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  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0613.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0529.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0507.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0441.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0409.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0396.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0382.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0378.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0272.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0246.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0240.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0219.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Il Duomo di Siracusa, a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: The cathedral of Siracusa, in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0166.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Il Duomo di Siracusa, a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: The cathedral of Siracusa, in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0160.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Una vista di Piazza del Duomo a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: A view of Piazza Duomo in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0113.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Il Duomo di Siracusa, a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: The cathedral of Siracusa, in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0012.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0600.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0594.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0421.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0416.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0407.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0375.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0340.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0334.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0326.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Glenda Raiti, avvocato di 37 anni, in posa per un ritratto al cocktail bar Cortile Verga a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: Glenda Raiti, a 37 years old lawyer, poses for a portrait at the Cortile Verga cocktail bar in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0239.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Una vista di Piazza del Duomo a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: A view of Piazza Duomo in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0089.jpg
  • SIRACUSA (SR) - 22 MARZO 2018: Un ragazzino in bicicletta in Piazza del Duomo a Siracusa il 22 marzo 2018. <br />
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Siracusa è considerata tra le città più ospitali d'Italia.<br />
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SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2018: A child rides his bike in Piazza Duomo in Siracusa, Italy, on March 22nd 2018.<br />
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Siacusa is considered one of the most coziest Italian cities.
    CIPG_20180322_GIOIA_Siracusa_M3_0036.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
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  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6825.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7003.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6734.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7003.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: View of the Chianti region landscape in Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
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  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6854.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6835.jpg
  • NOTO, ITALY - 20 JUNE 2020: A wooden scultpure of a horse head is seen here on in jeweller Fabio Salini's Sicilian villa, where he retreats as oftens as he can, in the countryside of Noto, Sicily, Italy, on June 20th 2020.<br />
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“I consider jewellery to be an expression of art. It has to be based not just on an aesthetic achievement but also on concept,” says Salini, who cut his teeth fashioning spectacular baubles for the likes of <br />
Bulgari<br />
 and <br />
Cartier<br />
, and continued to design for major houses after opening his swish atelier in Rome in 2004.
    CIPG_20200620_ROBB-REPORT_FabioSalin...jpg
  • NOTO, ITALY - 20 JUNE 2020: Jeweller Fabio Salini poses for a portrait next to the olive tree in the patio of his Sicilian villa, where he retreats as oftens as he can, in the countryside of Noto, Sicily, Italy, on June 20th 2020. Fabio Salini produces his own olive oil.<br />
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“I consider jewellery to be an expression of art. It has to be based not just on an aesthetic achievement but also on concept,” says Salini, who cut his teeth fashioning spectacular baubles for the likes of <br />
Bulgari<br />
 and <br />
Cartier<br />
, and continued to design for major houses after opening his swish atelier in Rome in 2004.
    CIPG_20200620_ROBB-REPORT_FabioSalin...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016:  Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) who was assigned to identify the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
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Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
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The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
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Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migran
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016:  Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) who was assigned to identify the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
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Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
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The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
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Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migran
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SORTINO, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016: The  gravestone of Musaab Shabani (Victim #9), a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here in the cemetery of Sortino after being replaced by a new gravestone bearing the victim's name in Sortino, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
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Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SORTINO, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016: The new gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here in the cemetery of Sortino after replaceing the anonymous gravestone marked with the number "9", in Sortino, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SORTINO, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016: The new gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here in the cemetery of Sortino after replaceing the anonymous gravestone marked with the number "9", in Sortino, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SORTINO, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016: The new gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here in the cemetery of Sortino after replaceing the anonymous gravestone marked with the number "9", in Sortino, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SORTINO, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016: The new gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here in the cemetery of Sortino after replaceing the anonymous gravestone marked with the number "9", in Sortino, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: The new gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is seen here after being freshly cut, engraved and painted here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016. It will replace the anonymous gravestone marked with the number "9" in the cemetery of Sortino.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies invol
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Raffaele Gibilisco (35)  cuts the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Raffaele Gibilisco (35)  cuts the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: The digital file that will be used by the pantograph that will engrave the name of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, into his gravestone, is displayed here on the monitor of the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: The digital file that will be used by the pantograph that will engrave the name of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, into his gravestone, is displayed here on the monitor of the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Roberto Gibilisco (60)  measures the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Raffaele Gibilisco (35)  cuts the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: The marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is cut here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: The marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, is cut here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Raffaele Gibilisco (35)  prepares the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 8 NOVEMBER 2016: Raffaele Gibilisco (35)  cuts the marble that will be used for the gravestone of Musaab Shabani, a victim of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, here at the Gibilisco marble-worker's workshop in Siracusa, Italy, on November 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Musaab Shabani was buried in the cemetery of Sortino, marked by a gravestone with the number nine because at the time he hadn't been identified yet. He was later identified by his brother Abd thanks to the efforts of policeman Angelo Milazzo. Since then, Abd has arranged to have a gravestone made bearing his brother’s name and date and place of birth as well as a religious inscription in Arabic, bringing a final bit of closure to this tragic chapter. <br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20161108_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2016: The gravestones of five of the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwrecks are seen here in the cemetery of Siracusa, Italy, on September 24th 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160924_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2016: The gravestones of five of the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwrecks are seen here in the cemetery of Siracusa, Italy, on September 24th 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
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Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
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Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 23 SEPTEMBER 2016: Marina Mina (40), a transator of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) that worked with policeman Angelo Milazzo in the identification process of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on September 23rd 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160923_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 23 SEPTEMBER 2016: Marina Mina (40), a transator of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) that worked with policeman Angelo Milazzo in the identification process of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on September 23rd 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160923_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 23 SEPTEMBER 2016: Marina Mina (40), a transator of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) that worked with policeman Angelo Milazzo in the identification process of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on September 23rd 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160923_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • ROSOLINI, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Gravestones of unidentified migrants are seen here in the cemetery of Rosolini, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • ROSOLINI, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Gravestones of unidentified migrants are seen here in the cemetery of Rosolini, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • ROSOLINI, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Gravestones of unidentified migrants are seen here in the cemetery of Rosolini, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Objects such as maps, flags,  compasses and personal belongings of migrants recovered from smugglers' boats are stored here in a deposit of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: (L-R) Carlo Parini, head of the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym), works at his desk in the G.I.C.I.C. office in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: (L-R) Carlo Parini, head of the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym), works at his desk in the G.I.C.I.C. office in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: (L-R) Carlo Parini, head of the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym), poses for a portrait behind his desk in the G.I.C.I.C. office in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Folders and files of investigations related to illegal landing of migrant boats in Sicily from 2011 to 2016 are stored here in the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Shelving units, boxes, folders and maps can been from the windows of the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: A policeman works in the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
<br />
Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
    CIPG_20160922_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 21 SEPTEMBER 2016: Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym), shuffles through the files of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck for which he was assigned to identify 24 victims, in his office here in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 21st 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
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Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
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The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are mo
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 21 SEPTEMBER 2016: Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym), shuffles through the files of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck for which he was assigned to identify 24 victims, in his office here in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 21st 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
<br />
The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are mo
    CIPG_20160921_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • AUGUSTA, ITALIA - 14 FEBBRAIO 2014:  Il Castello Svevo di Augusta (Siracusa), voluta dall'imperatore Federico II e probabilmente risalente al 1232.<br />
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La costruzione del castello si inquadrava in un progetto che mirava a rendere il territorio controllato militarmente. Il Castello Svevo di Augusta unendosi alle fortezze di Catania e Siracusa estendevano il dominio e un controllo capillare su un più vasto territorio.
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALIA - 8 GENNAIO 2013:  Casa costruita a Fontane Bianche, frazione di Siracusa, Italia, l'8 gennaio 2013.
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALIA - 8 GENNAIO 2013:  Casa costruita a Fontane Bianche, frazione di Siracusa, Italia, l'8 gennaio 2013.
    CIPG_20140108_IL_Abusivimo__M3_3720.jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALIA - 8 GENNAIO 2013:  Casa costruita a Fontane Bianche, frazione di Siracusa, Italia, l'8 gennaio 2013.
    CIPG_20140108_IL_Abusivimo__M3_3708.jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALIA - 8 GENNAIO 2013:  Casa costruita a Fontane Bianche, frazione di Siracusa, Italia, l'8 gennaio 2013.
    CIPG_20140108_IL_Abusivimo__M3_3645.jpg
  • LEONFORTE (SICILY), ITALY - 1 AUGUST 2013:  Pippo Lombardo, the 41 years old computer technician and friend of Mariagrazia Trecarichi who was on the phone with her until the moment she presumably fell in the waters of the Giglio Island, is here in Mariagrazia Trecarichi's country house in Leonforte, Italy, on August 1st 2013.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • LEONFORTE (SICILY), ITALY - 1 AUGUST 2013: The living room of the small country of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia passenger Mariagrazia Trecarich as she left it since her last visit in the Fall of 2012, in Leonforte, Italy, on August 1st 2013.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • LEONFORTE (SICILY), ITALY - 1 AUGUST 2013:  A wedding photo dating 1993 of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi is here in  her country house  in Leonforte, Italy, on August 1st 2013.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130801_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • LEONFORTE (SICILY), ITALY - 1 AUGUST 2013:  Pippo Lombardo, the 41 years old computer technician and friend of Mariagrazia Trecarichi who was on the phone with her until the moment she presumably fell in the waters of the Giglio Island, is here in his office in Leonforte, Italy, on August 1st 2013.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: (R-L) Elio and Stefania Vincenzi, respectively the 65 years old and 18 years old husband and daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, pose for a portrait in the living room by the piano, guitar and puzzle belonging to Mariagrazia, in their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Elio Vincenzi defines himself a "pantofolaio", an Italian word for "homebody" (a person who prefers staying at home), reason for which Mr Vincenzi didn't celebrate Mrs Trecarichi's 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia cruise ship. "I'm sorry my wife didn't get to know this new version of me, because since she disappeared I decided to take off my slippers and wear fins instead", Mr Vincenzi said. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here in the living room of his home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Elio Vincenzi defines himself a "pantofolaio", an Italian word for "homebody" (a person who prefers staying at home), reason for which Mr Vincenzi didn't celebrate Mrs Trecarichi's 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia cruise ship. "I'm sorry my wife didn't get to know this new version of me, because since she disappeared I decided to take off my slippers and wear fins instead", Mr Vincenzi said.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: A photo of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi at age 31 in 1993.<br />
Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait by the plants left by her mother in the staircase of their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait in the living room by the piano, guitar and puzzle belonging to his wife, in their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Elio Vincenzi defines himself a "pantofolaio", an Italian word for "homebody" (a person who prefers staying at home), reason for which Mr Vincenzi didn't celebrate Mrs Trecarichi's 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia cruise ship. "I'm sorry my wife didn't get to know this new version of me, because since she disappeared I decided to take off my slippers and wear fins instead", Mr Vincenzi said.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait in the living room by the piano, guitar and puzzle belonging to his wife, in their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Elio Vincenzi defines himself a "pantofolaio", an Italian word for "homebody" (a person who prefers staying at home), reason for which Mr Vincenzi didn't celebrate Mrs Trecarichi's 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia cruise ship. "I'm sorry my wife didn't get to know this new version of me, because since she disappeared I decided to take off my slippers and wear fins instead", Mr Vincenzi said.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait in the living room by the piano, guitar and puzzle belonging to her mother, in their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait in the living room by the piano, guitar and puzzle belonging to her mother, in their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait by the plants left by her mother in the staircase of their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here in the living room by the Christmas tree prepared by her mother before boarding the ship, in her home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had told her husband Elio Vincenzi to not undo the Christmas tree because she would have done it upon her return at home, reason for which Mr Vincenzi decided to leave the tree where it is.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here in the living room by the Christmas tree prepared by her mother before boarding the ship, in her home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had told her husband Elio Vincenzi to not undo the Christmas tree because she would have done it upon her return at home, reason for which Mr Vincenzi decided to leave the tree where it is.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130731_STERN_CostaConcordia__...jpg
  • NOTO, ITALY - 20 JUNE 2020: Jeweller Fabio Salini poses for a portrait on the rooftop of his Sicilian villa, where he retreats as oftens as he can, in the countryside of Noto, Sicily, Italy, on June 20th 2020. Fabio Salini produces his own olive oil.<br />
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“I consider jewellery to be an expression of art. It has to be based not just on an aesthetic achievement but also on concept,” says Salini, who cut his teeth fashioning spectacular baubles for the likes of <br />
Bulgari<br />
 and <br />
Cartier<br />
, and continued to design for major houses after opening his swish atelier in Rome in 2004.
    CIPG_20200620_ROBB-REPORT_FabioSalin...jpg
  • NOTO, ITALY - 20 JUNE 2020: Jeweller Fabio Salini's vintage Fiat 500 Giardiniera car is seen here in by his Sicilian villa, where he retreats as oftens as he can, in the countryside of Noto, Sicily, Italy, on June 20th 2020.<br />
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“I consider jewellery to be an expression of art. It has to be based not just on an aesthetic achievement but also on concept,” says Salini, who cut his teeth fashioning spectacular baubles for the likes of <br />
Bulgari<br />
 and <br />
Cartier<br />
, and continued to design for major houses after opening his swish atelier in Rome in 2004.
    CIPG_20200620_ROBB-REPORT_FabioSalin...jpg
  • NOTO, ITALY - 20 JUNE 2020: An exterior view of jeweller Fabio Salini's Sicilian villa, where he retreats as oftens as he can, is seen here in the countryside of Noto, Sicily, Italy, on June 20th 2020.<br />
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“I consider jewellery to be an expression of art. It has to be based not just on an aesthetic achievement but also on concept,” says Salini, who cut his teeth fashioning spectacular baubles for the likes of <br />
Bulgari<br />
 and <br />
Cartier<br />
, and continued to design for major houses after opening his swish atelier in Rome in 2004.
    CIPG_20200620_ROBB-REPORT_FabioSalin...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 22 SEPTEMBER 2016: Folders and files of investigations related to illegal landing of migrant boats in Sicily from 2011 to 2016 are stored here in the office of the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) in the Court House of Siracusa, Italy, on September 22nd 2016.<br />
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The Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C.) assigned policeman Angelo Milazzo the identification of 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
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Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migrants–people from Syria and other war torn countries–who have drowned in shipwrecks at sea.<br />
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Despite the decades long persistence of the problem, Italy has yet to develop a comprehensive approach to handling the bodies of shipwreck victims. Many pieces of a functional body identification system are in place, but its overall effectiveness is crippled by a lack of coordination between the various local agencies involved and national authorities.
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  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016:  Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) who was assigned to identify the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
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Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
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The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
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Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migran
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016:  Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) who was assigned to identify the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
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On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
<br />
The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migran
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2016:  Angelo Milazzo (57), a local policeman in Siracusa formerly working in the Interagency Task Force for Combating Illegal Migration (or G.I.C.I.C., by its Italian acronym) who was assigned to identify the 24 victims of the August 24th 2014 shipwreck, poses for a portrait in Siracusa, Italy, on November 9th 2016.<br />
<br />
On August 24th 2014, a boat carrying more than 400 migrants, departed from the coasts of Libya in the attempt to reach Italy, capsized in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers of the Italian Navy saved 352 people, and recovered 24 lifeless bodies.<br />
<br />
Milazzo asked the public prosecutor for permission to open a Facebook profile under the name “SIRIA-GICIC.”  Relying on the descriptions of the bodies contained in the forensic reports, the photos taken on board the rescue ships and during the examinations, and on the collection of personal items that were found along with the corpses, he would work backwards from these slivers to try to arrive at the living people who once animated the now anonymous cadavers. Facebook, he hoped, would help him get the information he needed from the families of the missing to identify the bodies and allow him to inform their relatives of the death.<br />
<br />
The SIRIA-GICIC profile page on Facebook was created on October 10th, 2014, nearly two months after the shipwreck. At the time, 18 of the 24 bodies were still unidentified. Within a few months, Angelo Milazzo was able to identify all 24 bodies.<br />
<br />
Following the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, including Gaddafi’s death and Libya’s plunge towards chaos, clandestine crossings skyrocketed, as did the number of people drowning. In 2014 over 170,000 arrived in Italy and since then more than 10,000 perished in the Mediterranean sea.<br />
<br />
Only a fraction of these bodies have ever been recovered, and, of the ones that have, the majority remain unidentified. In Sicily alone there are more than 1,500 graves of anonymous refugees and migran
    CIPG_20161109_WIRED_BodyIdentificati...jpg
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