Italy
Mafia plan hit on journalistPosted Oct 25 2008
Police uncovered an Italian mafia plot Oct. 14 to kill journalist and writer Roberto Saviano. Saviano has been under police protection since his book criticizing the Naples-based mafia was published two years ago.
Saviano’s book, Gomorrah, exposes the criminal activity of the Camorra group in Naples.
The popularity of Saviano’s book, which has also been made into a screenplay, has raised concerns for the Camorra godfathers over the now worldwide insight into the devastation of organized crime.
According to a former mafia member turned informer, the group has set a Christmas deadline for Saviano’s hit, which involves blowing up his car.
Since publishing his book, Saviano has also written numerous anti-mafia articles for newspapers and magazines and, although he is in hiding, still makes regular appearances on television and radio denouncing the Camorra.