and acclaimed author ann patchett's foray into something closer to home. but first, the european union has set aside nearly $630 million for italy to cope with the thousands of migrants coming across the mediterranean from africa. with so much public money available, opportunities to profit from the migrant crisis are substantial, as, it appears, is the potential for fraud.. in june, special correspondent malcolm brabant reported on thec italian mafia's use of refugee reception centers in sicily to cheat the state out of more than four billion dollars. the e.u. is now working with the italians to try to end that. as part of that effort, on the italian island of sardinia, authorities are now checking into a scheme in which unused and neglected land was supposedly given to migrant african farmers so they could become self sufficient. from platamona in northern sardinia, malcolm brabant and producer alessandra maggiorani a report. >> reporter: it's just before sunrise, it's the start of theis working week and we're heading out the land where these 50 or so af

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>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a complicated blend of family over next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. it really looked at her life not mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected with that. brad. >> this witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose o

>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a complicated blend of next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected with that. witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose of things that happened in this book. >> in this trial, we l

>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a blend of family over different next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. just as a writer but as a mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected brad. >> this is you heard of the witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose o

>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a blend of family over different next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. just as a writer but as a mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people cct brad. >> this is you heard of the witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose of thin

>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a compl next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. just as a writer but as a mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected brad. >> this is you heard of the witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose of things that happened in

>> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a complicated blend of family over different next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. it really looked at her life not just as a writer but as a mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected with that. brad. >> this is you heard of the witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets