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Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano

13/07/2015

Roberto Saviano - Author

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Stephen Sackur talks to writer Roberto Saviano about why he exposes organised crime.

Stephen Sackur talks to writer Roberto Saviano who has written books about the mafia and the cocaine trade. Why has he sacrificed so much to expose organised crime?

To mark 20 years of HARDtalk, this is another chance to see an interview from 2015, as Stephen Sackur talks to a writer whose work has made him the most dangerous of enemies. A decade ago Roberto Saviano wrote a best-selling book, Gomorrah, which exposed the power and brutality of the Neapolitan mafia. The crime bosses put a price on his head, and he has lived in a shadowy world of safe houses and bodyguards ever since. He followed this up with a book about the global cocaine trade. Why has he sacrificed so much to expose organised crime?

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