意大利黑手黨 ~ 之三

有位意大利朋友, 知道我睇左Roberto Saviano本 "Gomorrah"嘅書之後, 推介我去睇意大利全國性報紙 "La Repubblica" (共和報)近曰在網上嘅一段報道, 仲叫我將呢篇文章傳比我嘅朋友睇。報道己經被翻譯左成英文。http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/cronaca/camorra-3/saviano-reuters/saviano-reuters.html (文章已放在本篇最後)

原來Saviano近曰接受訪問時表示, 佢頂唔順終日要逃避嘅日子, 覺得自己好似一個囚犯一樣, 令佢考慮離開意大利 (最低限度暫時), 去第二度, 過番D正常嘅生活 (佢今年只係29歲)。加上據傳, 近日拿波里黑手黨Camorra嘅頭目, 講到明要在聖誕節前殺死Saviano, Saviano嘅安危, 近日在意大利再度成為熱門談論嘅話題。

黑手黨除左要殺佢之外, 佢嘅家人都可能有生命危險。因為慣常黑手黨亦唔會放過目標人物嘅家人, 怎至係曾經同目標人物有過親密關係嘅人, 例如前女友!!

Facebook上有幾個關於 Roberto Saviano嘅pages或者groups, 意大利多份報章報道, 話近日有好多新members加入, 亦有無數咁多人, 留言支持同鼓勵佢。我之前走去睇, 真係好多留言喎。

"Gomorrah"一書己被拍成電影, 亦有在今屆康城影展參展。 唔知香港會唔會公映呢?

在此祝福Roberto Saviano同佢家人朋友平安快樂。

http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/cronaca/camorra-3/saviano-reuters/saviano-reuters.html

Roberto Saviano wants to leave his town
to try to have a more normal life

"Gomorra" author to flee Italy
after death threat

BY STEPHEN BROWN (REUTERS)

ROME - The author of the best-selling book "Gomorra" about the mafia in Naples, which has been made into a hit movie, wants to leave Italy to try to have a more normal life after reports that the mob wants him dead by Christmas.

After reports that the "Camorra", as the Naples mafia is known, has added urgency in its threat to kill Roberto Saviano, the 29-year-old who has been in hiding for two years said he was tired of being a "prisoner" of his book's success.

"I'm going away from Italy, at least for a while, then I'll see," he told La Repubblica newspaper.
"Right now I don't see why I should keep living like this, as a prisoner of myself, my book, my success. Fuck success. I want a life, that's all," said Saviano.
"I want to take a walk, get some sun, walk in the rain, meet my mother without scaring her and being afraid."
First published in 2006, the gritty chronicle of how the Camorra dominates life around Naples and makes its money -- by a local boy who saw his first murder victim at 13 -- has sold 1.2 million copies in Italy and been translated into 42 languages.

Saviano worked in a textile and building firm controlled by the mob to research his book, which narrates the Camorràs involvement in protection rackets, drug trafficking, smuggling and even illegal waste disposal.

Now "Gomorra" has hit the big screen and is a candidate for the Oscars, the mafia is said to be even angrier and wants Saviano killed by the end of the year.

Naples police said they were checking the veracity of the reports and politicians from President Giorgio Napolitano down commented on the need to safeguard Saviano's life.

Separated from friends and family and moved from one police barracks to another to avoid attempts on his life, the writer asked: "What is my crime? Why must I live like a recluse, a leper, hidden away from life, the world and other men?" "I only wanted to tell the story of my people, my land and their humiliation," he said, raging against the head of the notorious Casalesi clan of the Camorra, Francesco Schiavone (nicknamed "Sandokan" after a fictional pirate), who is currently serving a life jail sentence.

A police informer said it was Schiavone's Casalesi clan, which is based in Casal di Principe near Naples where Saviano grew up, who wanted the writer murdered as soon as possible.

Saviano gave no clue as to where he would try to rebuild his life, for obvious reasons, saying only that when first obliged to go into hiding in 2006 he rejected advice to leave for New York: "I stayed here, but how long can I carry this cross?".

(15 ottobre 2008)