Overview

• Siani, a 26-year-old reporter, was shot dead in his green Mehari outside his home on September 23, 1985 by a Camorra hit squad linked to Cosa Nostra.
• His work pieced together local facts to expose the junctions of organized crime, corrupt politics, predatory business and finance.
• Many of his articles ran in Il Mattino’s provincial pages with plain prose, rigorous sourcing, meticulous verification and relentless shoe-leather reporting.
• The family’s Fondazione Giancarlo Siani preserves his legacy, with symbols like the green Mehari and his Olivetti M80 typewriter tied to more than 650 pieces produced between 1979 and 1985.
• The anniversary commentary warns that today’s investigations are curbed by vexatious lawsuits, legal warnings, compensation demands and informal silencing that discourage deep reporting.