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Escape wizard's capture raises questions over Abruzzo's porous frontier
The arrest of an Albanian fugitive known as the "escape wizard" in Spain this week underscores the vulnerability of Italy's eastern borders and the Adriatic corridor to organised crime networks.
Marco Di Sante · 412 words
Recent headlines from this bureau
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Geography & climate
Mountainous and continental inland, Mediterranean on the coast.
The highest Apennines — the Gran Sasso and Maiella — national parks, and a short Adriatic coast.
Economy & culture
Pharmaceuticals and manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, national parks.
Wild mountains and the wolf and bear, hill villages, the memory of the 2009 earthquake.