Andrea Palladino (Milan, 1965) has carried out investigations on ecomafias, organised crime and the extreme right for several Italian (L'Espresso, La Repubblica, La Stampa, il Fatto quotidiano, Domani, il manifesto, Famiglia cristiana, The Post Internazionale) and European (Le Monde) newspapers. He has collaborated on television investigations for Rainews24“s Spotlight and Rai 3”s Report. He is the author of the documentary Lago nero, for the programme 100 minuti, La 7. He won the first prize for investigative journalism “Gruppo dello zuccherificio” for an investigation on Ilaria Alpi published in Il Fatto quotidiano. In 2017 and 2021 he received the “Articolo 21” prize for investigations on the extreme right. He has published, among others, “Trafficanti” (Laterza, 2012), “Europa identitaria” (manifestolibri, 2018), “Il ritorno del Reich” (with A. Barranca, Round Robin, 2022) and "Meloni segreta" (Ponte alle Grazie, 2023).