Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano

Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his... [more]

Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his writing often concentrates on the Italian mafia, he's received many death threats and actually has a permanent police escort. Follow Saviano here.

 
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Written by kobesix2 on
Roberto Saviano 2006 book "Gomorra" has great success in a very short time. In it he tells the story of organized crime to spread that through the Italian sense, however vaguely recall recurring nightmares. The book describes the activities of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia, as the oldest criminal organization in Italy, as it has developed in the twenty-first century. Here, cocaine, sweatshops, loan-sharking, illegal immigrants and toxicare all coming together to create a modern horror of biblical magnitude. The book has sold over a million copies in Italy and has been published in numerous translations, which shows not only the Italian readers morbid ... Read Full Story
Written by SocProf on
At this point, many of you have probably seen this video of a murder committed by a member of the Camorra against Mariano Bacioterracino: What I found shocking in this video (in addition to the murder itself but that is par for course for organized crime) was how casual the whole thing is including the murder itself. The voice-over you hear on the video is that of Roberto Saviano , journalist and author of Gomorrah , a devastating book on the Camorra which earned him death threats from the organized group last year. The movie based on the book will soon be out on ... Read Full Story
Written by Valerina_Lucca on
[Naples] Italian police have arrested Pasquale Russo, one of the country’s most wanted Camorra bosses, a day after detaining Salvatore Russo, his brother. The arrest delivers a heavy blow to one of the most powerful crime syndicates in the region surrounding Naples. Russo, 62, had been on the run from authorities since 1993. Much like one of the characters in Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, Russo was arrested at dawn yesterday, while hiding out in a remote farmhouse near Sperone, some 80 kilometres north of Naples. Pasquale Russo has been on the top ten list of the most wanted list for more than 16 years, with ... Read Full Story
Written by Valerina_Lucca on
The Details Album: Gomorrah Soundtrack (2008) Track: “Un giorno d’amore” Written by Daniele Stefani and G. Bousier Artist: Performed by Daniele Stefani About Daniele Stefani Born in Milan on 1st of  December 1980, Daniele began appreciating the beauty and communicative powers of music. Enrolled at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, where he earned a diploma at the age of 19. However, during his school years, his talents did not go undiscovered. Daniele was invited to be a guest of television stations in Hollywood and Las Vegas; later to be followed Oslo, Norway, where he wowed the audience with the beauty of his voice. ... Read Full Story
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Raffaele Amato, involved in a murderous turf war within the Camorra crime syndicate, was picked up Saturday in Marbella in a joint Italy-Spain operation, Naples prosecutor Giovandomenico Lepore said in a statement.Amato is accused of several homicides in connection with a feud dating back to 1991 between two Camorra clans that left more than a dozen people dead, he said.He was a top killer for boss Paolo Di Lauro, who was trying to keep control of the clan from rival Antonio Ruocco, Lepore said.In 2006, Di Lauro was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of Mafia association, extortion and drug ... Read Full Story
The Internazionale Festival this past weekend here in Italy was primarily a gathering of journalists and writers talking about Very Important Issues in front of people – and thus it is not surprising that the subject of Silvio Berlusconi surfaced on more than one occasion. Silvio Berlusconi is to Italy what Davíd Oddsson is to [...]  
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HOW MUCH police protection does the best-selling anti-Mafia writer Roberto Saviano really need? That surprising question was posited this week by senior Naples policeman Vittorio Pisani, who in an interview with daily Corriere Della Sera seemed to ...  
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