Woman Allegedly Linked to Italian Mafia Paid €70,000 for Slovak journalist murder

It's been a long time since the last time I read about an Italian Mafia related crime and this one has all the ingredients of that old recipe, the hitman killed the girlfriend too. There was a thread about the murder few months ago ( www.abovetopsecret.com... ).

This is an update. Yeah, seems like they are still around.

The General Prosecutor’s Office summoned a press conference for October 1, during which it revealed new facts concerning the murders of reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in February.

The General Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the target was Kuciak, while Kušnírová was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, the Sme daily reported.

Kuciak’s murder was allegedly ordered for the price of €70,00, €50,000 plus €20,000 as debt remission. The person who ordered the hit was Alena Zs., ex-police officer Tomáš Sz. was the hitman, Miroslav M. the driver and Zoltán A. the go-between.

This is a "family" thing for sure :

Local media said Alena Zs. had worked as an interpreter for Slovak entrepreneur Marian Kocner, whose business activities were the subject of an investigation by Kuciak.
Local media added that Kocner is allegedly the godfather of the 44-year-old woman's daughter.

Kuciak had investigated the links between the Calabrian mafia (Ndrangheta) and politics in Slovakia. Alena Zs, the businesswoman who commissioned the crime, had a relationship with Italian companies that acted as the facade of the Ndrangheta

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70 k? My guy would have done it for half that.

What the heck is "debt remission" in a contract killing?

a reply to: crayzeed

Sounds like the hitman was 20k in debt to the mafia, I hope they all rot in jail.

originally posted by: crayzeed
What the heck is "debt remission" in a contract killing?

You don't wanna know.