How the Mafia Took Control of Italian Food

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2022
  • Italy's feared Mafia has moved into a new area, and it's worth billions of dollars. A VICE News Tonight investigation has found the group's tentacles are deep into Italy's food production, from field to fork. But one thing hasn't changed: the criminal group has shown it is still prepared to kill to defend its interests.
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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  Год назад +15

    WATCH NEXT: Inside the Mafia’s Fight for Land In Italy - ruclips.net/video/Amb4PWe6EjU/видео.html

    • @techcafe0
      @techcafe0 5 месяцев назад +2

      doh! video is geo-blocked in Canada :{

    • @carlopapa8498
      @carlopapa8498 5 месяцев назад

      no video?

    • @alexandremesquita2475
      @alexandremesquita2475 4 месяца назад

      Video geo-blocked in Portugal

    • @wadi5145
      @wadi5145 4 месяца назад

      ​@@alexandremesquita2475the mafia did it

    • @wadi5145
      @wadi5145 4 месяца назад

      ​@@techcafe0Trudeau 😂👍🏾

  • @SuperTommox
    @SuperTommox Год назад +1038

    As an italian, i can say this was really well made.
    This video truly shows how disgusting and damaging the mafia is.

    • @Othurin
      @Othurin Год назад +27

      Remember your world war 2 era leader had almost eradicated the sicilian mafia when the americans restored them to power

    • @antoniousai1989
      @antoniousai1989 Год назад

      @@Othurin It's fascist propaganda bullshit. They did not really defeat Mafia, they just replaced them with complacent local leaders that were linked to the fascist members.

    • @ejajafrozarb
      @ejajafrozarb Год назад +79

      @@Othurin they hadn't eradicated it, they had replaced it with an equally violent power that eroded the trust of Sicilians in the state

    • @Othurin
      @Othurin Год назад +11

      @@ejajafrozarb Fact remains that most cosa nostra leaders were incarcerated or killed until they were liberated by US forces during the invasion. That the state was *violent* is beside the point, you have to be violent to fight a degenerate criminal syndicate. They weren't peddling drugs and protection rackets &c in the same way.

    • @Othurin
      @Othurin Год назад +9

      @@antoniousai1989 SO they did defeat them. And then replaced them with... govt loyal leadership that didn't peddle drugs or extortionism.
      PS: I know that while they went hard against the CN I also know that they were largely motivated by personal feud between leaders, and the camorra and n'drangheta were not targeted at all in the same way as the CN. The camorra were rather embraced as useful

  • @ArchitectGG
    @ArchitectGG 3 месяца назад +335

    It's actually despicable from a journalistic perspective that someone asked for their face not to be shown and yet you can see his face plain as day.

    • @adamfrbs9259
      @adamfrbs9259 3 месяца назад +10

      Lol, ya they're the bad guys here. Lol

    • @Open3Eyes
      @Open3Eyes 3 месяца назад +10

      See : Vice declares Bankruptcy

    • @adamfrbs9259
      @adamfrbs9259 3 месяца назад

      @@nonamepainter touché, but they're only whining about the 1.

    • @corlettw
      @corlettw 3 месяца назад +21

      I was thinking this too. When I see this, I think the subject is either not in as much danger as they proclaim, or they agreed to it, but this is neither. Despicable is the perfect word.
      I also wasn't impressed with his interview style. It was clearly apparent that he understood very little of the interviewees.

    • @rather_be_a_cat
      @rather_be_a_cat 2 месяца назад +1

      The whole Vice network has become despicable. According to Vice if you don't agree that 50 year old men should be allowed to undress in front of, and watch the undressing of 13 year old girls then it is you who has a problem and needs to change your view point.

  • @jclaxton78
    @jclaxton78 Год назад +1201

    Please do an investigation on the US Pharmaceutical cartel.

    • @jclaxton78
      @jclaxton78 Год назад +43

      @AppleScab (Venturia inaequalis
      ) yeah I know they won't, they're all in bed together

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Год назад +1

      You mean the Sacklers? It's been covered to death.

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer Год назад +23

      @@dustyoldhat
      They're only one aspect.
      People die b/c they can't afford medicine that's 8 to ten times cheaper in other countries.

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Год назад +1

      @@grmpEqweer then the "US Pharmaceutical cartel" you'll want to "investigate" is the Republican party

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer Год назад

      @@dustyoldhat
      No. But they've bought influence on both sides of the aisle.
      ...The actual people in office aren't the real center of power anymore. It's the big donors who decide where our country is going.

  • @jjones9822
    @jjones9822 Год назад +338

    The farmer who speaks on camera, the journalist under police protection, these are brave men. These are men with strong wills. Nothing but respect. I wish more men in America and even abroad would stand for what they believe in.

    • @OneAdam12Adam
      @OneAdam12Adam Год назад +3

      Amen

    • @jackdahl5082
      @jackdahl5082 Год назад +2

      Lots of us still do

    • @jaynem9896
      @jaynem9896 Год назад +11

      "I wish more people in America and even abroad would stand for what they believe in." There, fixed it for you.

    • @YetiTurmoil
      @YetiTurmoil 4 месяца назад

      What makes you think American men don't?

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 4 месяца назад

      Lies again? AIA Money FNB Money

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Год назад +322

    That’s a typical mafia threat the journalist suffered, they attack brutally and then say you don’t do what we say, its gonna get worse. This shows you why we need freedom of the press and we need to offer journalists like Paola uncovering corruption protection for reporting what is happening. They are assisting law enforcement. Without being a part of it. And they need protection.

    • @simonetta-ta
      @simonetta-ta Год назад +2

      👍🏽

    • @stupidsloth8386
      @stupidsloth8386 Год назад

      you will never be free from the pigs opression
      bastards in blue uniform are worse

    • @hardluck7769
      @hardluck7769 Год назад

      What happens when journalists, the media, etc. are not held accountable for what they report when it gets somebody hurt or killed ?? Journalists are not the police, they are not above any law written, and they do not get to have special privileges to do or say whatever they want in hopes of finacial gain, because of our first Ammendment.
      Too many journalists, reporters, media personal, etc abuse the power of our first Ammendment rights as it Is already, with the protection of our First Ammendment Rights. They are never held accountable for reporting false information and lies. They only report the stories that will financially gain the most, and discard the truth in order to do so now a days.

    • @harlecchina
      @harlecchina Год назад

      Perfectly said and couldn’t agree more.

    • @mortgagemaz4829
      @mortgagemaz4829 Год назад +4

      I absolutely agree. That said how/who is going to pay for it? Ideas are welcome and wonderful but without an action plan they are nothing but ideas that simply stay in your head. Best of luck!

  • @Pou1gie1
    @Pou1gie1 Год назад +118

    @3:30 The farmer is subtly trying to tell the documentarians that the police are in bed with the mafia, but it seems they didn't quite get what he was trying to allude to when he said the mafia has a white collar and that he gets bothered by the mafia and the cops.

    • @Lost4llen
      @Lost4llen Год назад +21

      lol, white collars means people with diplomas, not cops..

    • @nicholaosperackis7390
      @nicholaosperackis7390 Год назад +2

      Actually they translated correctly

    • @vsvntvnv
      @vsvntvnv Год назад

      Not refarring to cops. White collar means they work out an office or professional environment so clearly not the cops, Although their will always be crocket cops

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes Год назад +12

      i think he meant more so elected officials and employees of the courts

    • @ryhk3293
      @ryhk3293 Год назад +9

      He's saying the local government, not the carabinieri. That's why he's saying he has to fight the carabinieri AND the mob.

  • @Mario-vr2ul
    @Mario-vr2ul Год назад +69

    the farmer who is fighting back against the mafia is my hero. the interview with him could be the start of a cool movie. "Why do you risk you life fighting the mafia ? "its a challenge for me. I enjoy it. so im doing it with enthusiasm"

    • @draganromcevic6337
      @draganromcevic6337 Год назад

      Yeah, so romantic. But, in reality, the story is fake. You do not fight organized crime.

  • @becarellimarco6708
    @becarellimarco6708 Год назад +82

    8:18 "Not fully film his face"
    They even put his name lol

    • @ejajafrozarb
      @ejajafrozarb Год назад +17

      He's already shown his face on television, he's not hiding his identity

    • @5castles893
      @5castles893 Год назад +1

      Vice has done that quite a few times that I've seen alone ....so I can only imagine

  • @luca91214
    @luca91214 Год назад +84

    as an Italian, congratulations. This is made extremely well.

  • @sUjU91
    @sUjU91 Год назад +125

    It's like in michoacan, México. So many farmers had to flee from their towns because they were getting threatened, and other had their homes and farm with crops burned to ashes.

    • @yourealittlebitfat4344
      @yourealittlebitfat4344 Год назад

      Isn't communism lovely!

    • @jaysonlopezsantos4752
      @jaysonlopezsantos4752 Год назад +45

      @@yourealittlebitfat4344 mexico isnt communist bro

    • @npalmi88
      @npalmi88 Год назад

      @@jaysonlopezsantos4752 that’s what a communist would say

    • @5castles893
      @5castles893 Год назад +1

      Ahhhh the Spaniards

    • @hypergraphic
      @hypergraphic Год назад

      @@yourealittlebitfat4344 The mafia were well known to have collaborated with the fascists. Plus you obviously don't understand what communism is.

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Год назад +121

    It amazes me how we will glorify criminals of the worst kind by having movies made like The Godfather. In the book Luca Gratzi throws his baby into the incinerator. But they didn’t show that in the movie. The horse killing scene where the movie director ends up with his Prize stallion’s head in the bed. The consigliere sees the movie director take advantage of a young female child, so he tells The Godfather about that knowing he will be disgusted. In real life the ex mobster from New York that murdered the leader so he could take control, John Gotti saw a attractive female in a restaurant and made advances and she literally had to move out of state to avoid him because he was angry she would not go out with him.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Год назад +7

      *Luca Brasi

    • @kalui96
      @kalui96 Год назад +2

      When it's the Italians doing a gang thing, it's some trendy aesthetic movie
      When the Mexicans or anybody else does it, it's just another shithole country doing they thing
      No, all societies that harbor gangsters deserve everything that happens to them, and Italy deserves it the same

    • @boyznthewoodz770
      @boyznthewoodz770 Год назад +1

      Yeah it’s not like they’re nice guys

    • @snicklepopp4393
      @snicklepopp4393 Год назад +2

      You’re probably a lot of fun at a party Foxibot

    • @33mavboy
      @33mavboy Год назад

      It's because the Mafia have infiltrated societies, some countries for that matter, they are masterminds, they probably made the godfather movie, they are destroying lives for money now, they have lost their ways

  • @druidinary
    @druidinary Год назад +214

    Here in Australia the Italian mafia once had control of the fresh produce supply for one of our two biggest supermarket chains, Woolworths. They demanded 50 cents for every crate. The one Woolworths executive who spoke up about it disappeared.

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 Год назад +9

      the answer is a dedicated secret govt dept with very restricted legal rights to disappear or false imprison the top tier guys.
      consider them enemies of the state upon secret supreme court ruling in absentia. then treat them just like spies.
      nobody will want to be the top guy. limit it to one or two per year.

    • @xenostim
      @xenostim Год назад +12

      @@tedcrilly46 I feel like if that had an impact it would not be an ideal one. It could cause organized crime to operate more horizontally instead of one or a couple people in charge of an entire organization. It may also cause the organizations to split into smaller cells with less interaction or cohesiveness. More chaos and violence than how it is right now, though I do believe organized crime is already heading in this direction. I'm pretty sure that law enforcement knows that organized crime is inevitable and prefers that it is controlled by a few leaders that they are able to influence and get rid of if they do not allow themselves to be influenced or behave.

    • @dmac7403
      @dmac7403 Год назад +1

      They still do your niave if you think their gone just because someone went to jail and you don't see them out in the open.

    • @Rig0r_M0rtis
      @Rig0r_M0rtis Год назад +9

      @@tedcrilly46 Gestapo is never the answer.

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 Год назад +10

      @@xenostim think of the influence of the Mexican cartels.
      Mexico left them to grow vertical, and they concentrated and grew.
      Small timers in high numbers (fractured, chaotic) can be mopped up by traditional law enforcement.
      Big timers in small numbers (focused, organized) become a parallel state. And beyond traditional law enforcement. A threat to the people.

  • @jeocalaghan1031
    @jeocalaghan1031 Год назад +235

    My grandfather was a judge in southern italy from the 1970's till 2002 when he was sadly killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. That being said he lead a fairly interesting life that contained even more interesting story's, one of them being the time when he had to sit down with the local mod boss of the town he was working in for a "coffee" after said boss had been pulled over by the military police ( i carabinieri, o meglio detto " gli sbirri") for carrying in his car a machete. My grandfather didn't have much say in the matter other than to accept this caffè with this boss for if he did not accept, it would have been viewed as disrespect on the highest level. In the following conversation held in a little caffè shop in rural southern Italy, there was a surprising amount of mutual respect from both party's and eventually after a bit of small talk my grandfather asks the big question " What were you doing with such a big machete in the back of your car mr..." The boss responded saying "mister judge, i had it simply because i need it to open the muscles i catch at sea". In then end my grandfather sentenced him to a year in prison and sadly soon after both my grandfather and the boss met grim faiths, one dying in a violent car crash and other being shot dead in a fish shop ironically named "the gates of paradise".

    • @dark-pp7ct
      @dark-pp7ct Год назад +6

      i ain’t reading allat

    • @mattb.7079
      @mattb.7079 Год назад +1

      @@dark-pp7ct and do you think someone care in this world about you not reading it? Just shut up.

    • @dark-pp7ct
      @dark-pp7ct Год назад +7

      @@mattb.7079 idc if you care it’s a public thread i can say what i want ☠️

    • @WitherAwayyy
      @WitherAwayyy Год назад +4

      Dammmmn yo

    • @JaymeSplendid
      @JaymeSplendid Год назад +12

      The way Italian Mafia(s) are ran in Italy vs their US counterparts are pretty much wildly different in terms of how they conduct and treat other "families" Here in the US, they put in a system to try to prevent all out war between families as this was seen as bad for business for all.
      Italy, its almost like a typical gang in terms of gunning down their "enemies" or rival families. As far as I know, they don't really have a buffer like we did/do here in the states in the form of "The Commission" but even here, the Mafia is just a shadow of how they used to be before RICO.

  • @harperwelch5147
    @harperwelch5147 Год назад +113

    This has been going on forever. It’s so messed up. Sad that Italy has to be put through this dangerous situation. It used to be just Sicily, then Naples, now …

    • @jesuschristusnumberonefan
      @jesuschristusnumberonefan Год назад

      there was one point in time when the mafia was successfully rooted out.
      but thats not a story the libtards would tell.

    • @nocapnobs7845
      @nocapnobs7845 Год назад +5

      what's fascinating to me is how they are so clever with the ways they come up. Like extorting money from subsidies lol i mean bloody hell!!

    • @stringlarson1247
      @stringlarson1247 Год назад

      Good thing this doesn't exist in 'mericha or the rest of the corp. world. Phew.

    • @meilinchan7314
      @meilinchan7314 Год назад +2

      @@stringlarson1247 : It might be a little too late to say that, if you read Anthony Bourdain.

  • @JPriz416
    @JPriz416 Год назад +207

    Many years ago my grandfather broke the arm of a man bothering my grandmother. This guy was a leg breaker for the mob and the toughest guy of the North End in Boston. The don or leader of the mob wanted my grandfather to work for them he politely declined and moved a few weeks later. He was from naples and knew of their reputation.

    • @GregSemiensLive
      @GregSemiensLive Год назад +29

      Smart of him to move

    • @Wutzmename
      @Wutzmename Год назад +1

      I would have moved too

    • @jessewright184
      @jessewright184 Год назад

      @@GregSemiensLive The

    • @masih9595
      @masih9595 Год назад +1

      True story

    • @antoniousai1989
      @antoniousai1989 Год назад +17

      This is unfortunately something that many Italians can't do. Move away, I mean. The connection to the family and the place you were born is insanely strong and they would not consider it.

  • @mario26cesar14
    @mario26cesar14 Год назад +27

    When asked to the restaurant owner if his town is a mafia town and denies it, Just with his body language, you can tell he doesn't believe his answer.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Год назад +1

      I don't think he wants to end up like a Kebab . Narcotraficante do not play. Look at Mejico and Colombia . Don't nobody want to end up being a memory

    • @dropitaly
      @dropitaly 5 месяцев назад +2

      He Cannot says the opposite otherwise he could you killed

  • @xxalmightyxx2304
    @xxalmightyxx2304 Год назад +9

    Very nice!! I watched every single minute of it. Very well made,Thanks again Vice !! ❤️💯🔥

  • @tm-te9mh
    @tm-te9mh Год назад +26

    1st generation american-italian.... my grandfather born and raised in sicily used to tell me stories of how bad the corruption was in palermo's politics especially in agriculture. Glad to see it getting more attention, and a proper doc. Good work.

  • @jasonbeaugrand5382
    @jasonbeaugrand5382 Год назад +31

    Hope that farmer is safe and staying strong...

  • @TakenTook
    @TakenTook Год назад +20

    Probably not a good idea to show the old assassin in the witness protection program walking around the neighborhood where he does his grocery shopping. I hope you had the foresight to drive him to a completely different part of the country for that footage.

  • @francisfreyre
    @francisfreyre Год назад +21

    Thank you Vice News for the effort for bringing a high quality documentary to us. Also congratulations to the italian authorities for their big effort to bring the mafia down.

  • @Maliceless100
    @Maliceless100 Год назад +231

    Thank you to VICE for reporting the story in a compelling, informative way. I've been to Sicily ten times and had no idea what lurked beneath the surface of all the scrumptious food. I hope the farmers and public officials keep finding courage to fight corruption.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Год назад +3

      its big old corruptin. and we all say euroepan nations are not corrupt lol!

    • @PurplePerinaise
      @PurplePerinaise Год назад +3

      lol really? you must've been living under a rock

    • @williamstamper442
      @williamstamper442 Год назад +1

      @@PurplePerinaise well technically Sicily is just one big rock. So maybe the op was more like a turtle laying out getting some sun on a big rock instead of under one?
      It's just a theory.
      Sometimes vice is like a child at their first 4th of July fireworks display... Oooh Ahhh Look at that one mommy!

    • @PurplePerinaise
      @PurplePerinaise Год назад

      @@williamstamper442 haha yes they were hiding under sicily 🤣

  • @victoarino
    @victoarino Год назад +1

    This is really interesting and eye-opening! Thanks so much for the video

  • @niklasueller3120
    @niklasueller3120 Год назад +10

    A really nice documentary, we need as much information as possible about how the mafia works for everybody

  • @nervenavar2649
    @nervenavar2649 Год назад +26

    Since I'm living in a rural part of Southern Tuscany on the mountains villages of Grosseto so it is good to learn more about AgroMafia or Mafioso. I'm becoming more aware about the Mafia involvement in farmland businesses. My villages surrounding is covered by thousands of beautiful farming landscapes. I'm not sure if all this farmers are connected to AgroMafia.

  • @enfieldlover8145
    @enfieldlover8145 Год назад +1

    guys, this was so informative and so well done... bravo. thank you

  • @bethfoster4529
    @bethfoster4529 Год назад +39

    Eye opening story. I was in Abruzzo recently for several weeks. This is a rural area that has amazing potential for regenerative local farming. I now see why there may be a deterrent to making an investment. Food security is such a big issue for countries and local economies. Backyard gardening, I suppose is much less threatening to any controlling powers (factory farming/mafia) - I saw a few older Italians gardening. Of course, the local market comes in and appears to sell local food but now I see what may be behind this. It is all so precarious.

    • @Mifaroicazzimieidaadessoinpoi
      @Mifaroicazzimieidaadessoinpoi 4 месяца назад

      In Abruzzo there is not a strong mafia infiltration. And not every where they are involved in agricolture.

  • @Dee-ib4mu
    @Dee-ib4mu Год назад +27

    Poor farmers, I am so sad for them. I love Sicilia, the culture, the food, the people.

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад +2

      How about the fact that the mafia couldn't live without your poor poor locals?

    • @rawedok1
      @rawedok1 4 месяца назад

      Every lame Tinder Bio on this planet. So typically US-centrist view. Nobody cares what cheesy things you "love" in your 2 weeks vacation in Sicily.

  • @marcotogni
    @marcotogni 5 месяцев назад +3

    3:40 bestemmietta tradotta con "goddammit" hahaha

  • @gilbertosot
    @gilbertosot 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you to everyone that make all this information possible

  • @BIGGUNNDON
    @BIGGUNNDON Год назад +29

    It's like what's happening in mexico 🇲🇽 with avocados 🥑

  • @Alexanderonline
    @Alexanderonline Год назад +8

    High quality documentary, you didn’t go for the easy-cheesy story to score likes but presented a well balanced and informative story 👍🏻

  • @hamishvacanz5799
    @hamishvacanz5799 Год назад +38

    Amazing job, this is so well done. Sucks that Italy can't reach its full potential with all the rent seeking

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 Год назад +1

      No wonder my olive oil is so expensive! >_

    • @jimmeeks9141
      @jimmeeks9141 Год назад

      Could you show the Italian talk any smaller who could read this I don't have a clue what these people are saying

  • @b.justiceforall9544
    @b.justiceforall9544 Год назад +2

    Thank you well done with excellent Information on the mafia's operations. Programs like this one along with perseverance by the government, by the people are the only tools that the mafia has little defense for and helps to alleviate the fear factor the mafia can apply for the peoples silence.

  • @bololo2000
    @bololo2000 Год назад +19

    One of the best documentaries from Vice in the last years.

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 Год назад

      Hey Michael Learmonth! Why don't you do a Vice News episode about how everyone is so poor, they can't afford your begging for change at the end of every Vice episode? o_O

  • @davidaragon3330
    @davidaragon3330 Год назад +11

    I am impressed that a person under protection for being a witnessed, that clearly says he will talk if you do not show his face has his face all over your video. Just because you shadow or use his side does not shield his appearance.

    • @TuxedoMaskMusic
      @TuxedoMaskMusic Год назад +1

      then is shown eating at the table later on not shadowed. yes this was sus.

  • @jeroenlurling2970
    @jeroenlurling2970 Год назад +14

    Thank you vice and the other strong people in this story who do not give into fear and stay silent. I feel for the people of Italy and Silicy. There are all kinds of legal mafia in every country in the world. Most control and repress with power and money and lack of ethics, and some with violence. Silence and fear lets them grow. These people are not well and I don't believe they are truly happy. Greed and immorality comes from a feeling of lack and disconnection, and cannot be satisfied by any amount of money and power. It is a seductive but shallow high.

    • @marie_84
      @marie_84 Год назад +2

      Narcissists / Sociopaths / Psychopaths

    • @mattb.7079
      @mattb.7079 Год назад

      @@marie_84 these are mental conditions. Oppression and alienation aren't the result of individual actions, but of political and economical systems

  • @georgegeorgiadis1844
    @georgegeorgiadis1844 Месяц назад

    A huge congratulations to the animation artist. I love your work. Keep it up.

  • @woozyz2769
    @woozyz2769 Год назад +9

    Usually things in a large scale like this can't happen if someone high in the govt doesn't allow it, mafias around the world can walk freely with inside people with high positions, look at Kenya, brazil, Nigeria, Korea, Mexico, Japan and of course Italy.

  • @luigicamilli3999
    @luigicamilli3999 Год назад +53

    Italy's economy does not rely on food nor on tourism. Italy's economy relies on industrial production and services. Italy is the 8th largest econony in the world, 3 largest economy on Europe, and 2nd biggest manufacturer and exporter in Europe. And no, Italy's main export is not pasta or olive oil, it's pharmaceuticals, mechanical parts, and electrical appliances. Enough with this flawed and baseless idea that Italy's economy relies on food and culture which uninformed journalists perpetuate with statements like the one that was made at the beginning of this video.

    • @Defialos
      @Defialos Год назад +4

      Uninformed journalist, you say? 🤔 You sound pretty wound up about this there buddy...a little too wound up, it seems 🫣

    • @ColinStevenJohnson
      @ColinStevenJohnson Год назад

      Apologist. It’s all true in North America, South America, Africa, and Europe. Be real.

    • @mandan8945
      @mandan8945 Год назад

      You forgot to mention the massive EU subsidies given to Italy, Greece and Spain to save their asses. If you were really that industrious you wouldnt have to be bailed out. Italy is a shithole.

    • @peetsnort
      @peetsnort Год назад

      The dominion machines are originally olivetti and they are hacked to sway election results

    • @youngc0930
      @youngc0930 Год назад

      Could u name any major economy dependent on food or tourism? Industry is supposed to be the no.1 section.

  • @Requiemes
    @Requiemes Год назад +1

    Finally some OG Vice content

  • @murrayeldred3563
    @murrayeldred3563 Год назад

    Very informative.

  • @EnragedEagle
    @EnragedEagle Год назад +14

    The exact same scenario is happening in Mexico right now except the Mexican government has even less control

  • @esgee3829
    @esgee3829 Год назад +15

    this video is about sicily mostly. but in specific regions of italy, particular supply chains are mostly/completely run by the mafia. for example today in campania, sea food is nearly completely controlled by the camorra (a differently structured organized crime family structure prevalent in campania). all of the agribusiness illicit activity has lower margin than drug running (even compared with the eu subsidy fraud), but comes with lower risk and opportunity cost as well. it's all about diversification for the mafia.

    • @zedudli
      @zedudli Год назад +8

      I’ve experienced exactly this in a seaside town near Cosenza last summer. The place had only one fish store despite being in a touristy area front of the sea; the store was tiny and filthy, and I mean filthy, the people inside super rude and with a scammy attitude (you ask for half a kilo of something, they bag you one kilo feigning a misunderstanding), and the fish was subpar. If you’re staying in that town and you want fresh fish, it’s that place or you have to take the car and go in another town. The locals don’t shop there obviously, everyone have some kind of access to fantastic fish in that area. But tourists don’t have those connections so they all end up in those kind of places and criminals profit from that. Also, it’s an open secret that restaurants on Campania’s seafront are almost all tourist traps controlled and/or supplied by camorra affiliates. You eat there if you like to overpay for terrible food

    • @antoniousai1989
      @antoniousai1989 Год назад +3

      @@zedudli Yeah, try to avoid the south in general if you wanna avoid this. You can go to Sardinia, or to Liguria or Lazio or Tuscany. Things are definitely better there.

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      @@antoniousai1989 thanks for information.. What's your impression of Croatia in comparison? Seems like lots of Italians are happily visiting that area ...

    • @lorenzopassero8509
      @lorenzopassero8509 3 месяца назад

      ​@@antoniousai1989That's plain bullshit, mafia spread all over the country and thrives also because the rest of the Italians thinks it's not a problem of theirs.

    • @lorenzopassero8509
      @lorenzopassero8509 3 месяца назад

      ​@@zedudliIt's not known actually that Campania seafront restaurants (which seafront? The one in Castel Volturno, in Sapri, in Amalfi or what? Campania isn't a city) are affiliated with camorra and that they make shitty food. Plain bullshit, and foreigners believe it. I guess it makes us exotic or whatever

  • @fumarmatadeixeja3781
    @fumarmatadeixeja3781 Год назад

    Quality piece

  • @RobertoPunch
    @RobertoPunch 4 месяца назад

    FACTS! from italy with ❤

  • @jamieg9909
    @jamieg9909 Год назад +12

    A 42 minute Vice doc on the mafias monopoly over Italian food? Let me get my dinner ready!

  • @philthybstard8306
    @philthybstard8306 Год назад +16

    Good to see vice returning to the type of content that made us love them

    • @trickyd499
      @trickyd499 Год назад +2

      they always did excellent stuff, are you a trumpster?

    • @philthybstard8306
      @philthybstard8306 Год назад +2

      @@trickyd499 nope. Im australian and dont care about your politicians, why do Americans obsess over politics?

  • @TravelAlwaysOfficial
    @TravelAlwaysOfficial 25 дней назад

    I can't get enough of documentaries on Italy 🇮🇹!

  • @ArmandoFeroci
    @ArmandoFeroci 3 месяца назад

    Very much well presented documentary

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Год назад +22

    I guess Vice has an interpreter there. And they just don’t show them to make the interviews seem more personal. Shout out to the interpreter. They should show the interpreter in the last shots to give them recognition.

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Год назад +8

      I think they were wearing earpieces and the interpreter was behind the camera speaking into a mic for them. You can see especially the younger farmer taking pauses to listen to the translation. I also think the Vice reporter could understand Italian to some degree. And most Italians (though not as many Sicilians to be fair, especially rural people) can understand English to some degree.

    • @marselse
      @marselse Год назад

      @@dustyoldhat yeah I assumed it was an earpiece due to how in the same scene with the young farmer he instantly replied.. pretty cool editing though

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Год назад

      @@marselse i agree, it felt pretty seamless

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      Faked reality to comfort the ignorants?

  • @StefanGabrielRoHu
    @StefanGabrielRoHu Год назад +10

    Italian is a very beatiful language!

  • @fleischwolf82
    @fleischwolf82 Год назад +1

    Very interesting documentary, with beautiful shots.
    Usually they catch the low and middle ranked Mafiosi, the bosses are reown business man and politicians.

  • @stevengodoy6896
    @stevengodoy6896 3 месяца назад

    3:11 is probably the most beautifully executed Italian Gesture I've ever seen

  • @killercaos123
    @killercaos123 Год назад +4

    A beautifully made video of HIGH quality

  • @dustyoldhat
    @dustyoldhat Год назад +32

    Good job with the motion graphics Vice but you should credit your motion designer/animator in the description box. Support creative laborers!

  • @mugennam1
    @mugennam1 28 дней назад

    good insight

  • @pauloromero5477
    @pauloromero5477 3 месяца назад +1

    4:00 We are searching for the mafia.
    Me: Lol you're literally watching part of them.

  • @sebastianwardana1527
    @sebastianwardana1527 Год назад +3

    this makes me realize ill never miss italy...

  • @somerandomfella
    @somerandomfella Год назад +8

    In Mexico it's Cartel Avocados, in Italy it's Mafia Olive Oil ☹

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Год назад

      mestizos vs Gringos

    • @Thebluesky0311
      @Thebluesky0311 Год назад

      To be fair, there are good amount of of avocado farmers who have banded together and have fought off the cartel.

  • @huianxin2587
    @huianxin2587 Год назад

    Great documentary.

  • @TheBleetbleet
    @TheBleetbleet Год назад +2

    Do they export produce? I would love to buy from them

  • @sifustan3210
    @sifustan3210 Год назад +5

    It pisses me off even more when they're doing this to really hardworking people like farmers.

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Год назад +28

    The Italian policeman was so polite while the guy on the pig farm was going crazy.

    • @alexalex-om9ic
      @alexalex-om9ic Год назад

      italia mafia killers.

    • @sab4793
      @sab4793 Год назад

      That’s how Italian’s are as I am Italian and my Dad was just like that 😂

    • @sab4793
      @sab4793 Год назад +3

      He’s dealing w The Mafia and Polizia.. They rule the whole south of Italia

    • @bassrooten2217
      @bassrooten2217 Год назад +1

      I feel bad for the farmer, the reasons my family left the old country still persist in Italia unfortunately, it’s a shame for such a gorgeous country with such a strong hardworking people.

    • @Fluffy_Rumples
      @Fluffy_Rumples Год назад +6

      Could you imagine being between a rock and a hard place?

  • @jamaljames2578
    @jamaljames2578 Год назад +1

    Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

  • @masonwhite3795
    @masonwhite3795 Год назад +2

    how could i not click on a video with a title like this???

  • @punkyreggaeparty8786
    @punkyreggaeparty8786 Год назад +8

    Whenever crimes against citizens/businesses are being committed, and law enforcement of any kind further victimizes, it makes me suspicious that the law is complicit if not receiving the benefits of some kind. Infuriating.

    • @user-ij5sp4zv5h
      @user-ij5sp4zv5h 4 месяца назад +2

      thats exactly why they go for them, its easy and all they care about is looking like theyre doing something so they can stay in power, not actually going against the ones with the money

    • @BGeezy4sheezy
      @BGeezy4sheezy 4 месяца назад +1

      It’s how societies collapse; when the police become inseparable from criminals, civil society degrades, and the whole edifice begins to sink

  • @insertname7458
    @insertname7458 2 месяца назад +1

    7:45 "if we dont show his face" *proceeds to show 2/3 of his face from different angles to show him ordering and sipping a coffee*

  • @saswat22
    @saswat22 4 месяца назад

    Videos like these should get more appreciation

  • @Marrow9000
    @Marrow9000 Год назад +7

    That old hit man doesn't want his full face on camera, but you can see his whole face in the dark and his side face in the light and his body shape from behind. Probably easy to identify him. I don't think the production team did any favors for him.

    • @daviddeweaver6906
      @daviddeweaver6906 4 месяца назад

      It could be that they used an actor and that they drove the old man to a completely different neighborhood for the shopping scenes

  • @Zp00kie
    @Zp00kie Год назад +8

    Look at those amazing fruits and vegetables and amazing prices. Here in the US we are getting robbed by the big corporations.

    • @Keepitgoingjay
      @Keepitgoingjay Год назад

      Because the big corporations are just a legal mafia.

  • @bonnieyingliu
    @bonnieyingliu 19 дней назад

    Thank you for your bravery! The world needs to know more!

  • @ralphrau
    @ralphrau Год назад +2

    Which are the big olive oil brands which are supplied by the Mafia ? How authentic is their product ?

  • @christinapomponio6452
    @christinapomponio6452 Год назад +4

    Before the pig farmer even started talking while the captain was still in the helicopter my first thought was why would he be going to mess with the pig farmer? So the pig farmer is the one getting stuck in the middle between the government and the mafia because he's going to be threatened by both. SMH

  • @MotoG-kf1by
    @MotoG-kf1by Год назад +10

    Vice always the fourth pillar of Democracy

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      Really? Then when will you see these leftist nutters confronting Islam slowly ruining western democracies from within, or portraying Eastern Europeans busy leeching on others EU subventions, while creating semi fascist nations?

  • @Oceansta
    @Oceansta 3 месяца назад

    16:38: God dayyum..do not mess with this guy! That smile sent a chill down my spine...

  • @ChristianElijahDickens
    @ChristianElijahDickens Год назад

    My bro I was nervous they was gone get word and snipe you where you stood… but, we made it back! Great Doc.

  • @bittoochatterjee2661
    @bittoochatterjee2661 Год назад +3

    How can a person who has killed .... taken life of 25 People be so much in peace with himself 🤔🤔🤔🤔😕😕😕😕

  • @eusoffabusamah5066
    @eusoffabusamah5066 Год назад +4

    Italy is so beautiful

  • @mhick3333
    @mhick3333 4 месяца назад

    Great presentations far better than mainstream cr..p

  • @stefanospairani8485
    @stefanospairani8485 Год назад +17

    Great Journalism as usual 👍

  • @jamesmacdonald5881
    @jamesmacdonald5881 4 месяца назад

    As a Belgian, I can say this documentary really hit the nail on the head.

  • @shalomsimms8138
    @shalomsimms8138 Год назад +86

    I'm so happy you saved the most important question for the end. All I ever hear about Italy is how the food taste so good there. Thatz because the families who has owned/ worked those lands for generations w/respect & Luv for it. All the mafia there cares about is destroying their Italian culture & land,w/out that you're just thugs. Ofcourse I have romanticized from movies & TV shows here in the U.S.,but I would hope the mafia there respected,valued the roots of their culture. How sad the rich,powerful & corrupt have to destroy anything thatz good & beautiful. I always wanted to visit there,eat lots of food & drink espressos & be pinched by elder Italian ladies. Hope we all can rid these poison apples from our earth.

    • @imheretocausetrouble2156
      @imheretocausetrouble2156 Год назад +1

      To me they’re just a cancer that bully their way into other peoples lives all for money because they’re too damn lazy to get their own - so they just take and take from other people.

    • @Maya_Pinion
      @Maya_Pinion Год назад +2

      Yup. They're not badda bing really cool badass gangstas! Cruel,greedy,women haters., Usually.😶‍🌫️

    • @davrocket5304
      @davrocket5304 Год назад +3

      taly is like the mexico of europe

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад

      US culture is just white puritinism

    • @seanaugagnon6383
      @seanaugagnon6383 Год назад +2

      Thatz Right lol. "Thatz" a corruption of "that's" doing it for the lolz

  • @archillominadze3055
    @archillominadze3055 Год назад +5

    "What the law cannot enforce, the bullet must"
    It’s time for decent hard-working Italians to show Mafia its place,even it requires violence.

  • @shonajobe2706
    @shonajobe2706 Год назад

    This is very interesting

  • @dhbaldha
    @dhbaldha 4 месяца назад

    05:18 what the name of that background music, very good music.

  • @justinfeemster2023
    @justinfeemster2023 Год назад +5

    “Vinnie, don't put too many onions in the sauce.”
    Vinnie: “I didn't put too much onions, uh, Paul. Three small onions. That's all I did.”

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Год назад +10

    Those cannolis looked delicious at the restaurant they featured. I wish I could try the food. Would t it be great if we could reach through our screens and get us a cannoli. lol.

    • @antoniousai1989
      @antoniousai1989 Год назад +1

      They are very easy to make! But the trick is to find fresh ricotta near you! That's the main step in quality

    • @londonsounds6212
      @londonsounds6212 Год назад

      @@antoniousai1989is supermarket ricotta ok? how do they make the ricotta so creamy in the cannoli?

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      @@londonsounds6212 ever heard of something called a cookbook?
      Good luck 😋🍻

    • @londonsounds6212
      @londonsounds6212 Год назад +3

      @@OmmerSyssel you have no clue if you're looking in a cookbook over asking an Italian who knows how to make fresh cannoli

  • @theblackhand6485
    @theblackhand6485 Год назад

    interesting video but due to so much ads we had to turn it off even before seeing a quarter of the video.
    So much ads suck.

  • @josephabey5753
    @josephabey5753 Год назад +1

    the production is insane

  • @martinmorrissey5647
    @martinmorrissey5647 Год назад +4

    Pretty hard to win against someone fighting dirty while you are fighting clean and fair.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Год назад

      Marty, i onno about that even those white farmers employ illegal immigrants and bully those that are legally in the country separately. But its cute that you think they too are fighting "clean"

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 Год назад

      @@RandomRUclips123
      They were probably referring to the farmers

  • @Drycatss
    @Drycatss Год назад +3

    never thought that the mafia affected food

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      Long known.. Study the amount of exported wine or olive oil, it's simply impossible to grow those quantities in Italy. Relabeling is big business!

  • @AshleySpeaks09
    @AshleySpeaks09 4 месяца назад

    This was excellent

  • @kenatodd1767
    @kenatodd1767 3 месяца назад

    The cooperative trucking company is actually a really cool solution to fighting the mafia.

  • @95TBake
    @95TBake Год назад +3

    Looks like, the first raid was definitely unjustified, the dude barely had an operation going to support him or his family, I think what is he is being approached by the mob, and the police are suggesting not to get involved.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 Год назад +4

    This happens in Latin America too with avocados, limes, chocolate, coffee, agave, etc.

  • @skinnylong2023
    @skinnylong2023 Год назад +2

    Former hitman: You can't show my face in full
    Vice: Shows face in full but darker

    • @BrianYochem
      @BrianYochem Год назад

      You couldn't pick him out in a crowd .. that's the point..

    • @CRneu
      @CRneu Год назад

      a lot of times they use an actor.

  • @piguy3945
    @piguy3945 Год назад +1

    What happened to Vice’s video on the Mafia’s involvement with pizza shops in NYC? I can’t find it anymore and it was good content like this!

  • @stephen1Oace
    @stephen1Oace Год назад +6

    Good luck to my fellow Italianos. Beautiful Country & Beautiful People.

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад +1

      Really? How about the fact that the mafia is thriving because of the Italian mentality?
      In Scandinavia we do not have that sort of criminal structures.
      Except for latest import of Mediterranean crap culture...
      Ask leftist Vice to report about those deadly destructive consequences of their feel good multiculti nonsense ...