Mafia wants Italian author dead by Christmas »
Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsItalian author Roberto Saviano, 29, has lived in hiding with 24-hour police protection for the past two years since the "Camorra," as the mob in his hometown is known, decided to punish him for the huge success of his book, which is based on his own investigations.
His book, "Gomorra," has sold 1.2 million copies in Italy and been translated into 42 languages. Now that it has hit the big screen and is a candidate for the Oscars, the Mafia is even angrier and wants Saviano and his bodyguards killed as soon as possible. "We've launched in inquiry to verify the truth behind this news," Franco Roberto, a coordinator of the local anti-mafia squad for Naples, told Reuters.
Italian papers said the Naples mob's notorious Casalesi clan--in the news recently over the murder of six Africans, which sparked riots by other immigrants--had moved the threat into the "operative" phase and wanted Saviano dead by Christmas.
The source of the tip-off was a "supergrass" (i.e., police informer) related to the jailed Camorra godfather Francesco Schiavone, aka "Sandokan."
The Camorra has its finger in every pie in Naples and the surrounding areas, from the protection racket to drugs and even waste disposal, as Saviano's book documents in great detail. (In the short clip below, the author talks about the Mafia and his comments are translated into English.)
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nancimeek1 year, 2 months ago
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In the US they turn the other cheek but in Italy the old country fahgeddabout it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dated January 2000 from Marion Penitentiary Card with long script and envelope to woman who maintained the Free John Gotti site for 7 years http://www.geocities.com/imokproductions/freegotti...
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Reputed Mafia Boss from Queens New York indicted in 1992 Died in prison in 2002 Brooklyn and Manhattan areas of Organized Crime
Authenticated and valued at over $3,000 by Italian American Collectibles
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wms721 year, 2 months ago
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Here's how the democrats racketeered to take over the banks.
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See actual footage of Clinton Administration ADMITTING their role in the financial collapse in this Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314=related
Or Search Youtube for: "How the Democrats Caused the Financial Crisis"
Hint: Democrats bragged they forced banks to accept NINJA loans. (No income, no job, no assets) They rigged the nationalization of the banks and they and the media blame the republicans!
McCain wrote a bill the democrats killed that would have prevented the democrat-caused financial meltdown.
Don't believe me? Watch the video and hear the words straight from the democrats' mouths.
Avoid the Obama-nation of Desolation!
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jmedlm1 year, 2 months ago
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A brave man willing to expose corruption at the cost of his life. The "Camorra" needs to be unveiled and disposed of. The 'intelligence' is there, it's the will (courage)to dispose of it that isn't. I'm sick of crooks, I'm sick of greed... I'm sick of all the evils in this world. Time for everyone with any kind of courage at all to take a stand with this man and end it.
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angelfire1st1 year, 2 months ago
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YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A MAFIA , BUT I KNOW BETTER AND THAT IS A FACT, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WIT THEM AND ONE IS DEAD , SO THERE IS JUST ONE THAT I KNOW OF THATIS IN TWO MAFIA'S , AS A HIT MAN, MAYBE HE IS GETTING TO OLD NOW, BUT HE WAS DOING HITS ON PEOPLE......
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wms721 year, 2 months ago
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Obama got his mafia friend on Alexi Giannoulias into public office as the 30-year old State Treasurer of Illinois. Now he and Tony Rezko are singing about Bambi.
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Who wants a president nicknamed Bambi? What mockery America will get from around the world. Bambi the Bambino-
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angelfire1st1 year, 2 months ago
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WMS:::: THAT IS RIGHT TONY REZKO, IS IN THE PEN NOW , HE WAS CAUGHT FOR FRAUD AND HE IS SINGING ABOUT THE CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO AND I KNOW THERE IS CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO, BECAUSE I LIVED IN THAT HELL WHOLE FOR 10 LONG YEARS AND MY HUSBAND , WAS RAISED THERE BUT HE WASN'T BORN THERE THANK GOD...THERE IS VOTER FRAUD IN 9 STATES , I KNOW IN NEWYORK, THE DEMOCRATS , WERE REGISTERING A BUS FULL OF GERMANS AND THEY WEREN'T CITIZENS... REZKO, WAS THE FUNDRAISER FOR OBAMA....
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