Roberto Saviano

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

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

[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

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

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