![]() ![]() Vincenzo Schiavone has witnessed the gruesome effects of the Nigerian mafia presence in Castel Volturno in the emergency ward of his hospital, the Pineta Grande. ( Foreign Correspondent: Francesco Bellina) Then it's something more, something more."ĭrugs, prostitution and people smuggling are among the illicit trades the Nigerian mafia now control. "The crime boss maybe says, 'If you don't have a house, I'll give you one for a little favour'. "They immediately risk falling into the mobster net," he says. They find a place to hide here, but without official documentation or rights, many are easy prey for ruthless Nigerian mafia bosses. Half of the 50,000 residents are African, many of them undocumented. Castel Volturno, where Mr Saviano once holidayed as a child, is now "an African city in Europe … culturally African". The Nigerian mafia has come to Italy with a speed and force that's stunned even local mafia bosses, he says. He's one of 20 Italian writers who are now under 24-hour police guard thanks to their mafia exposes. Mr Saviano has been studying the changes in Castel Volturno with the same forensic obsession that saw him forced into hiding in 2007 after the publication of his global bestseller, Gomorrah. The Camorra constructed an illegal residential development on the beachfront. ![]()
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