Editing 'Ndrangheta (section)

===Slovakia===
{{See also|Murder of Ján Kuciak}}
In February 2018, Slovak investigative journalist [[Ján Kuciak]] was shot dead at his home together with his fiancée. At the time of his murder, Kuciak was working on a report about Slovak connections with the 'Ndrangheta.<ref name="kuciak investigated">{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20769558/kuciak-investigated-links-between-politicians-and-mafia.html|title=Kuciak investigated links between politicians and mafia|date=27 February 2018|access-date=26 January 2021|website=The Slovak Spectator}}</ref> He had previously reported on organized tax fraud involving businesspeople close to the ruling [[Smer-SD]] party.<ref name="kuciak investigated"/> On 28 February, Aktuality.sk published Kuciak's last, unfinished story.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kuciak|first1=Ján|title=Talianska mafia na Slovensku. Jej chápadlá siahajú aj do politiky|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/568007/talianska-mafia-na-slovensku-jej-chapadla-siahaju-aj-do-politiky/|website=Aktuality.sk|date=27 February 2018 |access-date=1 March 2018|language=sk}}</ref> The article details the activities of Italian businessmen with ties to organised crime who have settled in eastern Slovakia, and have spent years embezzling European Union funds intended for the development of this relatively poor region, as well as their connections to high-ranking state officials, such as Viliam Jasaň, a deputy and the Secretary of the State Security Council of Slovakia, and [[Mária Trošková]], a former nude model who became Chief Adviser of Prime Minister Robert Fico. Both Jasaň and Trošková took leave of absence on the same day, stating that they would return to their positions once the investigations were concluded.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trošková and Jasaň are leaving their posts at Government's Office|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20770917/troskova-and-jasan-are-leaving-their-posts-at-governments-office.html|access-date=1 March 2018|website=The Slovak Spectator}}</ref>