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Risicio is Ian Fleming's short story featuring the character James Bond in Italy that appeared in the bound collection of Bond short stories, For Your Eyes Only. This story is supposedly being used as the basis for the so-called "Bond 22", the working title, for the planned 2008 James Bond film.

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Plot

Bond is sent by M to investigate an Italian drug-smuggling operation responsible for bringing heroin into England.

While there, Bond meets up with a CIA agent called Aristotle Kristatos. Together they try to take down Enrico Colombo, the local mob boss. But Bond is captured by Colombo's henchman. While in captivity aboard the yacht, Colombina, Bond is told that Kristatos, is actually the one behind the heroin shipments.

Bond also meets, and pursues Lisl Baum, Kristatos' German girlfriend.

Colombo and Bond then team up to take out Kristatos in the port of Santa Maria. Bond corners Kristatos in a warehouse during the loading of a shipment of drugs. Bond shoots and kills Kristatos as he tries to escape.