Married To Italy's Most-Feared Mafia: The 'Ndrangheta Wives Who Exposed Their Husbands | Documentary

Lea Garofalo, 35. She went to the police with details of the numerous crimes of her Mafioso husband, Carlo Cosco. In revenge, Cosco kidnapped and murdered her before dissolving her body in acid.
Maria Concetta Cacciola, 31. Another ‘Ndrangheta wife. In August 2010, she drank a bottle of acid after also speaking to the police about the crimes of the mob family she had tried, but failed, to escape. Her death remains clouded in mystery.
Then there’s Cacciola’s cousin, Giuseppina Pesce, the daughter of clan boss Salvatore Pesce. She also became a state witness, even helping to put some of her family members behind bars.
By rebelling against their clan, these women dealt a severe blow to organised crime. For in the ‘Ndrangheta, the largest and most feared of the Italian mafias, women never betray their families. Blood ties and ancestral ties still hold tight. And - as the film reveals - the actions of Lea, Maria Concetta and Giuseppina have set a dangerous precedent…..
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[@andreadws7151]

As a Calabrian myself I can tell you most of the people don't respect them but they are just scared. I think the majority of people don't have trust in the judiciary system. Mafia is the cancer of calabria.

[@wasanthamorawaka1602]

I totally agree with you.

[@cmgpfa9604]

holy fuck i thought italian police was brave

[@andirv5926]

This sounds eerily similar to the situation in many parts of Mexico. It is so sad that these parasites can go on with impunity.

[@andreadws7151]

@@andirv5926 yes, but overall the streets are not so violent as in Mexico. They use different strategies to keep power.

[@Truthseeker371]

In Japan we have Yakuza. They don't involve civilians in the fighting, unless they mess about with them. The Police Force and the civil community gather to eliminate the Yakuza activities. The awareness and motivation to cut them off from the sixuety isaccelerating there. However, sometimes Yakuza are faster than the government to help the needy with good will. Probably in Japan Yakuza is a necessary social vice.

[@kerlyn3582]

"...people respect you.."...no people fear you! What an awful miserable existence. Everything you eat, wear, live in, drive...every facet of your life is tainted by blood and the misery of others.

[@anarivera8852]

Even you who think you eat clean, the food you eat and family eats and the money in your pockets are tainted with blood. Blood splashed everything, everywhere if you are not aware of it.

[@lo-boy6956]

@@anarivera8852 People only see what they want..

[@eliaaman7466]

Better Blood, than Hunger !

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@MsVanorak Megalomaniac Putin involved in organised crime and corruption? How dare you..

[@OmmerSyssel]

Notice how excactly the same destructive culture is slowly invading western european societies, supported by multiculti obsessed authorities and the political correct establishment.

[@steffra4756]

Lea’s story reminds me Rita Atria’s story, Rita has committed suicidal when judge Borsellino’s died in a bombing attack from mafia. Borsellino was the last chance of protection and new life for the young Rita that she was guilty to be related with the most important Sicilian mafia family, she was pure, honest, with a big heart and against her evil family. She went to the DIA and she started to collaborate with police, it was her sentence for life by mafia. She was under protection when Borsellino died, she felt loose and she choose to die because without Borsellino in her side it means the end. Sorry for my bad English, I’m Italian and I try so hard to improve my English but it’s very difficult . Sorry in advance 😢

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

Thank you so much for explaining. Your English is very good.

[@perjalanan3378]

Bahasa Inggrisnya bagus.

[@alfredoingala881]

bravissima. l'hai spiegato bene

[@pamelabarbato1623]

thank you for information..your english is better then most here.no need to apologize.

[@GiovannaIwishyou]

Poor girl. What a tragedy and for what? Those families love drug traffiking more that they love their own children!

[@nicolaking1205]

Fear isn't respect, it's fear

[@antoinehallsr7637]

Fear is emotion

[@nickmcgarvey6463]

"People respect you." That's called fear lady.

[@pbohearn]

Corrupted

[@cosmo1boi]

Fear and eventually absolute resentment.

[@donnabaardsen5372]

Yes, and as someone who has personal indirect experience with the Mafia, I can tell everyone they ARE everywhere. They are low life vicious, and will destroy or kill someone tied to you to punish YOU, even though that person had zero to do with them. They do NOT keep it all in the family. The fixation with the Sopranos, and the Godfather by many is literally stupid and ignorant. Due to personal experience, I have zero to do with Italians, and make no apologies for it. The tentacles of organized crime must never be underestimated. Am I afraid, no. The FBI took my case. But I'm not stupid either. The mob is treated and viewed as the corrupt, evil, sleazy low life's they really are. And most if not all Italians in businesses are tied to them. You bet I'm sweeping them all into the same rubbish pile. Take no chances.

[@cn9595]

Better to be feared than loved

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

I second that…..,. YA DOPEY BROOAAAD !!!

[@revcounselor]

The reporter who kept insisting on people talking about Lea and her murder, knowing full well what would happen to them if they said something negative, didn't set well with me. These people live in very justified terror of this organization and she knows that. To her, their very well justified fear for their lives was meaningless.

[@baronyto7677]

I mean i would like to see how you would talk if u know that u and ur family will be dead because of that

[@daleanthony4343]

Women only talk cuz they're fed up of seclusion

[@gingernoggin3158]

​@@baronyto7677he wouldn't talk, that's the points he is making.

[@Spiritofaconure]

Allot of Journalist don’t care about anyone’s lives all they care about is there own personal status in life, it’s disgusting because I see it happen in many journalism stories

[@Spiritofaconure]

@@gingernoggin3158gg. , h c 😊

[@pussycat6995]

I feel so sorry for the wives and sisters of the ndrangheta. They have almost no way out. Even if they talk to the police the police will probably stop protecting them at some point and throw them back into the wolves again so they can be killed.

[@AvrArv]

Police are official mafia!

[@bonafideabundance2484]

There is a lot to unpack here. Starting with the fact that Lea was a child bride.

[@forzajuve4845]

Age of consent in Italy is 14

[@didihern]

@@forzajuve4845 She was 35 with a 22 year old... how is this legal in Italy... a Catholic country? Smh

[@tonymurray814]

@@forzajuve4845 Disgusting

[@varunsharma3532]

@@didihern true abraahamics are the biggest organised pedophiles Catholic Church is known for its rotation policy of moving its Pedophiliac church leaders (whom they call father🤣🤣🤣🤣) to 3rd world countries And we all know all about Amish and Orthodox Muslims

[@justtalkingrubbish]

@@didihern umm thats is normal in the uk and usa pretty much everywhere whats your point?

[@jeremykwanhongkok4221]

The Ndrangheta is powerful but it has become even more powerful by preying on the public's fear, ignorance, complacency and the authority's slow reaction and action against them.

[@mi3helle707]

This one

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

That is because they will murder anyone who stands in their way. If you read the modern history of Italy you will read about the hundreds of judges, prosecutors, police commissioners, policemen, carabinieri, politicians and innocent bystanders who have been brutally murdered when they have tried to stand up to this organization.

[@jpmtlhead39]

Its nothing of that. Its pure and old Corruption that dictates the law. Shamefull for a countrie.

[@mafiacaptin9918]

Don't worry karams a bitch. MONTREAL MAFIA destroyed them in war in Canada

[@mateblack4722]

Easy to critique when you are far away so shut up.

[@ELENA81096]

This is Not respect, this is Fear...

[@corinacerbu8266]

I think mafia and cartels are pathetic. Their mentality is pathetic.

[@boop5287]

Baaaa 😂

[@Mr4Seven]

Yeah but unfortunately money talks and all else walks.

[@arik4277]

@@Mr4Seven Love the way u said it

[@pbohearn]

That’s capitalism! If there wasn’t demand there wouldn’t be the illegal production, shipping and distribution

[@pbohearn]

And there will always be demand so there’s only one way to end their control: legalization

[@jfg1104]

Being Calabrese myself, having spent most of my childhood in Reggio Calabria. This is how ALL Calabrians think. Non vedo, non sento, non parlo. I don't see, I don't hear, I don't talk.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Not good.

[@ladizhustle]

@@LarsTragel-zh7ei they simply don’t want to get dead

[@vortex162]

@@ladizhustle if all stood up they wouldn’t be able run a town without inhabitants! However, it’s fear that rules people.

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

Maybe 40 years ago

[@mhrbernards6589]

Origins of it lies in the past, the government never treated Calabria lightly, never helped for real, so people are shy to trust any government representative and this is where mafia thrives.

[@GO-fs1om]

Hypocrite they want the children of other families to die but as soon as justice is carried out on their husbands and sons they cry and lament, saying its a sin against God. these women they like the protection from the mafia but as soon as they lose a son they cry. wicked souls so the life on your sons and husbands are more precious than the innocent people they have murder and the families they have destroyed.

[@forzajuve4845]

They don’t choose the life at 14.. they obey and can’t get out of it ..there’s a difference

[@cmgpfa9604]

lol ure right they are peasants

[@agentorangecb1]

I think that's rubbish and just an excuse. As someone who made a harder but more honourable choice when there were few choices, and knew others who made a different choice and are dead, you always have a choice. Exploiting others is an easy choice and your environment is a convenient excuse

[@vortex162]

“Respect”, more like FEAR!

[@chrisgaron6244]

That's not Respect, they're scared to die 😩 how can people respect you you're criminals

[@MommyNTheRoyals]

RIP to the deceased and prayers going to the families and individuals involved

[@butchfajardo8832]

Evil will triumph if good men will do nothing. very old saying

[@Mizzayizza1]

Iv'e read of and watched documentaries on "Honor Killings" in the Middle East but had no idea this was practiced in Italy. The brother killed because he wouldn't kill his own sister to bring honor back to the family is horrifying.

[@andrewdipiazza4787]

It’s two completely different things. Not really relatable.

[@AvrArv]

In belgium and greece also mafias, son't believe propaganda about middle east, western people make war for drugs (e.g Afghanistan)

[@jcymngo]

This has nothing to do with that. There is no lifestyle in the ME even remotely like this.

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

I'm Calabrese over never heard if this shit wtf 😮

[@bobfaam5215]

It happens in only some areas of ME and certain tribes participate in honour k:illings . ME is very big .

[@butchfajardo8832]

Frightening! I'm so sad for the mother and her children!

[@Mutabor1981]

asking people in the street these dangerous questions and putting them in jeopardy

[@antoniawilliams2627]

I can’t imagine being born into this lifestyle. It’s very scary.

[@kdugg]

My family fled in the 1800s. My people came from this life

[@lisagerman2111]

@ 12:13: "...People respect you. " No, people fear you. Fear and respect are very different - respect is earned.

[@bear1245]

That’s how insane these people are to think that because people are scared they respect them.

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

Well better then getting murdered right ! I perfer to be scared that is what you have said well yeah scared/ respect! To an Italian means the same bloody thing !

[@jeremykwanhongkok4221]

As the old saying goes see no evil, hear no evil. However, silence is the most preferred weapon of the devil and his minions in the never ending war against all things good and holy. The Ndrangheta is nothing but a dangerous instrument of destruction used by Satan to wage war against God's witnesses on earth.

[@johnnytrujillo7725]

This is true same with evil anywhere on earth..

[@SanFran4]

Always a cult involved 😮

[@jackwilliam2965]

Join a family for protection to kill your own family is pure insanity.

[@doncicci9608]

Jack William There isn't a choice to join.They all have to and are born into it.. They either all cooperate or die. Their network is extensive with no swift path to stopping it. Like trying to take down the CIA. It would take a network of changes and take many years to chip away at

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

Who said demonic people are sane? God is watching. Soon, as he says in scripture for these wicked "to meet your Maker." Their final outcome, soon to come, will be worse than what they do to people.

[@TravelAlwaysOfficial]

The women were weak-minded and turned on their families. Of course the end is no surprise. I don't support the mafia, but these women are so naive to think that they'd go to the police and come back and everything would be okay.

[@pinatasamurai5270]

Great documentary.

[@georgepatuaka391]

That’s solid what a docco Sad for all concerned victims and familia , choice right or wrong never be excepted once line crossed , live and learn , what is freedom , Mind ,spirit, physical, financial

[@stoneleighful]

What a bunch of parasitic scumbags - rip to these brave ladies and thoughts to their families :(

[@Ratboy-ed3lb]

It’s not respect it is fear

[@kasisatya5448]

That woman hiding her face and her identity states with pride and arrogance that everyone 'respects' her and her family, it also speaks to her utter ignorance and inability to see the difference between fear/hatred and so-called respect. But you know the old saying 'keep them dumb, barefoot and pregnant'. Great life you must have - in the end Karma will get you.

[@pissFull]

Italy is a third world country

[@stellicide]

Chill on the “karma will get you” - these people live in a tiny town, with not necessarily western education, and most of all they didn’t ask to be born into the family they did. The women have their hands tied behind their backs, what can they do?

[@Ralphfili]

Did their karmic cycle start anew at birth, or is it the karma of their ancestors passed on to them? Maybe what they're dealing with is already some kind of unavoidable karmic debt?

[@chrismancini5645]

​@@stellicide Very true.

[@sarahpiaggio2693]

It's the same twisted thinking as that of children brought up in an abusive family, women who stay in abusive relationships, people of ALL kinds who stay in abusive cults year after year. If you're constantly told that black is white, evil is good and up is down, you're going to think that fear is respect and that it's the best that you can hope to receive from anyone. Probably best not to sit in judgement too much on those who get caught up in these things because given slightly different circumstances, each of us could fall into this twisted thinking. But we can recognise the immense moral and physical courage of those like Lea who stand up against it, whatever the cost. BTW karma isn't a thing. There's one chance at life, one death and one day of judgement before our maker, which is much more terrifying than any "karma"

[@Chronicles_of_a_Layman]

How can you kill your own daughter ? Really hard to understand !!!! If you are not in a mission to protect your own what else matters ?

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Psychopaths

[@johnryan2193]

The camera team will leave the village after this assignment but those people have to live there and face these animals .

[@TravelAlwaysOfficial]

Animals have nothing to do with this. Please don't use the name of an animal as an insult.

[@mickysanchez5511]

These Documentals never touch the part that above those Mafia family are always big fish. Big fish can be government it self included nothing is simple in those kind of issues.

[@mayony2217]

True, they wouldnt exist without their involvment and support.

[@federicoferrari8279]

Nah bro the government himself is scared of big fishes. Big fishes is mafia here

[@mayony2217]

@@federicoferrari8279 the gouverment scared of the mafia ?lol.they are associates. Every once in the while they make a big capture just so you close your mouth.do you think that hundreds of tons of cocaine enter a country just like that ? Because mafia is smarter ? You live in a different era not in the 80s’ where they hated eachother and there were only few police men who gave tips to mafia.nowadays they go hand in hand,partners,from the highest rang

[@federicoferrari8279]

@@mayony2217 it's different, surely some are associated but it's very rare. Most likely you're working in the government and decide to do what you're told because you get threatened and once you do that you're forced to stay with them. It's a very slight difference but it totally changes the way you see it. I'm Italian living in Italy, I've known people who directly faced mafia here so I know what I'm talking about.

[@ForgingMyLife]

This is only one type of Mafia but behind all of this is the bankers. They are the real rotten core of Italy. The bankers have convinced the world that the south of Italy is nothing and are criminals and useless bottom feeders but in fact history tells us that the south was once a fortitude of strength, industry and success that was then attacked, undermined and taken down by these same bankers from the north. Nothing has changed in thousands of years.

[@pedrocruz9778]

Even ur " mom's " will murk you 😮 All for honor!!!! That's sick

[@wolfmoon3431]

A very interesting and intriguing documentary☠❣☠

[@jvl3215]

A real eye opener.During my travel to Italy I found the people to be peace loving, friendly and God fearing . .How deceptive are appearances ! Cheers from India 🇮🇳.

[@renanalvesferreira1367]

I mean, do you think all of them are mafia? Because this is how you message sounds.

[@jvl3215]

@@renanalvesferreira1367 I guess you are right.But the fear of intimidation keeps the good folks look the other way instead of tackling the problem by exposing the mafia.

[@MoAli-wm4of]

Bollywood mafia is also quite a financially productive and active group but they are just so goofy when compared to any of the other global groups like the Italians, American LCN, Mexican/Colombians ... The Indians are down there with the rest of South east and far east asians .. this as an opinion coming from a Pakistani born in NY during tail end of 90s LCN being visible on the streets

[@alessio9657]

We Italians i think are the kindess people in the heart,of course the normality,then we have some groups like that,so what you saw when you was in Italy,Is what we are

[@jvl3215]

@@alessio9657 I guess most of you are.Anyway yours is one of the loveliest countries on earth , especially for history buffs like me.Best wishes from Kerala.

[@marykihara7432]

This is so sad for this woman to die. Never talk about this mafia. What a life

[@pussycat6995]

At 1:37 very touching speech by the lady for her brave mother. Plus poor Saita set up by her own mother at the end of video. Good documentary.

[@H4WL3YWOOD69]

Shit i could feel the tension jus watching the crowd's faces wene they spoke about them at that pilgrimage. That's intense

[@Eitner100]

When I was in Calabria some years ago, I was eating in a restaurant and overheard a family sitting next to me and making fun of the mafia. A man from another table close to mine, stood up, walked to the table of the family next to me a said a couple of words. The atmosphere in the restaurant became thick in a second or two. Total silence took over. The father of the family stood up, threw a 100€ bill on the table and left with his family in a hurry. The man who had whispered some words in the ear of the father nodded at me and I nodded back, finished my meal and left too after nodding again. I felt safe, but at the same time understood very well that the family had crossed a line in a region they should never have done so.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

It's very bad for Calabria that this kind of dictatorship by criminal gangs exists.

[@alessio9657]

Schizofrenia 👍 😃

[@lianadibiase6841]

And that is the problem keeping everyone silent with fear, its never going to change unless you have a cultural, mental, political and corruption change

[@anarivera8852]

@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 are you spared by this dictatorship?

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

I lived all my life here and I never meet a mafioso. I think many times it's dark humor

[@rolandrodriguez7145]

A true boss makes the whole town prosper and the church rich ' women and children happy 'you do not kill your family members over exposing business matters in front of them '

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

That is a fantasy, a city does not prosper.

[@honeybunch5765]

Not if you listen to all the stories, they paint a different picture.

[@andrewnjuguna2642]

At what cost? How many people suffer so that the big boss has largesse to share with the town?

[@wyomingpark]

Lol. They stand over everyone. They take peoples property. They kill, torture and threaten people who push back against them. Really??? They reap billions of dollars yet their families live in shit boxes with crap cars and clothes and primitive lifestyles. Seriously? How is that looking after the town??? They are monsters. The end.

[@1080lights]

Utter lies. These scumbags exist to brutalize and extort their own people.

[@richardshiggins704]

A most depressing documentary . It shatters one's perception of the Dolce Vita .

[@didihern]

There's a lot that shatters that image once you're in Italy beyond a short tourist visit! 😂

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Well, watch docs on America and if you believed all America was like that what would your opinion be then? And America's crime and problems makes this look like child's play, talk about depressing. Welcome to the real world, this dark spot exists everywhere.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@didihern You forgot your war cry of raccccccccccccismmmm!!!

[@didihern]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 No.... The US doesn't have anything like this. Try again...

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@didihern bahahahaha...I'm trying not to laugh too hard while typing this...just type, Kensington Ave., Philadelphia into your YT browser and then tell me ANYWHERE in Italy the same MESS exists. Not to mention there are 1000's just like it in American cities from East to West, North to South. America is #1 in incarcerated, murders and overall crime and filled with every ethnic mafia imaginable from Russian to Greek.

[@emmadolce2922]

How could Maria’s mum do something like this to her own child?!

[@mad3m6n]

In the ndrangheta rules are taken extremely serious. Your family, your blood and flash, are secondary to the ndrangheta. When you join ndrangheta it becomes your family, and you are binded by a pact of respect, crime and death, even if it comes to kill a member of your own family.

[@anarivera8852]

The mother would be killed if she doesn’t collaborate with men in the family. Another thing men have more value over women. A mother has more value when she gives birth to boys. She becomes “la mama” she is respected through her sons’ wealth and power. It’s a Mediterranean culture.

[@Michelle08027]

@@mad3m6n yes this is molto vero.

[@bloodoranges2631]

@@mad3m6n respect? What respect this is bondage and slavery. You cant use the word respect when you re referring to evil!

[@nikkigriffin08]

@@mad3m6n I mean I get that, she broke the code and that comes with a known consequence, but did they really have to use acid to kill her?? To use acid on one's own child or niece or cousin etc. that just seems unnecessarily brutal, I can think of few worse, more painful deaths than being forced to drink acid. I don't see why they couldn't have just shot her dead like they did the other woman who broke the code of silence, now that situation...as unfortunate as it was, I understand it...because she did break a rule that she knew came w/ a death sentence and thus it had to be carried out otherwise it couldve made the family look weak or make others think of doing the same & so they went on and shot her dead, got rid of her, thus proving that they weren't weak & also sending a message to any other potential snitches, but they did so in a professional manner like it was all part of the life and hers had to end but it didn't seem especially cruel. Killing the other woman who snitched with acid, that I dont understand because now you're just torturing another human-being & blood family at that, causing them unimaginable suffering, and for no real reason other than the sake of being brutal bcz if it was just about family honor then they easily couldve just shot her dead real quick and bang boom, back to business as usual. Brutality for brutalities sake isn't good for businesses of any sort.

[@nesanetlehulum9046]

How come a government is not in a position to eliminate these few criminals, unless the state has been infiltrated by these gangs.

[@jonye7511]

Or they fear them.

[@rlabarbera]

Are you kidding lol? The government is corrupt as hell in Italy

[@skbenc9009]

the government are working for years with cartels and mafias.why would they stop them while they launder money all together .the governments are the real mafias didnt u know that

[@cmgpfa9604]

italian secret service eat mozzarella,thats why

[@greyfells2829]

Mafia exist where the government is dysfunctional. People often forget that Italian police, army, and government were extremely corrupt through most of history. Even today there's a ton of corruption in Italian politics. All mafias, Italian, American, Mexican, form in vacuums where the official government is either not doing its job or breaking the trust of the people. Many parts of Italy and Mexico got their first school when criminals built it. This is why it takes generations for governments to rebuild trust with their people.

[@loneranger5928]

RIP Lea, wanting a better life for you and your daughter. Lea sister and her friend congratulations for being so brave speaking out putting yo life in danger. The woman hiding, her face ,sayin g how they are respected and don't have to pay for anything. She is very naive it is, out of fear not respect that people don't stand up to them. I feel sorry for the women ,who are trapped and can do nothing out o f fear.

[@wrangelinhabitant161]

She is simply not very bright or intelligent. Traditional, depending of the Family, Not much educated. What does she have to present If she is old and a housewife? Only fear and Family name😂

[@torbjrnlund903]

Respect to the Carabinieri. ❤️ Italia.

[@carolcarson2159]

It’s not respect it’s fear.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

The bishop had a lot of guts here with his speech.

[@pbohearn]

Other bishops have been assassinated for similar in Central America etc.

[@sharleenbiggley2225]

@haya glamazon yes he did hes probly in grave by now 4 talking out

[@greyfells2829]

Yea and I bet the kids that suck the bishop off have a lot in their guts

[@MrJohnnydublin]

Never trust a fat priest or a skinny chef

[@airforceones679]

If you say you love someone why would you kill them

[@joaoserra3839]

Because they betrayed the family and in doing so endangered the lives and freedom of countless of your friends and family, their wives, their children etc.

[@ValkAuguste]

@@joaoserra3839 Maybe they shouldn't have been absolute scum of the earth thinking they could just get away with getting rich off the suffering of others. I love my dad because he's a good person, if he was an evil piece of shit I would not protect him in any way.

[@willalwaystelehandler8450]

Amazing documentary 🎥 shocking story see nothing say nothing

[@roselee4445]

I despise people who lie about filming. Especially in these cases where to talk means they die and you are my friend an assesory to these murder by putting their face out there

[@keztukariri]

These guys have been operating in Australia for the last 100+ years too. Cant even imagine their influence in the US

[@nikkigriffin08]

There are several different mafias in Italy, but the Ndrangheta are hands down the most violent, and operate more like a cartel than a traditional mafia family. There are police, a few prosecutors, and a judge who have all been under 247 armed police protection for many years....25 years straight for one of the prosecutors and over a decade for the rest involved in this one particular case that I was following where they were actually trying to hold powerful Ndrangheta members to account, and so ofc after the brazen murders of politicians, lawyers, and cops in the past who had the audacity to speak out against, or investigate this gang, serious protection measures were put in place for the lawyers who continue(d) the fight & the judge who was to hear the case but I just can't imagine being under police protection for even 1 year, let alone 25. Then again I am American and both personally and as a country, I have learned that the majority of our cops aren't on the job to protect and serve but instead to harass, steal, extort, etc. and for some to be able to bully & murder w/ 0 consequences so they damn sure wouldn't make me feel safer, I guess it's good that we don't have the Ndrangheta in SWFL and I haven't nor would ever piss off any local businessmen from south of the border.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Are you by any chance connected with terrorists like ANTIFA or antidemocratic BLM fanatics?

[@forzajuve4845]

I’m sure they are in Florida..they are probably subletting the business to the established network

[@jpmtlhead39]

The problema here with this low life People, and organisations, its that Evil Prevails when good men do nothing.

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

You have very confused ideas about this topic, influenced by tv. these documentaries show a niche problem as if it were a generalized problem of the whole population. do you want to have a balanced view of the place? look for a video of an American expat in Calabria as a super savvy traveler

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@Nome_e_Cognome man, when a "niche problem" involves billions of Euros/Dollars, in specialy drugs, that destroy entire comunaties, not only in Italy but trough all Europe And beyond, thats a very, very big "niche", for those low lifes, Who earn their living, not for going to work at 6 Am, but by The total Misery they inflict in other people lifes. And get rich in The process. People like that, And iam being nice, caling them People (they are Leeches, the scum of The earth) they deserve no less, that life in prison, in solitary confinement. Scum of The earth.

[@davejackson8047]

God bless this poor woman!!

[@Songuljamal]

How can they pray to God and do shit like this at the same time?

[@jonye7511]

That's how most hypocrites operate all over the world especially the most pious ones.

[@barbram8001]

Songul... I agree.

[@honeybunch5765]

Their religion is designed to forgive them their sins after confessions. Think about that, you can do what you want confess to a priest and repent.

[@Songuljamal]

@@honeybunch5765 ridicules, how they can't see that karma doesn't give a shit about confessions

[@mel-wc9ep]

After death there will be the highest judge.

[@pedrocruz9778]

Damn, that's what you call. "scared shitless "' Funny 🤔, how all those old-timers said. " OH I wasn't here at that time......i just got back🐔🐔🐔

[@freespiritable]

It's not they're afraid, it's they're involved. They've worked for it, their children work for it.

[@rosa50230]

How come everybody look so poor, I don't see the luxury life, everything looks deplorable. I don't think that lifestyle is worthy.

[@bodhisattva2348]

thats exactly what i was thinking. lol. they make all that money but can't look decent, not to mention that they make all that money just to live in doors, under ground most of the time. explain please.

[@johnmorphy5435]

Because they don't show off wealth like dummies. Italy is also not a very wealthy country so flaunting it makes ppl dislike them more than they already do. Smart criminals don't give authorities the reasons to hit them with tax evasion etc

[@federicoferrari8279]

@@bodhisattva2348 most Mafia bosses die in small rooms like rats, you can't show off money where money doesn't exist. The money they show often gets hidden or used for bigger operations. Plus u only find out about "small" bosses, so like what you see is often someone who gets caught for minor businesses. I met someone who was real and big and trust me I ain't never seen such a luxury house in my whole life

[@blastermaster2383]

Inside the homes is where you see the wealth,not from the outside.Unwanted attention is exactly that,unwanted.

[@rosa50230]

@@blastermaster2383 I don't believe that, when they interviewed the girl, I did not see any wealth, maybe for you it may seeing, like..... but not to me, sorry.

[@honeybunch5765]

I think their religion allows them to continue their crimes, they do believe after all that a regular confession forgives them from their sins.

[@truffavirus1665]

They're devil worshipper without even knowing it

[@bodhisattva2348]

this aint nothing new ppl have always used religion to justify evil doings: slavery, nazism, racism, wars etc. its the audacity for me. you'd never find anything to the evil things they do within the bible but they'd still think god & angels will protect that & that they're doing god's work.

[@cllmda]

No ,a confession only absolves you if you truly repent and CHANGE your ways, you"re also supposed to do your utmost to REPAIR.It's not like you get a clean slate and can just do it again or continue your bad ways/life ! This is just ignorance of the Catholic doctrine.

[@carolleota9000]

Pray that one day they will HUMBLE themselves.

[@pbohearn]

Whatever degree of Catholic faith they have has been twisted. If they are honoring the virgin mother as their a patron saint, it is truly twisted

[@miriamking966]

Control is not love. Control is abuse. Well done those who spoke out. Rather be dead than a pawn to thugs, criminals. Your power is short lived. Only God is all powerful. What do you say when being judged by him?

[@alanamileras2329]

God bless Lea and her family--what courage, grit, bravery. She is an example to others of the consummate truth-teller and has more strength in her tiny toe that these Mafia "men" have in their whole bodies. Strength is not in imposing fear, harm, hurt and silencing anyone who dares question you. Them doing so reveals exactly how small and insignificant those Psychopaths really are. And powerful, fitting opening shot at 3:22 for this subject :(

[@pbohearn]

And not just the men; the mafia women too. Case in point: the mother who would betray and in sneer her daughter to bring her back and have her murdered and then tell everybody she committed suicide. That is a mother more bonded with criminal clan then with her own daughter. The young one? She’ll soon find out that it’ll also be her misery that’ll be the cost as Leah’s sister has discovered. As the old lady said, “I’ll die alone.”

[@tracytierney2073]

))

[@marigeo24]

They are definitely men. No need for the quote marks

[@gincee6156]

​​@@marigeo24 Yes, sure. Ridiculous little matchstick men. It's definitely NOT respect, mafiosi get, it's just fear. Nobody got respect for these murderers, rapists, drug dealers & traffickers. They are just scum!!! Respectable people obey the law & don't need to be feared. Lea & her daughter deserve real respect, very brave ladies.

[@gincee6156]

A village full of cowards, very impressive!! It's time, to get rid of the Mafia scum.

[@Mariam-marimar]

The religion has nothing to do with their being badass. It's people's mind which makes them bad and not the religion as the bishop's message is very clear.

[@wrangelinhabitant161]

Very true. The bishop is a decent servant of God and has absolutely No fear of those gansta😂

[@andrewnjuguna2642]

The woman talking of respect doesn't live in a luxurious house, she looks very simple. The doctor sees her first, she drinks free in a pub. Are those the benefits of joining a criminal organisation which deals in death and misery?

[@TravelAlwaysOfficial]

I can't help but wonder what Lea was running away FROM when she left home at 15! It clearly wasn't just about her dad, grandpa, and uncle dying. I feel that something else happened! She did not feel safe and was willing to go WHEREVER! Poor girl! 💔

[@mariapereira5500]

The calabrian males are a bunch of despicable cowards. Thank you for the exposure to this horrible injustice. Great documentary..

[@cmgpfa9604]

how come the italian secret service dont kill them

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

Do you understand that Calabrian (inhabitant of Calabria region, 2 million people) and mafioso are not the same word?

[@viamilitaris011]

@@Nome_e_Cognome You tube and Wikipedia didn't explain her ...

[@antonioamendola3162]

You do realize what you said is so wrong , right ? , the mafioso scumbags are are a very small portions?,99.9% are are decent people .

[@KevinKevin-po1zl]

The women are the real minds of the ndrangheta.

[@didihern]

She was 35 with a 22 year old daughter? Oh my...😳

[@leroybeasley4959]

She had her daughter at 17 not 13 which isn't any better I guess 🤷

[@missTonic29]

Let’s not judge someone’s age when it is appropriate to have a child. Respectfully 13 is not the same as 17

[@pattskatoey3139]

That is messed up.Rest in peace those brave women.

[@stanleyhood9873]

These women are brave. Mafia seems to forget that they owe a greater allegiance to something else rather than the Mafia. That's God and his luitenent Jesus Christ.

[@yahye6119]

These women are complicit. They have turned a blind eye to how many sons and daughters murdered by the mafia. As soon as soon as the going gets rough I’m expected to feel sympathy?? No chance more righteous and pious people may but for me no way.

[@barbram8001]

Stanley Hood...God, doesn't have a Lieutenant. He has a Only Begotten Son, The Lord Jesus Christ.

[@bloodoranges2631]

Obviously those ppl use Christian symbols to destroy it as they do when burning st Michael picture. It was rumoured that the top mafiosi belong to another old religion but use Christian symbols as a front to cover up.

[@greyfells2829]

Confession wipes their sins clean, these men can do whatever they want and they will always go to heaven.

[@gudduukraine270]

The Pope is asking the Mafioso to Put Their Arms Down in the name of Virgin Mary. And while he speaks he has Thick Gold Ring Of almost 50 grams in his right hand finger. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jmc5577]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DaniHMcV]

That’s not the Pope

[@andrewnjuguna2642]

That's a Bishop and I don't get the connection between the ring and the ndrangheta.

[@phoenixkwon]

That is not respect that's fear

[@Aman_Mac0707]

Could someone please tell me the name of the song towards the end ? I don't understand the language but it moved me.

[@feeline1120]

In what year was this documentary made?

[@ksoupouparasit6214]

anyone knows what is the closing song? Thanks in advance! ~The Calabrian word 'Ndrangheta derives from Greek ἀνδραγαθία andragathía for "heroism" and manly "virtue" or ἀνδράγαθος andrágathos~

[@danielebucci940]

"Ninna Nanna Malandrineddu", a children song

[@benjimilo8583]

It is call "pure evil🤬 from fucking hell" should not be born to this world. thanks for great doc

[@topgangsterdocumentary1868]

Nice video

[@vincenzoabbate4210]

True documentary!!!good job.

[@alexanderalmazar9627]

So evil are those people

[@Rawker101]

They really have the village living in fear and it's crazy to see so many people either lying through their teeth about not knowing what's going on or to see them outright defending these monsters. They have a patron saint and worship Mary (which is strange when you see how they treat women) but they really should be worshipping the Devil because everything they do is pure evil. They'll get theirs eventually though. If not in this life, then definitely the next.

[@gyelsz5214]

Guess who the biggest mafia is , it’s start with the letter V and end with an N 😂

[@miltononyango]

amazing story

[@Rahul1of]

What is the title of this documentary and where was it first broadcast. I think it is on Netflix and Prime

[@hugmc]

Life in the west is like this too, it just comes in different flavours 🤷‍♂️

[@abcdefghi9]

The only way to destroy a parasite is the people need to unite and push back viciously.

[@NewTheoryMagazine]

New subscriber

[@minkiuna]

The message is simple. See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.

[@ypure3859]

but its all evil

[@LaS88709]

🤦🏾‍♀️ Ask them if they knew Lea. Everybody had an excuse… I was a broad, in hospital, wasn’t living there, I traveled that day.

[@MariMorti]

The women, like Lea, and the mother , are the bravest in this mess ... if only all of them stop obeying their mafioso of husband, father, uncle, those organisations would collapse .. re reading Roberto Salviano ' books

[@yaseen5121]

I love his writing style

[@jarodu5869]

April 29th 2022 Great flick. What an awful miserable existence. The code of silence? More like a life of tyranny. Watching and bewildered from the Fiji 🇫🇯 Islands. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ranip7787]

Drua vs ?

[@richardfilippone7520]

@@ranip7787 lo

[@osmansh]

The grand mother at 44:40 she was doing the omertà lol 😂

[@lorrainericardo8680]

I feel so sorry for them ,, may God be with them ,,, their cultures reminds me of the Muslim women where they are also killed if they go against their family or religious rules , men can be ruthless even with their own ,, men are deadly ,, God help us ,

[@badguy1481]

I NEVER knew there was a "Calabrian Mafia"....until this video! A relative (through marriage), from Calabria, immigrated to the USA in the early 1900's. At funerals I would see a number of his relatives. Now I understand WHY they looked and spoke the way they did.

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

This is just silly. I don't even know how to start... This is just stupidity fueled by movies stereotypes

[@badguy1481]

@@Nome_e_Cognome If you don't even know how to start...may I suggest you don't?

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

@@badguy1481 do you understand you wrote they were mafiosos (a terrible think to be) just because you don't like their look? I call this ignorance, bigotry and (forgive me) stupidity . Someone looks differently from you and he is a gangster or a killer?

[@badguy1481]

@@Nome_e_Cognome Hey slicked back hair and businesses like "Restaurant Supplies" were a sure thing "marker"!

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

@@badguy1481 as being a white lonely type american teen means school shooter. Blonde short hair and polo shirt is the "marker" of a college rapist. As I said this is just stupid. Bye

[@hotrockclimbingschool774]

Its for sure more fear that respect why you not have to wait in line or pay at a bar

[@Onggva]

The authorities failed Maria Conchetta big time. How do you put a mother in witness protection without her children. That was destined to end like it did.

[@intoxicated_girL]

I find it extremely shitty that the "journalists" present the villagers and the pastor like this. Apparently the danger of the mafia is very far away for the "great" people behind the camera. .what if the pastor had talked to you? would you have just broadcast it like that and put him in danger? disgusting behavior on the part of the journalists... .

[@30mouse]

Everyone questioned demurred, so they have obeyed the code 100%, therefore they are not in danger. How else can she illustrate how completely subverted the whole populace is? She knows no one will talk, that's the whole point.

[@anna_m59]

“The police did nothing “ for Leia because the police is very much involved in the Mafia business.

[@chiclett]

no, lol

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

Spot on 😢

[@BamaFanUSMC]

Respect??? More like fear honey....ppl are treating you that way out of fear, not respect.

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@johnryan2193]

I never forget the part of the movie where Harvey keitel faces the mafia boss ( Chris walken) that has to be the best scene in the Movie .

[@gregkosinski2303]

True Romance

[@keybordfighter7672]

Funny how those women come out such innocent angels,forced to live such against their will, i just wonder how much wrongs these women had done towards other women by abusing their status To Each pot its lid

[@winner5126102]

Poor lady. If you pay attention, her daughter is 22 yo, that means the lady gave birth at 13!! Her "husband" raped her!! Then, killed her!! R.I.P.

[@meab12]

So true

[@sibin3732]

What's the title of the song at the end of the video?

[@ericpirillo2326]

Lol like the church didn't gain power through intimidation and conquest.

[@ISCARI0T]

whats the problem with that? conquering territory of heretics and heathens is completely legitimate.

[@worldgonemad1152]

How else do you gain power? 🤦🏻

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

@@ISCARI0T Who are heretics snd heathens?

[@ISCARI0T]

@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 protestants mainly, also other similar sects that have the attitude "i know better than the people that followed the same doctrine for 2000 years". even though the catholic church today has many internal problems, i still respect the history of it. catholic/orthodox are following the doctrine.

[@Thalitatiel]

@@ISCARI0T You chose the most apt name- Judas Iscariot. Your father the devil is using you like your namesake. Only a satanist would respect a doctrine that's filled with greed, blasphemy, delusions of grandeur and heresy. Do you miss the days when your church of Satan told people they could earn their way to heaven by paying for indulgences, christenings, relics, pilgrimages etc? The only reason anyone has a Bible in their language is due to Protestants. I don't expect a satanist would appreciate how selfless believers like William Tyndale were hunted down and killed for translating the Bible. Is this the history you respect? Do you want to go back to the time when Bibles had to be smuggled across the border? You probably don't even know what a Bible looks like because you follow the pope instead of the Lord Jesus. Did you applaud Satan's representative(pope Francis) when he said Christians should never share the Gospel with unbelievers or when he approved homosexual civil unions? Which internal problems were you referring to? Your pedo priests or nun raping priests?