Lorenzo D’Agostino

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Lorenzo D’Agostino is a journalist focused on border policy, Mediterranean migration, and the humanitarian sector.

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An Italian police officer stands by the Iuventa rescue ship, run by the German NGO Jugend Rettet, in Trapani, Italy, on Aug. 4, 2017.

Hacked Phones, Undercover Cops, and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Italy’s Crackdown on Humanitarian Rescue

Zach Campbell, Lorenzo D’Agostino

Leaked court records reveal how far authorities were willing to go to dig up dirt on NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean.

Migrants from Morocco and Bangladesh wait on an overcrowded wooden boat for aid workers from the Spanish search and rescue group Open Arms off the Libyan coast on Jan. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Italy’s Anti-Mafia Directorate and the “Dirty Campaign” to Criminalize Migration

Zach Campbell, Lorenzo D’Agostino

Internal documents reveal how a niche police office in Rome quietly shaped EU border policy in the central Mediterranean.