Coastguard is seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were undermini
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9700.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 8 FEBRUARY 2017: Two petty officials of the Libyan Navy Coastguard are seen here in the pilot house of the San Giorgio, an amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy, as it sets out of the harbor of Valetta, Malta, on Febuary 8th 2017.<br />
<br />
As a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks, the EU launched a military operation known as European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med), also known as Operation Sophia, with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The aim of this new operation launched by Europe is to undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and dispose of vessels as well as enabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers. On 20 June 2016, the Council of the European Union extended Operation Sophia’s mandate reinforcing it by supporting the training of the Libyan coastguard.<br />
Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian<br />
authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.<br />
<br />
On February 2nd 2017 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni and Prime Minister of the U.N. backed Libyan government Fayez al-Serraj signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to combat illegal migration, human trafficking and contraband and on reinforcing the border between Libya and Italy. The following day, as EU leaders meet in Malta for a summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said after talks with Serraj, that “it is time to close the (migrant) route from Libya to Italy” and that “the EU has shown it is able to close the routes of irregular migration, as it has done in the eastern Mediterranean.”  Tusk said the Central Mediterranean route was “not sustainable either for the EU or for Libya”, where he said traffickers were under
    CIPG_20170208_NYT-Libya__M3_9682.jpg
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