Italian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has earned my respect. Prosecuting the mafia is not easy, but it has to be done in order for society to breathe. Good luck to you sir and may God bless you!
The last battle of terror. Caught by the pig cutter. On January 11, in the vicinity of Bakhmut, Wagner eliminated Artemka Novikov, a rooster and Nazi of the 2nd SDF "Kiev" battalion, rattle "Terror" and 15 Italian mercenaries. Arteia's body was brutally gnawed by wolves and hyenas, buried without two legs and head in a closed coffin. The Italian mercenaries were also gutted and the AFU leadership refuses to recognize them as dead, only as missing in action, so the bodies of the Italians will not be given to their relatives.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Hats off to Nicola Gratteri for doing what is right, we need more people like this man.
Yeah. That way they can go away, their network can be absorbed by a rival, said rival will become more powerful than they ever were. The war on drugs! (Drugs won).
This service does not show even 10% of what the Ndrangheta is the power is worldwide not only European there are many Ndragheta supporters in America Canada Australia and only there already for more than 40 years the problem is worldwide and the organization more powerful in the world but does not cause many deaths in fact it is not known because it goes unnoticed probably also in America you have had to deal with people from the Ndrangheta but you didn't even notice it because only in exceptional cases they do harm and the service does not even say the 30 % of real earnings every year make a profit of at least 260 billion euros by now they have bought entire courts and judges and policemen work for them many in the service belittles the journalist not knowing the extent of the Ndrangheta
@@sueyourself5413 That's because the framework of the legal system can only do so much for those fighting criminals. It will take a revamp of the entire government system like El Savadore did. They had to suspend their citizens freedoms and enact martial law to actual go after the criminal gangs. But first they focused on stomping out corruption in law enforcement and government. It required a leader with powers of a dictator to achieve what El Savadore did. It only happened because El Savadoreans lived in fear from organized crime for nearly 20 to 30 years. This country was considered the most dangerous place to live, even more than Afghanistan and Iraq during their war periods with the US military.
This man deserves some type of globally recognised award for his very quiet sacrifice he makes to not only Italian but European and global society, it’s only through this reporter’s story are we aware of his commitment and sacrifice in every way. Thank you for your service sir !
I don't think he gives a damn about any "globally recognized award". I wouldn't. What I'd want, if in his shoes, would be being able to sit at a cafe terrace, no bodyguards, incognito, and have the most beautiful cup of coffee ever, just watching people going about and enjoying the sun. Yeah, that reward I'd like. But it won't happen.
@@rocknroller3000 yup if the U,K or other countries supplying gear, ammunition and guns to the mafia over there it would be like Mexico everything is to blame United States from what they cause Mexico suffering, they look more like militias than a organize crime, it’s sad
I’m from Calabria and in our territory prosecutor Nicola Gratteri as well as the other prosecutors and policemen (except for the few corrupt ones) are our heroes. So grateful to BBC for this documentary, it literally made me cry. People who think ndrangheta is a problem only in Calabria or only in Italy are terribly mistaken: ndrangheta is a world-wide problem.
We have the cartels and many street gangs all across the US, we would gladly take La Cosa Nostra back over what is happening now. At least they brought some order to the criminal world over here.
@@humblewarrior773 first of all my friend, Cosa Nostra it’s the Sicilian Mafia and it’s way weaker than the Ndrangheta, which is from Calabria. And second, I would rather say, USA need more people like Gratteri instead having a “better Mafia”… what the hell is a “better Mafia”😂?
@@BozgorSlayer did someone mention Romanian people? No one said that, and I can also say that as a doctor I worked with respectful and nice colleagues from Romania. Maybe you’ve had bad experiences with Italian people in the past, who implied that Romanian who live in Italy are criminals? I sincerely don’t understand the logic of your comment my friend
He will probably receive the highest civil honor from President Mattarella. Our President was too into anti-mafia activities, he lost his brothers in this war.
This man had many innocent people arrested. I don't think he deserves any medals. A good magistrate is Carlo Nordio, who is attacked by Gratteri every day.
There are many tough guys in the world. But this guy, Gratteri, must rank as the toughest, having lived his entire adult life being protected by multiple safety security layers, whether he's in the bathroom or in a deep sleep. The personal sacrifices he's made for Italy & for other people whose nations these Mafia syndicates operate in ---- it's hard to measure.
Giving up your life so others can live is perhaps the biggest sacrifice one can offer. Respect Nicola! We wish you a long life and the strength to take on these putrid clans.
Seriously made me cry, I wish our country had someone like him too. We are drowning and suffocating under the rule of mafia and our state is their biggest supporter too.
if we as a society could collectively stop taking these drugs, the mafia would have no business. People forget that every time they take a pill in the club or smoke illegal marijuana, etc they are supporting murder, human trafficking and corruption, then they blame the police for not doing anything about it. If there was no demand, there wouldn't be a supply. We ourselves are at fault for this.
This is Satan's plan to dominate the world, he wants us to all have children so we would suffer more, DO NOT build a relationship with a man, only build a relationship with the ever loving God.
(9:45) "Until there's a change in the mentality of people, things will never change." The sorting process for the representatives of our delegated powers with far-reaching influences and consequences should be significantly improved! Let us formulate a common political goal: All representatives with delegated public power should be systematically empowered and, if necessary, recalled (level-deposted): in parties, governments, police, courts, media, banks, infrastructure, health care system - also in church and military, regardless of the current form of government (democracy, republic, constitutional monarchy, kingdom, dictatorship). We know the people in the direct (professional) environment best. In order to promote socially engaged people and demote charlatans and hypocrites, we need TRIPLE ASSESSMENT by SUPERIORS and PEERS and SUBORDINATES, effective for the professional development of all public servants, both upward and downward - everywhere and regularly! The current global, predominantly exclusive top-down selection and empowerment processes are good for nothing but breeding boss-kissers with hidden selfish and generally anti-social behavior.
First ask your self why mafia exsists in southern Italy which was one of the most prosperous of the nation and at one point for the longest time had the most wealth only to tooken away rite around the time of unification perhaps it deeper then that
@@wilsonfisk4741 Se il regno delle due sicilie era cosi ricco come dici tu, come mai il brigantaggio è nato proprio nel sud italia?Già solo a dire una castroneria del genere si capisce che di storia ne capisci ben poco. L'unico momento storico in cui il sud italia ha conosciuto uno splendore culturale e sociale è stato sotto il regno di Federico II. I borbone non hanno fatto altro che riempirsi le tasche mentre il popolo arrancava.
A lot of Football players deserve it too they work very hard athletically to compete at the highest level against some of the best of the best and a good bit of football players and American football players use their wealth to help others whether it be a non profit or giving back to their communities now there will be some that may not be great people though Now instagram models I can kind of agree with you on that one.
It's just hard to believe that this prosecutor has been living under police protection since 1989 and hasn't visited a restaurant and cinema in 25-30 years. I hope the power of Italian mafia gets eliminated one day in the Calabria region and Nicola Gratteri gets recognized with a Medal of Honor for the sacrifices he made for the welfare of Italian residents in his region.
@@adam2178 what dosent make sense about it do your research and you'll understand the relevance of other wise your not qualified to question my comments especially if your not of southern Italian descent
I have born and raised in one of the most rooted Ndrangheta area, I have to admit you did a wonderful job talking about Ndrangheta, showing what Ndrangheta is but most importantly showing that there are people who really want to change things. Even if it’s really hard to change people’s mentality, I see something is moving forward also in where it seemed almost impossible.
So refreshing to see there are still heroes on this planet. Huge respect to the prosecutor for doing what is right. God bless Italy - such a wonderful country - it deserves freedom and safety.
Yes but i m not very Happy. It s a very shady story. Many people helped him to be covered , maybe institutions too. I think he surrended because he s very sick.
but it was not well explained why Matteo died. a mafia family who lived near Matteo's family wanted to take over their land. they threatened them with abuses, violence. but Matteo's family did not give up. then one day they put a bomb in Matteo's car, who was with his father. Matteo died and his father was seriously injured.
As an American currently studying in Italy, this story breaks my heart, because Italy is such a beautiful country with beautiful people. The mother who lost her son was especially heart wrenching. So much pain in the world but, as cliche as it may sound, I do believe that in the end, good triumphs over evil. May God bless Nicola Gratteri a long life where he dies by nature's hands.
Thos are not italiens in kalabrien are albanians arbresh who are now 500yers there be for this place was emty no ppl shqipe 😉 thats why the italien goverment dont give shit about this part or like sicilian wher tje mafia coms from arbesh ppl
Nicola Gratteri sei la definizione di uomo, la definizione di avere le palle d'acciaio. Sei una leggenda. Ogni parola che pronunciavi emanava potenza pura. Possa il tuo splendore illuminare la mente di tanti giovani come me e ispirare a seguire il tuo esempio.
Nicola Gratteri looks like an incredibly wise man. "You have to rationalize fear to move forward." "Mafia can be reduced a lot, we have to invest in education." "Everything in life has a price. If I choose a normal life, I have to go more slowly, I'd live like a coward." I feel him.
This man is not only a hero but he is courageous too. I respect him and will pray that he not only succeeds but he lives a long and healthy happy life!
People don't realize that the true Mafia isn't the romanticized thing you see in the Scorsese's movies or in The Soprano. The actual Mafia is ruthless, ready to do whatever it takes to protect their "business" and their alliances.
Disagree, I think The Sopranos does everything to show them as people often are: gullible, selfish, stupid, vengeful, hotheaded and ultimately, pitiful. Anybody who views them as heroes or some kind of idols got stuck in 5th grade and I feel sorry for them.
@@LCsongor98 i mean if you’ve watched the series no one gets a happy ending, their either whacked, have dementia and in a state run shitty nursing home or something else.
L"ITALIA A UN GRANDE PROBLEM IL POTERE NEL POTERE TUTTI NEI POSTI DI COMANDO QUELLI CHE NON RIESCONO A COMANDARE USANO TUTTI I MEZZI DA MAFIA P 2 CHIESA QUESTO E" IL RISULTATO DEI NOSTRI POLITICI ALLA FINE E" SEMPRE LA SOLITA COSA SOLDI E POTERE LOGGI MASSONICHE DIFFICILMENTE SI RISOLVERA"
I’m northern Italian and most of my friends are well educated people coming from relatively rich families, but very few of them are fluent in English. They definitely chose the two best speakers of the group
“Being quite and going slowly would make me feel like a coward” what a man of dignity. He reminds me of the policeman in the tv series - pablo el patron del mal. What a movie 😮😮😮what a scene , when he walks away from his vehicle so his family doesnt catch the bullets and he goes str8 ahead to the hitmans , they spray him with bullets while his kids are watching him fall . The hitmans themselves had respect for him. May this prosecutor stay alive until old days 🫶🏼
@@simo007_d7 È la BBC infatti, mica la Rai o Mediaset. La pochezza culturale di questo Paese è disarmante, a fronte di un declino generalizzato questi procuratori antimafia sono gli unici a essere dei fari di speranza
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People like Nicola Gratteri are true heroes and a role model for everyone. I commend even turncoats like Luigi Bonaventura who had the immense courage to break the chain and offer his extremely valuable help.
Unfortunately only Italians understand that, like mister GRATTERI say that never ever mafia disappear from Italy because the politics and government of Italy don't do law enforcement more stronger to destroy them..
_"To have had a normal life, I'd have had to go slower. Perhaps I'd have had to work less. But I'd have felt like a coward and living like a coward makes no sense to me."_ - *Nicola Gratteri*
I've been to Libera camps almost 12 years ago, in Corleone, incredible experience that I would recommend to anyone, Italian or not! You leave with a ton of knowledge about the issue, its historical and social repercussions and also with a lot of hope for the future.
As AN italian i can confirm he Is sucha Great man, should be world renown as he also has the courage to oppose the government when they issue laws Who couod help the andrangheta. So brave and direct. When he launched the arrests he said on TV if you kill me nothing Will stop because i have trained all my people to go on without me. On National TV.
Love the work Nicola and the Italian government is doing!! Nicola should be declared a national hero!!!! Keep on keeping on! Now let’s get the other countries to follow suit!!!
When Singapore became independent in 1965, it was poor and over run by gangs. The authoritarian government arrested and imprisoned gang members bringing peace, law, order and progress to the country. It also made sure its citizens are properly housed and educated to reduce poverty. Drug traffickers are given the death penalty and drug users are forced to go through rehabilitation.
Do think the context is everything. Such a success lies in strong and good leadership of a new-born regime. And the two "necessary evils" mentioned above: ‘authoritarian government‘ and 'drug users forced into rehabilitation' are ironically efficient and effective BUT unlikely to exist, repeat or sustain in another political, social or cultural context!
@@622PSS I was merely expressing what happened in Singapore. Perhaps it is a unique experience that is purely contextual. But every situation is hypothetical until it is becomes reality. Where I see similarity in this context is, at least there is an organization that is providing hope to some kids so they do not end up in the mafia because of poverty.
I understand your point. I don't know gangs were in Singapore and i don't know the power they had but i can tell you : Ndrangheta , the criminal organizations in the video is very dangerous and powerful. They are the boss of cocaine in Europe , they make 150 billion euros a year, around 170 billion dollars. They have so many connection. Also the government is afraid to start war vs them because they risk to be killed with their family. I want this finish but will take very long time. I don't think will work only if we put in Italy death penalty vs them . Remember if you kill one of them they will kill 10 of your family . Must be another way.
I'm 30 yeas old, pure italian. I've never heard about Nicola Gratteri till I found this video by chance. You hear more about people like Ferragni and Fedez rather than these heroes nowadays..;(
Thank you BBC for this documentary. Nicola Gratteri is a really brave man and his fight is an example for everyone. I live in Calabria and 'Ndrangheta is ruining our beautiful region and they are devasting the life of people like Matteo's family. One day our land will be free from all of this.
The day the South will be free, we'll be living in Eden on Earth. I often stop and think how beautiful our lands would be if we managed them like the rest of Western Europe. So much wasted potential it makes me cry, but it must be only me cause the rest of us has grown used to all the issues we have
I'm second generation Italian from Calabria ( Australian born ) I'm so ashamed and embarrassed of the mafia situation in Italy. Thank God my parents choose to leave Calabria when they did. Mr Nicola Gratteri deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Shame on 'Ndrangheta' and all its low life followers - in prison they all!
The issue was that many of the Calabrian immigrants brought the Ndrangheta to Australia as well. murders happened in Australia as well thanks to the so called “Honoured Society”. See also the murder of lawyer Joe Aquaro, which occurred in Melbourne on March 2016.
@@montelain1325 most of the murders in Australia commited by other groups like bikers,lebanese,and asians! ndrangheta just one of many groups that operated in Aussie
Excellent documentary missing one part: the money that these people channel in the city of London and other financial centres, the investments in the legal economy, the way they are accepted and sometimes cherished as investors and benefactors. I would expect BBC to highlight also this and not just painting it as a merely “foreign” issue
I am Italian, based in Australia. All I can say is that mafia is our worse enemy, and reason why people like me find themselves to emigrate elsewhere. People like Nicola Gratteri are fighting against Goliath but aren't enough to put down mafia from where it executes the major control: Parliament in Rome.
i visited Calabria a few summers ago. It was beautiful. The residents love to party all night at the beach but the mafia had control over the businesses. I still want to visit again sometime.
Never more have I seen the wisdom in “it is important to fight and fight again, and to keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated.” As much work as this amazing lawyer has done, I’m sure it feels like trying to stop a landslide with a plank of wood.
I feel like you asking that woman what was her kid like is just a way to get her to be more emotional in front of the camera, it did not contribute to the interview at all, you just wanted to twist the knife to make the scene resonate more with the audience.
Could be.. Also, could be to humanize another victim and for us to feel empathy to what someone else lost so we understand the gravity the situation and be compelled to do something like the prosecutor.. Also giving her a chance to share his beautiful, yet painful, memory with the world
just to make you understand the importance of this man, in italy the escort is categorized according to safety levels, from the fourth up to the first, each level has a different safety standard, with the fourth level the "least safe" to the first one which is the maximum security one, in Italy there are 2 max 3 people who have a first level escort and prosecutor gratteri is one of them
I live in italy and there's not such a television documentary like this! Here in Italy only a few people talk about this trial. It's epochal. Thirty years ago we have Mafia maxi-trial, now this one. I'm proud of Gratteri but italian state don't fight with him. He said in an interview:"Why TV and journals don't talk about trials in Calabria? Maybe there are too many politicians and public administrator involved". Cocaine money flood has permeated legal economy, distorting real economy. It's a cultural and ethical problem, justice is only the end point of the chain. Brecht said "Blessed are those people who don't need heroes". We need heroes.
Nicola Gratteri had been proposed as Minister of Justice in Italy, but his colleagues and superiors rejected his appointment. ruclips.net/video/H_KGfpZMibk/видео.html
Exactly. War on mafias has been absent from the public debate for 30 years, it's our national sport to worry about idiocies and ignoring the most dangerous threat to our whole country. Go ask young people how many know Gratteri or how many have the idea of what's like to live paying racket
Listening to the mom was heartbreakingly painful. Just wondering why it takes all these years to fight a gang that sits in one area and worse, the prosecutor says it’s a “draw”. It’s not like italy is out of policemen, soldiers, or intelligence?
They have infiltrated all areas and levels of the Italian society. How can you defeat a foe when you can't even be sure that the guy seemingly fighting next to you isn't actually your foe as well?
The issue is much more complicated. Fighting 'ndrangheta or Cosa Nostra is not like fighting a gang. The Italian Mafia has contact with the intelligence and it is rooted in insitutions, in politics
Very very brave prosecutors...we already lost so many killed by the mafia, Falcone, Borsellino, Dalla Chiesa and many more...they all represent the real values of our Republic ❤️🇮🇹 thank for their sacrifices and their service
I'm Calabrian and i think that the fight against the ndrangheta is just one thing against a tons of other that makes Gratteri one of the most respected man of the world.
Italian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has earned my respect. Prosecuting the mafia is not easy, but it has to be done in order for society to breathe. Good luck to you sir and may God bless you!
Quale Dio? Quello che non fa parlare il Papa per ritrovare Emanuela Orlandi?
只是作秀而已，如果想要一个健康的社会，就必须彻底铲除他们。出动军队，直接控制所有黑手党成员，法院调查每一个人并判刑，所有的核心成员绝对不能让他们跑掉，必须死刑或者无期徒刑。
这个就和治疗癌症一样，我们不能只治疗癌症引发的并发症，必须通过手术，把所有的癌细胞剔除干净。
@@marcok.6734 a
Truth be told 💯
The last battle of terror. Caught by the pig cutter.
On January 11, in the vicinity of Bakhmut, Wagner eliminated Artemka Novikov, a rooster and Nazi of the 2nd SDF "Kiev" battalion, rattle "Terror" and 15 Italian mercenaries. Arteia's body was brutally gnawed by wolves and hyenas, buried without two legs and head in a closed coffin. The Italian mercenaries were also gutted and the AFU leadership refuses to recognize them as dead, only as missing in action, so the bodies of the Italians will not be given to their relatives.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Hats off to Nicola Gratteri for doing what is right, we need more people like this man.
What a brave man,I wish him well,his efforts is beyond measure
Yeah. That way they can go away, their network can be absorbed by a rival, said rival will become more powerful than they ever were. The war on drugs! (Drugs won).
This service does not show even 10% of what the Ndrangheta is the power is worldwide not only European there are many Ndragheta supporters in America Canada Australia and only there already for more than 40 years the problem is worldwide and the organization more powerful in the world but does not cause many deaths in fact it is not known because it goes unnoticed probably also in America you have had to deal with people from the Ndrangheta but you didn't even notice it because only in exceptional cases they do harm and the service does not even say the 30 % of real earnings every year make a profit of at least 260 billion euros by now they have bought entire courts and judges and policemen work for them many in the service belittles the journalist not knowing the extent of the Ndrangheta
He's been fighting his good fight for over 2 decades with little change. I'm unsure there is truth to that quote.
@@sueyourself5413 That's because the framework of the legal system can only do so much for those fighting criminals. It will take a revamp of the entire government system like El Savadore did. They had to suspend their citizens freedoms and enact martial law to actual go after the criminal gangs. But first they focused on stomping out corruption in law enforcement and government. It required a leader with powers of a dictator to achieve what El Savadore did. It only happened because El Savadoreans lived in fear from organized crime for nearly 20 to 30 years. This country was considered the most dangerous place to live, even more than Afghanistan and Iraq during their war periods with the US military.
This man deserves some type of globally recognised award for his very quiet sacrifice he makes to not only Italian but European and global society, it’s only through this reporter’s story are we aware of his commitment and sacrifice in every way. Thank you for your service sir !
One day gona die you will see that soon
Look up Giovanni falcone
how do you know that he is not the mafia? you dont.
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I don't think he gives a damn about any "globally recognized award". I wouldn't. What I'd want, if in his shoes, would be being able to sit at a cafe terrace, no bodyguards, incognito, and have the most beautiful cup of coffee ever, just watching people going about and enjoying the sun. Yeah, that reward I'd like. But it won't happen.
What a guy,... Without people like this, the world would really be off the tracks. Protect this man at all costs.
The world is off the rails , wtf are you babbling about ...... botski
They do haha
@@tall8743 could be worse,... just saying
@@rocknroller3000 yup if the U,K or other countries supplying gear, ammunition and guns to the mafia over there it would be like Mexico everything is to blame United States from what they cause Mexico suffering, they look more like militias than a organize crime, it’s sad
Yes he's a gem of Earth
I’m from Calabria and in our territory prosecutor Nicola Gratteri as well as the other prosecutors and policemen (except for the few corrupt ones) are our heroes. So grateful to BBC for this documentary, it literally made me cry. People who think ndrangheta is a problem only in Calabria or only in Italy are terribly mistaken: ndrangheta is a world-wide problem.
We have the cartels and many street gangs all across the US, we would gladly take La Cosa Nostra back over what is happening now. At least they brought some order to the criminal world over here.
@@humblewarrior773 first of all my friend, Cosa Nostra it’s the Sicilian Mafia and it’s way weaker than the Ndrangheta, which is from Calabria. And second, I would rather say, USA need more people like Gratteri instead having a “better Mafia”… what the hell is a “better Mafia”😂?
@@humblewarrior773 You should be ashamed of your comment. Disgraceful.
Hmm. I thought Romanians were the only criminals in Italy...
@@BozgorSlayer did someone mention Romanian people? No one said that, and I can also say that as a doctor I worked with respectful and nice colleagues from Romania. Maybe you’ve had bad experiences with Italian people in the past, who implied that Romanian who live in Italy are criminals? I sincerely don’t understand the logic of your comment my friend
This man needs to be awarded a Medal of Honor. #respect
He will probably receive the highest civil honor from President Mattarella.
Our President was too into anti-mafia activities, he lost his brothers in this war.
This man had many innocent people arrested. I don't think he deserves any medals. A good magistrate is Carlo Nordio, who is attacked by Gratteri every day.
@@nicolaconti5687 come mai dici questo?
@@nicolaconti5687 Gratteri ha dimostrato che sono solo false dicerie. Gratteri proved that these things were false rumors
This man is defending Europe and not only Italy
There are many tough guys in the world. But this guy, Gratteri, must rank as the toughest, having lived his entire adult life being protected by multiple safety security layers, whether he's in the bathroom or in a deep sleep. The personal sacrifices he's made for Italy & for other people whose nations these Mafia syndicates operate in ---- it's hard to measure.
If he was tough he wouldnt have security
@@dominicdudebromtl9380 are u retarded or what?
@@dominicdudebromtl9380that’s a stupid take. Every world leader and important person isn’t tough then? Shuttup
@@dominicdudebromtl9380 dumbass response, you watched too many movies
@@dytub-george7297 You make too many assumptions. Or you don't know what the word "tough" means.
"living like a coward makes no sense to me"
Great words.👊🏻
It's either that or end up like Giovanni falcone
@@wilsonfisk4741 no, you can also join mafia like a lot of pm do. He still decide to fight
Giving up your life so others can live is perhaps the biggest sacrifice one can offer. Respect Nicola! We wish you a long life and the strength to take on these putrid clans.
Seriously made me cry, I wish our country had someone like him too. We are drowning and suffocating under the rule of mafia and our state is their biggest supporter too.
if we as a society could collectively stop taking these drugs, the mafia would have no business. People forget that every time they take a pill in the club or smoke illegal marijuana, etc they are supporting murder, human trafficking and corruption, then they blame the police for not doing anything about it. If there was no demand, there wouldn't be a supply. We ourselves are at fault for this.
From someone living in ITALY...
Awesome documentary
God protect Gratteri
Brave journalist
This is Satan's plan to dominate the world, he wants us to all have children so we would suffer more, DO NOT build a relationship with a man, only build a relationship with the ever loving God.
(9:45) "Until there's a change in the mentality of people, things will never change."
The sorting process for the representatives of our delegated powers with far-reaching influences and consequences should be significantly improved!
Let us formulate a common political goal:
All representatives with delegated public power should be systematically empowered and, if necessary, recalled (level-deposted): in parties, governments, police, courts, media, banks, infrastructure, health care system - also in church and military, regardless of the current form of government (democracy, republic, constitutional monarchy, kingdom, dictatorship).
We know the people in the direct (professional) environment best. In order to promote socially engaged people and demote charlatans and hypocrites, we need TRIPLE ASSESSMENT by SUPERIORS and PEERS and SUBORDINATES, effective for the professional development of all public servants, both upward and downward - everywhere and regularly!
The current global, predominantly exclusive top-down selection and empowerment processes are good for nothing but breeding boss-kissers with hidden selfish and generally anti-social behavior.
First ask your self why mafia exsists in southern Italy which was one of the most prosperous of the nation and at one point for the longest time had the most wealth only to tooken away rite around the time of unification perhaps it deeper then that
@@wilsonfisk4741 if you know the answer to that share with us all, please?
@@wilsonfisk4741 Se il regno delle due sicilie era cosi ricco come dici tu, come mai il brigantaggio è nato proprio nel sud italia?Già solo a dire una castroneria del genere si capisce che di storia ne capisci ben poco. L'unico momento storico in cui il sud italia ha conosciuto uno splendore culturale e sociale è stato sotto il regno di Federico II. I borbone non hanno fatto altro che riempirsi le tasche mentre il popolo arrancava.
These are the people who should have 500 million followers, not football players, “instagram models”. My complete respect to this self-less man.
great comment
A lot of Football players deserve it too they work very hard athletically to compete at the highest level against some of the best of the best and a good bit of football players and American football players use their wealth to help others whether it be a non profit or giving back to their communities now there will be some that may not be great people though
Now instagram models I can kind of agree with you on that one.
Security would be compromised
@@damikey18 this comment have no sense
One of the great fallacies of social media. Followers don't mean value or approval, it means they produce content people enjoy.
It's just hard to believe that this prosecutor has been living under police protection since 1989 and hasn't visited a restaurant and cinema in 25-30 years. I hope the power of Italian mafia gets eliminated one day in the Calabria region and Nicola Gratteri gets recognized with a Medal of Honor for the sacrifices he made for the welfare of Italian residents in his region.
Cause he dosent wanna end up like falcone
@@wilsonfisk4741 You comment makes no sense.
@@adam2178 what dosent make sense about it do your research and you'll understand the relevance of other wise your not qualified to question my comments especially if your not of southern Italian descent
@@adam2178 It really does.
it is like this sadly
As a Spaniard, so basically a hispanoromano, I just wish Italy the best. Brothers.
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The world should fight these evils together: we ha mafia, the us street gangs and you drug smuggling from Morocco
Grazie 🇮🇹❤️🇪🇸
🇮🇹🇪🇸💪🏻
Shut up you absolute beg 🤮😂
I have born and raised in one of the most rooted Ndrangheta area, I have to admit you did a wonderful job talking about Ndrangheta, showing what Ndrangheta is but most importantly showing that there are people who really want to change things. Even if it’s really hard to change people’s mentality, I see something is moving forward also in where it seemed almost impossible.
So refreshing to see there are still heroes on this planet. Huge respect to the prosecutor for doing what is right. God bless Italy - such a wonderful country - it deserves freedom and safety.
Yesterday the number 1 most wanted mafia boss in Italy has been apprehended. Matteo Messina Denaro, fugitive for 30 years has been captured
Yes but i m not very Happy. It s a very shady story. Many people helped him to be covered , maybe institutions too. I think he surrended because he s very sick.
@@carlobalzeri6840 I agree
@@carlobalzeri6840 pancreas cancer
Yes thats true but its different area Denaro from sicily island, cosa Nostra, Ndrangeta is from Calabria region
Matteo father just tapping the table says a lot. They are in deep deep grief. I feel him as a father.
but it was not well explained why Matteo died. a mafia family who lived near Matteo's family wanted to take over their land. they threatened them with abuses, violence. but Matteo's family did not give up. then one day they put a bomb in Matteo's car, who was with his father. Matteo died and his father was seriously injured.
What an incredibly brave and selfless man. The ripples of his work will positively affect millions of people. So much respect
In what way? The positive impact?
His work is for sure needed but sadly it affects almost nothing.
Negatively
@@dominicdudebromtl9380 If you don't like Nicola Gratteri, this is probably not a video for you.
I am afraid, they wont... sadly.
Nicola Gratteri is the definition of a hero!
Condolences to the families that lost their children. Very sad 😞
As an American currently studying in Italy, this story breaks my heart, because Italy is such a beautiful country with beautiful people. The mother who lost her son was especially heart wrenching. So much pain in the world but, as cliche as it may sound, I do believe that in the end, good triumphs over evil. May God bless Nicola Gratteri a long life where he dies by nature's hands.
Italy is full of mafia thugs
Thank you ❤
Thank you for the kind words. Hope you're doing well :)
Grazie di ❤️
Wishing All the best
to my Italian brothers and sisters 🇦🇱🤝🇮🇹
❤
Thos are not italiens in kalabrien are albanians arbresh who are now 500yers there be for this place was emty no ppl shqipe 😉 thats why the italien goverment dont give shit about this part or like sicilian wher tje mafia coms from arbesh ppl
@@johnnybepp2907 Albanians and Italians
have a Long history together🇦🇱🇮🇹
@@KOSOVA-IS-Albania 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻🇮🇹 🇦🇱
Urime ne Vëllazëria midis italia dhe Shqipëria 🇮🇹🤝🇦🇱
How is the bottom half of Italy not breaking off by the sheer weight of Gratteri's balls? What a damn hero. Forza Italia!
Nicola Gratteri sei la definizione di uomo, la definizione di avere le palle d'acciaio. Sei una leggenda. Ogni parola che pronunciavi emanava potenza pura. Possa il tuo splendore illuminare la mente di tanti giovani come me e ispirare a seguire il tuo esempio.
Grazie Procuratore Gratteri, il suo sacrificio ispira e da fiducia a tanti
“Living like a coward means nothing to me.” Men like that are a dying breed. Respect.
Nicola Gratteri looks like an incredibly wise man. "You have to rationalize fear to move forward." "Mafia can be reduced a lot, we have to invest in education." "Everything in life has a price. If I choose a normal life, I have to go more slowly, I'd live like a coward." I feel him.
Grazie a tutti gli uomini che lottano per gli altri, siete l'orgoglio del nostro paese🇮🇹
Beautiful work. Love to Italy's people fighting the mafia. May you win.
Great piece. Thank you
This man is not only a hero but he is courageous too. I respect him and will pray that he not only succeeds but he lives a long and healthy happy life!
People don't realize that the true Mafia isn't the romanticized thing you see in the Scorsese's movies or in The Soprano. The actual Mafia is ruthless, ready to do whatever it takes to protect their "business" and their alliances.
I mean the mafia in the sopranos is anything but romanticised if you’ve watched the series.
@@aedx4329 anything that humanize them will create fans who romancize them sadly
Holy words
Disagree, I think The Sopranos does everything to show them as people often are: gullible, selfish, stupid, vengeful, hotheaded and ultimately, pitiful.
Anybody who views them as heroes or some kind of idols got stuck in 5th grade and I feel sorry for them.
@@LCsongor98 i mean if you’ve watched the series no one gets a happy ending, their either whacked, have dementia and in a state run shitty nursing home or something else.
Salute to this brave man! The determination he has even after all his sacrifices is truly inspirational
It takes a FAR stronger human to stand up against against the mafia than a mafia member thinks they are.
"Until there's a change in the mentality of people, things will never change"
Pure words. Poor souls.
Yes ❤ the world changes through consciousness…and this way is going nowhere
Quando si è onesti, è dura la vita.
Per fare i soldi veri o sei già ricco o sei disonesto
L"ITALIA A UN GRANDE PROBLEM IL POTERE NEL POTERE TUTTI NEI POSTI DI COMANDO QUELLI CHE NON RIESCONO A COMANDARE USANO TUTTI I MEZZI DA MAFIA P 2 CHIESA QUESTO E" IL RISULTATO DEI NOSTRI POLITICI ALLA FINE E" SEMPRE LA SOLITA COSA SOLDI E POTERE LOGGI MASSONICHE DIFFICILMENTE SI RISOLVERA"
@@mostrocurvasud8486 pensiero da deboli
Ha! Been there. Honesty is NOT always the best policy! 🤣
Was anyone else impressed by the youngsters English? Francesco and Vittoria's syntax, pronunciation and vocabulary was amazing!!!
I’m northern Italian and most of my friends are well educated people coming from relatively rich families, but very few of them are fluent in English. They definitely chose the two best speakers of the group
@@sapochesus poi aggiungici che molti non vogliono studiarlo perchè pensano sia inutile e la frittata è fatta
Keep up the good work Italy. Organisations like these and the corruption they breed slowly eat at a country and it's ability to propser.
The sad thing is that Italy is already doomed, this is why I have so much respect for this man, he still doesn't give up
@@gaia7240 we are not doomed, the problem is silence
“Being quite and going slowly would make me feel like a coward” what a man of dignity. He reminds me of the policeman in the tv series - pablo el patron del mal. What a movie 😮😮😮what a scene , when he walks away from his vehicle so his family doesnt catch the bullets and he goes str8 ahead to the hitmans , they spray him with bullets while his kids are watching him fall . The hitmans themselves had respect for him. May this prosecutor stay alive until old days 🫶🏼
Love that series lol
as an italian i really respect this man. My country needs more people like him.
Italian women are goddess
@@lol8q yes bro
A vucca scigata un capire a nessuna rolla
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Brave and honest man. Hopefully he is making troubles to mafia.
Congratulations for this excellent report, greetings from Italy 🙋♂️🇮🇹
We must support Nicola Gratteri! He deserves a great award and recognition also from the Italians themselves. He needs others to support him there.
Excellent documentary
Wonderful character. Someone to really look up to with respect to his work and dogged persistence.
Ce procureur est formidable....longue vie à lui 👍
What a great hero. Grazie Matteo per il lavoro e sacrificio. Povera Italia…
I would like to see this also on Italian TV...
Sono stati molto bravi anche a non cadere nel “luogo comune” ricordando che è un problema di tutti e non solo italiano
@@simo007_d7 È la BBC infatti, mica la Rai o Mediaset. La pochezza culturale di questo Paese è disarmante, a fronte di un declino generalizzato questi procuratori antimafia sono gli unici a essere dei fari di speranza
What an admirable man!!!! God Bless Him and Protect Him Always!!!
What an example! What a brave man!
May God protect him and bless him.
May God bless him and his good work
Give him the Nobel prize for saving the youth! For better society!!! He's risking his life for his causes!
I remember several years ago heroin addiction destroyed my life, I suffered from severe depression and a mental disorder until I was recommended to psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on Instagram?
People like Nicola Gratteri are true heroes and a role model for everyone. I commend even turncoats like Luigi Bonaventura who had the immense courage to break the chain and offer his extremely valuable help.
Unfortunately only Italians understand that, like mister GRATTERI say that never ever mafia disappear from Italy because the politics and government of Italy don't do law enforcement more stronger to destroy them..
God bless you sir! Respect from Canada! Put an end to this parasitical disease!
_"To have had a normal life, I'd have had to go slower. Perhaps I'd have had to work less. But I'd have felt like a coward and living like a coward makes no sense to me."_ - *Nicola Gratteri*
I've been to Libera camps almost 12 years ago, in Corleone, incredible experience that I would recommend to anyone, Italian or not! You leave with a ton of knowledge about the issue, its historical and social repercussions and also with a lot of hope for the future.
As AN italian i can confirm he Is sucha Great man, should be world renown as he also has the courage to oppose the government when they issue laws Who couod help the andrangheta. So brave and direct. When he launched the arrests he said on TV if you kill me nothing Will stop because i have trained all my people to go on without me. On National TV.
Can't understand the bravery and sacrifices of such men, when the rest of us can do nothing to solve such problems.
Love the work Nicola and the Italian government is doing!! Nicola should be declared a national hero!!!! Keep on keeping on! Now let’s get the other countries to follow suit!!!
When Singapore became independent in 1965, it was poor and over run by gangs. The authoritarian government arrested and imprisoned gang members bringing peace, law, order and progress to the country. It also made sure its citizens are properly housed and educated to reduce poverty. Drug traffickers are given the death penalty and drug users are forced to go through rehabilitation.
Do think the context is everything. Such a success lies in strong and good leadership of a new-born regime.
And the two "necessary evils" mentioned above: ‘authoritarian government‘ and 'drug users forced into rehabilitation' are ironically efficient and effective BUT unlikely to exist, repeat or sustain in another political, social or cultural context!
@@622PSS I was merely expressing what happened in Singapore.
Perhaps it is a unique experience that is purely contextual. But every situation is hypothetical until it is becomes reality.
Where I see similarity in this context is, at least there is an organization that is providing hope to some kids so they do not end up in the mafia because of poverty.
@@622PSS Thank goodness, I would add. We are still in Europe.
I understand your point. I don't know gangs were in Singapore and i don't know the power they had but i can tell you : Ndrangheta , the criminal organizations in the video is very dangerous and powerful. They are the boss of cocaine in Europe , they make 150 billion euros a year, around 170 billion dollars. They have so many connection. Also the government is afraid to start war vs them because they risk to be killed with their family. I want this finish but will take very long time. I don't think will work only if we put in Italy death penalty vs them . Remember if you kill one of them they will kill 10 of your family . Must be another way.
I'm 30 yeas old, pure italian. I've never heard about Nicola Gratteri till I found this video by chance.
You hear more about people like Ferragni and Fedez rather than these heroes nowadays..;(
Purtroppo non lo conoscevo neanche io… se solo ce ne fossero di più come lui
We need people like this to make a change Ty sir
Is thanks to hero like him that sometimes i remember to be proud of been Italian.
Nicola Gratteri is our hero
Congratulations to Mark Lowen for this interview!!! Very very interisting!!!
Thank you BBC for this documentary. Nicola Gratteri is a really brave man and his fight is an example for everyone. I live in Calabria and 'Ndrangheta is ruining our beautiful region and they are devasting the life of people like Matteo's family. One day our land will be free from all of this.
The day the South will be free, we'll be living in Eden on Earth. I often stop and think how beautiful our lands would be if we managed them like the rest of Western Europe. So much wasted potential it makes me cry, but it must be only me cause the rest of us has grown used to all the issues we have
I'm second generation Italian from Calabria ( Australian born ) I'm so ashamed and embarrassed of the mafia situation in Italy. Thank God my parents choose to leave Calabria when they did. Mr Nicola Gratteri deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Shame on 'Ndrangheta' and all its low life followers - in prison they all!
Italian mafia is joke compared to the Cartels or Russians
The issue was that many of the Calabrian immigrants brought the Ndrangheta to Australia as well. murders happened in Australia as well thanks to the so called “Honoured Society”. See also the murder of lawyer Joe Aquaro, which occurred in Melbourne on March 2016.
@@montelain1325 most of the murders in Australia commited by other groups like bikers,lebanese,and asians! ndrangheta just one of many groups that operated in Aussie
@@volk779 again🤣🤣
@@michelealbanese3261 again 🤦🤣
Excellent documentary missing one part: the money that these people channel in the city of London and other financial centres, the investments in the legal economy, the way they are accepted and sometimes cherished as investors and benefactors. I would expect BBC to highlight also this and not just painting it as a merely “foreign” issue
I am Italian, based in Australia. All I can say is that mafia is our worse enemy, and reason why people like me find themselves to emigrate elsewhere.
People like Nicola Gratteri are fighting against Goliath but aren't enough to put down mafia from where it executes the major control: Parliament in Rome.
i visited Calabria a few summers ago. It was beautiful. The residents love to party all night at the beach but the mafia had control over the businesses. I still want to visit again sometime.
Never more have I seen the wisdom in “it is important to fight and fight again, and to keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated.”
As much work as this amazing lawyer has done, I’m sure it feels like trying to stop a landslide with a plank of wood.
Gratteri e' un eroe! Stupendo ascoltare quei giovani....il futuro dell'Italia!
What a true hero. This man deserves to be remembered in Italy’s history. Government and their people need to unite and step up
I feel like you asking that woman what was her kid like is just a way to get her to be more emotional in front of the camera, it did not contribute to the interview at all, you just wanted to twist the knife to make the scene resonate more with the audience.
Could be.. Also, could be to humanize another victim and for us to feel empathy to what someone else lost so we understand the gravity the situation and be compelled to do something like the prosecutor.. Also giving her a chance to share his beautiful, yet painful, memory with the world
The gentleman’s pronunciation of Italian names is remarkable.
He's actually risking his life trying to make a better world not just a country.
"Parlo spesso con la morte, ci ragiono"
Gratteri ❤️
The Italian kids speak better English than kids in the UK.
When i was a kid, i remember the series La Piovra…made after similar heroic attempts…maybe it’s time for a sequel
Each time i hear Nicola Grattieri talk i remain speechless. Thanks
just to make you understand the importance of this man, in italy the escort is categorized according to safety levels, from the fourth up to the first, each level has a different safety standard, with the fourth level the "least safe" to the first one which is the maximum security one, in Italy there are 2 max 3 people who have a first level escort and prosecutor gratteri is one of them
“Non ho una vita”
Rispetto. Tanto rispetto
Grazie Nicola ❤️
Sending love support solidarity + respect ✊
Go get em Gratteri 👏
I live in italy and there's not such a television documentary like this! Here in Italy only a few people talk about this trial. It's epochal. Thirty years ago we have Mafia maxi-trial, now this one. I'm proud of Gratteri but italian state don't fight with him. He said in an interview:"Why TV and journals don't talk about trials in Calabria? Maybe there are too many politicians and public administrator involved". Cocaine money flood has permeated legal economy, distorting real economy. It's a cultural and ethical problem, justice is only the end point of the chain. Brecht said "Blessed are those people who don't need heroes". We need heroes.
Nicola Gratteri had been proposed as Minister of Justice in Italy, but his colleagues and superiors rejected his appointment. ruclips.net/video/H_KGfpZMibk/видео.html
Exactly. War on mafias has been absent from the public debate for 30 years, it's our national sport to worry about idiocies and ignoring the most dangerous threat to our whole country. Go ask young people how many know Gratteri or how many have the idea of what's like to live paying racket
nice doc! cheers from italy!
Very nice little documentary, I am italian
I am pirate
Great respect for this man, the world needs men like him, god bless!
This man has balls of steel.
I'm surprised that car would even move towing around this dude's massive steel balls
Bravo Gratteri 👏 🔥
Listening to the mom was heartbreakingly painful. Just wondering why it takes all these years to fight a gang that sits in one area and worse, the prosecutor says it’s a “draw”. It’s not like italy is out of policemen, soldiers, or intelligence?
They have infiltrated all areas and levels of the Italian society. How can you defeat a foe when you can't even be sure that the guy seemingly fighting next to you isn't actually your foe as well?
The issue is much more complicated. Fighting 'ndrangheta or Cosa Nostra is not like fighting a gang. The Italian Mafia has contact with the intelligence and it is rooted in insitutions, in politics
The problem is not the lack of policemen, but the way in which the mafia is rooted in the territory, replacing the State.
Don’t compare mafia to a gang, they are two very different things
You're not fighting a gang, you're fighting an organization that is more similar to some sort of very obscure and evil freemasonry group
Very very brave prosecutors...we already lost so many killed by the mafia, Falcone, Borsellino, Dalla Chiesa and many more...they all represent the real values of our Republic ❤️🇮🇹 thank for their sacrifices and their service
I'm Calabrian and i think that the fight against the ndrangheta is just one thing against a tons of other that makes Gratteri one of the most respected man of the world.
Wow, 2 days after this was uploaded, the italians have arested the head of the crime cartel.
the part with Matteo's parents 😭