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Confessions of a mafia boss

Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to an anti-mafia prison to meet one of Naples' most important 鈥淧enitents鈥 - a boss and killer whose evidence has jailed his associates.

Across Italy hundreds of mafia leaders, hitmen and drug-traffickers are being jailed thanks to the most powerful weapon now in the hands of Italy鈥檚 anti-mafia investigators: the words of one clan against another. Italy鈥檚 state collaborator scheme has seen mafia chiefs breaking the code of silence - in return for a lifetime in witness protection, rather than a life behind bars. For Assignment, Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to an anti-mafia prison to meet one of Naples' most important 鈥淧enitents鈥 - a boss and killer whose evidence has jailed his associates. In the city itself, he witnesses, alongside hardened investigators, the ongoing nightly battle against the Camorra - and also hears voices of hope across the city that the tide has finally turned.

Presenter: Dominic Casciani
Producer: Sheila Cook

Image: Gennaro Panzuto
Credit: Private

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27 minutes

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Sat 29 Feb 2020 16:06GMT

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