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Now playing Next Italy Mafia villas in Rome demolished in effort to rout organised crime from city Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is behind a crackdown on "illegal" villas inhabited by members of the Casamonica mafia clan - an organised crime group with Romani roots. 26/11/2018
Now playing Next world news Europe briefing: Five stories to know about today We take a look back at the top stories from around Europe this morning. 22/11/2018
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Now playing Next Europe News Perfect storm for Italy in budget battle The perfect storm has started for Italy. The European Commission says it considers the Italian budget draft to be in particularly serious non-compliance with EU fiscal rules and opted for a procedure for excessive debt. Commissioner Moscovici said there are unsolved doubts about increasing deb 21/11/2018
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