| Summary: | Once a member of the Sicilian Mafia has been initiated by having the image of a saint branded on his palm and mingled his blood with that of his Godfather, there is no going back. He is a Mafioso for life, and any breach of I'omerta, the law of silence on Mafia matters, is punishable by death. When Claudio Samperi, for years a mafia boss in Catania, defected to the police, the Mafia put up a reward of half a million Euros for his head. But Samperi managed to escape via a crime witness protection program. In this video he provides a unique insider account of life in the Mafia. It;s a story of blackmail, murder and drug dealing; but also of the wives and mistresses of the Mafia bosses, and of the luxuries that life as a man of honor in Catania afforded Samperi. He also provides startling revelations about cooperation between the Mafia and members of the upper echelons of Italian professional society.
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