Slovaks want joint team with Italy in slain journalist case
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Slovakia's prosecutor general has asked Italian authorities to create a joint investigative team with their Slovak counterparts in the case of the slaying of a journalist and his fiancee that triggered a serious political crisis.
Jaromir Ciznar says he expects such a team's investigation into the slayings of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova would be faster, more complex and more effective.
Kuciak was reporting on alleged Italian mafia ties to associates of then-Prime Minister Robert Fico, and corruption scandals linked to his leftist Smer Social Democracy party.
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The Slovaks previously said the FBI, Britain's Scotland Yard, Europol and police forces from Italy and the Czech Republic are helping with the investigation.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters rallied across Slovakia Friday to demand an early election.
Fico's government resigned last week.