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  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0607_bw.jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0678.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0607.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0598.jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • NAPOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Pietro Ioia (57), activist and president of the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) and former drug trafficker for the Camorra, poses for a portrait in front of the prison of Poggioreale in Napoli, Italy, on October 8th 2016. Pietro Ioia was a drug trafficker for the Camorra, the Italian Mafia-type crime organization which arose in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. For his crimes, he spent 22 years in prison. After being released, Mr. Ioia founded the association Ex D.O.N. (ex detenuti organizzati napoletani - organized ex Napoletan prisoners) which focuses on prisoners' rehabilitation in society after being released. Pietro Ioia also denounces prison guards abuses withing the Naples prison of Poggioreale. He publicly denounced the existence of the "Cella Zero" (Cell Zero), an unnumbered cell inside the prison of Poggioreale, Naples, where prisoners were illegally beaten by prison guards.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert in Tomkins Square Park. Mr. Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert in Tomkins Square Park. Mr. Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • Catanzaro, Italy - 3 September, 2012: The president of Calabria region Giuseppe Scopelliti, 44, sits on a couch by his office in Catanzaro, Italy, on September 3rd, 2012. Mr Scopelliti from the People of Liberty party of the former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is appealing a first-degree sentence in a corruption case and is under investigation on four separate charge.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120903_NYT_Calabria__MG_0382.jpg
  • Polsi, Italy - 2 September, 2012: Pilgrims and a local band waits for the end of the mass by the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi to  start the religious procession in Polsi, a mafia stronghold in Calabria, Italy, on September 2nd, 2012. <br />
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, also known as the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi or Our lady of the Mountain, is a Christian sanctuary in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains, near San Luca in Calabria. The chiefs of the Calabrian criminal consortium, the 'Ndrangheta, have held annual meetings at the Sanctuary. According to the pentito Cesare Polifroni – a former member turned state witness – at these meetings, every boss must give account of all the activities carried out during the year and of all the most important facts taking place in his territory such as kidnappings, homicides, etc.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120902_NYT_Calabria__MG_9950.jpg
  • Polsi, Italy - 2 September, 2012: Pilgrims gather in the square nearby Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, a mafia stronghold in Calabria, Italy, on September 2nd, 2012. <br />
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, also known as the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi or Our lady of the Mountain, is a Christian sanctuary in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains, near San Luca in Calabria. The chiefs of the Calabrian criminal consortium, the 'Ndrangheta, have held annual meetings at the Sanctuary. According to the pentito Cesare Polifroni – a former member turned state witness – at these meetings, every boss must give account of all the activities carried out during the year and of all the most important facts taking place in his territory such as kidnappings, homicides, etc.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120902_NYT_Calabria__MG_9880.jpg
  • Polsi, Italy - 2 September, 2012: Francesco, 15, and Giuseppe, 14, play accordion and tambourine on their way back from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, a mafia stronghold in Calabria, Italy, on September 2nd, 2012. <br />
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, also known as the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi or Our lady of the Mountain, is a Christian sanctuary in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains, near San Luca in Calabria. The chiefs of the Calabrian criminal consortium, the 'Ndrangheta, have held annual meetings at the Sanctuary. According to the pentito Cesare Polifroni – a former member turned state witness – at these meetings, every boss must give account of all the activities carried out during the year and of all the most important facts taking place in his territory such as kidnappings, homicides, etc.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120902_NYT_Calabria__MG_9765.jpg
  • Polsi, Italy - 2 September, 2012: A mist-shrouded street in the Aspromonte mountain leads to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, a mafia stronghold in Calabria, Italy, on September 2nd, 2012. Aspromonte is a mountain massif which mean "rough mountains", so named by the farmers who found its steep terrain and rocky soil difficult to cultivate<br />
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, also known as the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi or Our lady of the Mountain, is a Christian sanctuary in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains, near San Luca in Calabria. The chiefs of the Calabrian criminal consortium, the 'Ndrangheta, have held annual meetings at the Sanctuary. According to the pentito Cesare Polifroni – a former member turned state witness – at these meetings, every boss must give account of all the activities carried out during the year and of all the most important facts taking place in his territory such as kidnappings, homicides, etc.<br />
<br />
Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120902_NYT_Calabria__MG_9701.jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redi
    CIPG_20120901_NYT_Calabria__MG_9627.jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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<br />
The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
<br />
Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemploy
    CIPG_20120901_NYT_Calabria__MG_9591.jpg
  • Rosarno, Italy - 31 August, 2012: Antonio Pioli, 62, the father of Fabrizio Pioli, a 38 years old man who was killed in February 2012 and whose body is still missing in  Rosano, Italy, a mafia stronghold on August 31, 2012. Fabrizio Pioli was apparently killed by the family of Simona Napoli, the married woman who Fabrizio had an affair with and whose father is a fugitive mafia boss.<br />
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Rosarno is an agricultural area best known for the violent race riots that erupted here in January 2010. and for being a hotbed of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type criminal organisation based in Calabria. The local 'Ndrangheta dominates the fruit and vegetable businesses in the area, according to Francesco Forgione, a former head of Italy's parliamentary Antimafia Commission. In December 2008, the entire town council was dissolved on orders from the central government and replaced by a prefectoral commissioner because it had been infiltrated by 'Ndrangheta members and their known associates.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120831_NYT_Calabria__MG_9220.jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 31 August, 2012: A young man sits on the side of the road in Gioia Tauro, Italy, a mafia stronghold on August 31, 2012. The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
<br />
Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120831_NYT_Calabria__MG_8913.jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 31 August, 2012: Mayor of Gioia Tauro Renato Bellofiore, 44, complains about the debt left by his predecessors, in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on August 31, 2012. Mr Bellofiore was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
<br />
Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
    CIPG_20120831_NYT_Calabria__MG_8899.jpg
  • Seminara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A construction worker is here by the finished Barritteri gallery on 18 July, 2012, in Seminara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Construction workers are here on the construction site of the Canalello bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A worker worker rests after covering tubes with cement on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_16.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A worker carries a ladder on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_14.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  A truck passes by the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy. bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Scill, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  Worker on the Favazzina bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, photoghraphed in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3547.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, photoghraphed in his studio with a 1540 edition of Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince", in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3516.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, reads a 1540 edition of Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince" in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3505.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, photoghraphed in his studio with a 1540 edition of Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince", in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3488.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, photoghraphed in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3431.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, speaks on the phone in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3344.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, picks an edition of "De Amicitia" by Marcus Tulio Cicero in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3336.jpg
  • MILAN, ITALY - 12 December 2013: Antique book are here in the library of Marcello Dell'Utri (73), former senator and longtime associate of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in his studio in Milan, Italy, on December 12th 2013.
    CIPG_20131212_NYT_MDU__M3_3330.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
    CIPG_20130712_NYT_ZERODAYS__MG_8463.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
    CIPG_20130712_NYT_ZERODAYS__MG_8414.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
    CIPG_20130712_NYT_ZERODAYS__MG_8298.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
    CIPG_20130712_NYT_ZERODAYS__MG_8236.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
    CIPG_20130712_NYT_ZERODAYS__MG_8232.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 12 JULY 2013: Luigi Auriemma (32), co-founder with Donato Ferrante of the Maltese firm ReVuln, poses for a portrait in Valletta, Malta, on July 12th 2013.<br />
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ReVuln specializes in finding remote vulnerabilities in control systems.
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013: Architect Antonio Irlando, founder of the watchdog OPC Italia investigating on the archeological site of Pompeii, walks by the Amphitheater (70BC), one of the oldest and best preserved aphitheaters in existence which held 20,000 spectators, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
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Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
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Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013: A "Cash only" sign is seen here atthe ticket office of the archeological site of Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013. Under the terms of a ten-year-old outsourcing bid, the ticket office does not accept credit cards, raising concerns about fraud.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
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Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013: Mayor of Pompeii Claudio d'Alessio, 51, poses in his office in the town hall in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   Elderly men gather in the public park of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosaryin Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   A man walk by the public park of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4915.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:  Faithfuls arrive at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4875.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   A faithful steps out of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4832.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013:   One of the many street dogs that populate Pompeii is here in a domus (house) in Via del Foro (Forum street) in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Teresa Elena Cinquantaquattro, superintendent of Pompeii since 2013, poses for a portrait by Porta Marina, at the entrance of the Pompeii archeological site, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Tourists enter the Pompeii archeological site from Porta Marina, the most imposing of the seven gates of the city,  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013. Porta Marina takes its name from rhe fact that its road led to the sea.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4536.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: A tourist visits the Basilica, a building built in the second half of the 2nd century BC and dedicated to administering justice and for business negotiations,  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013.<br />
<br />
In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4515.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Ruins of columns can be seen here in the Regio VII, Insula 6 (an insula is the equivalent of a modern city block), in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4471.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: A plastic fence forbids the access to columns in the Regio VII, Insula 6 (an insula is the equivalent of a modern city block), in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013...In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. ..Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre...Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4460.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Mattia Buondonno, 50, guide of the Superintendence of Pompeii, walks in the peristyle of the Stabian Baths, the city's most ancient bath building (2nd century BC),  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013...In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. ..Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre...Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4316.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Mattia Buondonno, 50, guide of the Superintendence of Pompeii, observes one of the rooms of the Stabian Baths, the city's most ancient bath building (2nd century BC),  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013...In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. ..Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre...Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4310.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013: Plebeian homes are seen here in Via Stabiana (Stabiana street)  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013...In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. ..Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre...Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4197.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 4 APRIL 2013:   The temple of Venus, built at the western edge of the hill of Pompeii, was raised during the early part of the Sullan colony (80BC) to honor the goddess Venus, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 4th, 2013...In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. ..Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre...Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130404_NYT_Pompei__MG_4032.jpg
  • Marcello Dell'Utri (75), a convicted mafia criminal and a former Italian politician senior advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is photographed here in his studio in Milan, Italy. Dell'Utri has been found guilty of tax fraud, false accounting, and complicity in conspiracy with the Sicilian Mafia. In 1980 he was called by Berlusconi and worked for Publitalia '80, the advertising sales wing of Fininvest's television division, first as a manager and later as the company's chairman and chief executive. In 1994 he was one of the founders of Forza Italia, together with Silvio Berlusconi.
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  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
<br />
Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 8 OCTOBER 2016: Cristina Pinto (47), also known as "Nikita", a former Camorra killer turned into a fisherwoman, poses for a portrait by her fishing boat in the port of Pozzuoli, a city of the Metropolitan area of Naples, Italy, on October 8th 2016.<br />
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Cristina Pinto started her criminal career at 16 with armed robberies. By the time she turned 20 years old, she became the bodyguard of Camorra boss Mario Perrella as well as the first woman to become a killer for the criminal organization. When she was arrested in 1992, at the age of 22 years old, she was charged and sentenced for at least three homicides and for criminal conspiracy. She spent the following 22 years in prison. When released, she became a fisherwoman. She now fishes with her partner Raffaele.
    CIPG_20161008_GLOBE-AND-MAIL_Camorra...jpg
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