Marco Alfieri
Marco Alfieri is an Italian journalist. After working for Il Riformista and Il Sole 24 Ore, he joined La Stampa. He is the author of La peste di Milano ("The Plague of Milan", Feltrinelli, 2009).
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By Marco Alfieri
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San Marino
Death of a tax haven
18 October 2010La Stampa Turin -
International shipping
Adriatic, gateway to the East again
14 September 2010La Stampa Turin
Hitherto deemed a safe haven beyond the taxman’s clutches, this tiny republic in the foothills of the Apennines has been hard hit by the economic crisis and the Italian clampdown on capital flight. 
In the time of the Venetian Republic, the Adriatic ports were the trade capitals for the Orient. They are now reuniting to challenge northern Europe’s maritime monopoly, with an economic and ecological edge.