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about heart attacks. arjun‘s wife died suddenly and unexpectedly six months into their marriage. he's now organising a concert this weekend to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease to young people. singer arjun has not notched up millions of views on youtube, including his latest video dedicated to his wife ofjust six months. # my baby, gone. # can you see me down here?# it was the first time i've actually able to been put my feelings onto paper after about a year and a half of trying to work out how to deal with things. part of my therapy was to write things down in song. the first time i had seen our footage from the wedding was actually in the video, really, so after that it was quite painful. natasha passed away due to a sudden

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now on bbc news, our world. panzuto was a mafia boss, for years he played a key role in naples‘ camorra, but now he has turned state witness and is helping put his former associates behind bars. this film contains descriptions of violence which some viewers may find upsetting. naples, where police waged a constant battle against organised crime. we are now in the torretta district, one of the poorest areas of naples, as the officers look for sentinels, lookouts. the camorra is the city's mafia, one of the world's most deadly and secretive criminal networks. but now, one of its bosses and killers is breaking the code of silence. gennaro panzuto was a dangerous criminal in naples. a criminal who has now

turned on the camorra, gennaro panzuto was a dangerous criminal in naples. a criminal who has now turned on the camorra, putting his brothers behind bars, leaving him a marked man. this is the story of gennaro panzuto, the man who murdered for the mafia, and then confessed all. in a prison in the italian alps, the secrets are being unlocked — the secrets of the camorra clans, the secrets of a life spent committing terrible crimes.

gennaro panzuto, a former leader of the naples camorra, is what italians call a ‘pentito,’ a state witness who has helped prosecute his associates. he is in a special prison unit for his own safety. the italian authorities have allowed us exclusive access to hear his story, but not to show his face.

now 45 years old, he has spent a decade injail, reflecting on what he has done. camorra didn't become a killer overnight. as a teenager, he learnt how to be a street thief, working italy's tourist hotspots, snatching watches. he was talent—spotted by his uncle,

rosario, who headed the camorra cigarette smuggling operation. panzuto grew up in this dark, dead—end alley. now, he had found an escape route from poverty. he was soon involved in extortion and drugs for the camorra. based on two big clans, the camorra operates like no other mafia in the world, according to expert dr felia allum. so those two clans or those two alliances, in order to be powerful and in order to be strong, what they have tended to do is to recruit smaller clans. so in every district, you will find a criminal family that controls the territory. so it's kind of alliance building. that's the flexibility and the fluidity of the camorra.

by the time he was just 21, panzuto had already spent time injail. now, the camorra wanted him to carry out their dirtiest work. he shows me where. this. this one here? yes. this is where it began? yeah. mergelina marina, the beautiful place where what panzuto calls his descent into hell began. in 1996, camorra families were turning on each other in deadly rows over drugs territory. panzuto was called to a meeting on the pier. he was given an instruction to defend his uncle from a rival they are asking

you to kill somebody. did you not think that is the wrong thing to do? why not? with a handshake, pa nzuto‘s life changed. he became a killer. by his early 30s, he was clan leader, after his uncle was jailed. his nickname was ‘terramoto‘ — earthquake. using the gun to defend territory, it was a time of blood. so we're talking about targeted killings.

yes, and to be efficient, they have to decide on specific individuals, to give a message. they follow them around, they pinpoint where they are, and they kill them in order to win territory, but also to give a symbol and a message to that clan. one of the victims was rival graziano borelli, shot dead in the street. pietro ioia was a drug trafficker, but for years he has worked to steer people away from the camorra. he tried with the young panzuto, but failed. pietro ioia was a drug trafficker, but for years he has worked to steer people away from the camorra.

he tried with the young panzuto, but failed. panzuto‘s violence made him a target for one of italy's elite anti—mafia judges. i think at the time, gennaro panzuto was the most dangerous criminal in naples, in italy. michele del prete was determined to bring down the young leader before he grew any stronger. the net was closing in on gennaro panzuto. injune 2006, an arrest warrant was issued.

he was now wanted for mafia association and murder, and that's when he took a fateful decision. he went on the run. pa nzuto came here, north—west england. not exactly a gangster‘s paradise, you might think. at first he lay low at a caravan park in a quiet corner of rural lancashire. so this is where he used to live. yes, number one, up the stairs. resident mick bury met panzuto when the italian gangster accidentally pranged his car. he reversed into my car over there. he reversed into your car? and after that, we've become friends. was was he like then? a very friendly, sociable bloke, yeah. a bit of charm about him. he liked to enjoy himself, yeah. he liked to barbecue.

he used to have them outside on the patio. away from the bloodshed of naples, gennaro panzuto was coming to enjoy his new life in the north—west. but it was a curious choice for a mobsterfrom southern italy. so why did he choose to come here? i'm a daughter of an ex—mafia boss in italy. this was many years ago. we're talking about nearly 30 years ago. marisa merico and herfather served time in prison before renouncing the mafia. she settled here in lancashire. although she doesn't know panzuto, she understands why he came here. i was shocked, but in a way i wasn't, because britain is a sort

of a safe haven, in a way. what would make the uk so attractive to a member of the mafia? you know, you don't have to walk around with an id, carta di identita elettronica, like they call it in italy. also, to set up a business is very easy. companies housed here, within a few days you have documentation, whereas in italy you have to go through a course, a procedure. there's a lot more to it, a lot more background checks, where in the uk there isn't. and none of that is lost on foreign crime gangs. they became more aware of it, and how lax the laws are in certain areas, and still are. the mafia became more aware of it? yeah, oh definitely. panzuto came to north—west england because he had local criminal contacts he had made back in naples. contacts who are now willing to help him. panzuto‘s white—collar helpers set up dozens of companies to trade

goods between northern england and naples. panzuto‘s white—collar helpers set up dozens of companies to trade goods between northern england and naples. it was a big tax—dodging scam, which started with shoes. his court carousel fraud, goods moved between companies that are closed down before any vat is paid. it costs governments across europe billions in lost taxes. carousel fraud

is really, really profitable. carousel fraud is a good tool even to money launder, or to move money from a country to another. so, it's really important to organised crime groups? yeah, it's a paradise! because you can earn really a huge amount of money with very simple skill. what about the role played by panzuto‘s british associates? did those people know that you were using that money to help your camorra associates in naples? back at the caravan park, mick bury was completely in the dark. hejust remembers his italian friend's generosity. i've got something to show you here. these are the shoes he gave me.

he gave you those shoes? he gave me these shoes, yeah. because i said i like dancing and he said these are proper italian shoes. made in italy, as well! made in italy, yeah. panzuto had struck a bargain with his british associate. they taught him about fraud. he showed them how to call in debts, the camorra way. he set up a late—night meeting designed to send a message to all those who owed money.

according to pa nzuto, his british associates were there. but his time on the run was coming to an end. by 2007, panzuto was directing events in naples from this village. but little did he know, the italian authorities found him thanks to phone tapping and in may 2007, he was arrested and extradited. when you discovered this mafia connection, what was your reaction? first of all, you question yourself, you say, what an earth is going on? it was in the papers and stuff, i thought, oh, my god! and they were saying, have you seen?

he nearly moved in my house in blackpool as well. with panzuto facing a life sentence, he did the unthinkable for a mafia man — he talked, and he told prosecutors about his british helpers. when you heard the names of gennaro panzuto's associates in the uk, what did you tell the british police? so, what happened to those people that panzuto named? we know that lancashire police investigated, but it appears that nobody was arrested, and nobody was ever charged. for legal reasons, we can't name them.

0n the streets of pa nzuto's hometown, naples, police here are still fighting powerful mafia clans. a sign of that power, a shrine in memory of the son of a clan leader who was killed in a shooting. we are out with the squadron moberly, italy's flying squad, patrolling some of the toughest estates in the city. yes, it's a place where drugs are sold? this is the home of another clan and we are driving terribly slowly through some lowrise blocks as the officers look

for sentinels, the lookouts. this is a constant daily battle for these police officers from the naples flying squad, trying to stop these steps of crime, drug dealing, and the fear is that the money made here is funnelled into some of the most dangerous crime groups in the world. many camorra bosses are now in prison, put there by witnesses like panzuto. the result — some clans are now run by teenagers, nicknamed baby gangs. they are less organised, but very violent.

we are sitting in on the start of a trial of men accused of murder, drug trafficking and extortion. the defendant greets a carabinieri officer like an old friend. a coming together of opponents in a never—ending battle to control the streets. but we are warned by the city's chief anti—mafia prosecutor not to focus on the violence. we should follow the money.

and yet, there are signs of hope in panzuto's old neighbourhood. it's an after—school club where basically the nuns try to get the kids off the street in order to give them things to do and make them do homework. gennaro panzuto came here as a child. the nuns are still trying to stop the gangs from grooming the next generation. how do the camorra recruit young people here in this area? ida is a volunteer and 20 years ago, some in herfamily

were panzuto's deadly rivals. she said this centre saved her life as a child. do you have hope for the future? from his prison in the mountains at the other end of italy, ex—camorrista gennaro panzuto is scathing about his old gang. they are finished. they're finished? why did he turn against them?

his decision to choose family over the clan has cost him dear. what is the personal price for you in doing that? too much. gennaro panzuto was the street thief who became a mafia killer. after more than a decade behind bars, he will soon be released, but he will always be looking over his shoulder. for a man brought up in violence, this could be the hardest fight of all.

hello. storm dennis continues to batter britain. looking back at saturday, well, it was windy everywhere, wasn't it, but the strongest gust of wind was at aberdaron in the llyn peninsula, 91mph gusts recorded here, we've all seen lots of rain as well, but the rain has been causing problems, particularly across parts of northern england, wales, the west midlands and south—west england. now, there are lots of flood warnings in force and the number of flood warnings continues to rise hour by hour. and with more heavy rain in the forecast, that's clearly not a good thing. now, looking at the satellite picture, this is storm dennis. the centre actually near iceland. but it's this trailing weather front stretching for a couple of thousand miles

out into the atlantic that's causing problems, because the winds are blowing parallel and the front rather than across it, and what that means is the front gets stuck and what that means is we've got a lot more heavy rain to come as we head into the first part of sunday. now, some of the heaviest falls of rain will be across wales, the west midlands and south—west england. if anything, the rain much heavier than we saw on saturday, for example, and there will be some heavy falls as well in northern england at times. given that we already have a number of flood warnings out in force, things could get really quite nasty for a time here as we head into the first part of sunday morning. cooler air across the north—west with blustery showers. now, looking at the weather picture through the rest of sunday, our weather front tracks its way towards the south—east. now, there is a risk that this front could be slower to clear southern and eastern areas of england. in other words, there could still be quite a bit of rain left over even into the afternoon here, but it's going to be a windy day everywhere. gusts of wind inland again 50—60mph.

70 around some of our coasts, and those winds still strong enough to bring down an odd tree or two. so there is the risk of transport disruption whether from the flooding rain or from those very powerful gusts of wind. showers continue to feed in across the north and western. as we go on into sunday night, if anything, the winds are going to get stronger for a time across the far north as the centre of dennis passes close to the north of scotland. so the winds picking up could cause some problems here for transport as we head into monday morning for scotland. as we head through the rest of monday, it's a day broadly speaking of sunny spells and showers. the winds staying strong, and will continue to make it feel quite chilly across these northern areas. beyond that, it stays unsettled through the rest of the week ahead. rain or showers in the forecast for most days and it will stay quite windy, but for the most of us, it will also stay on the mild side. temperatures up to 1a degrees for london next weekend. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: china says deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have now passed 1,600, and in france, an 80—year—old chinese tourist becomes the first european covid—19 fatality. at least eight people are killed as a bus carrying football fans from ecuador plunges into a ravine in peru. canada leads renewed calls for iran to hand over the black boxes from the ukrainian airliner brought down over tehran in january. the popular british tv presenter caroline flack, has been found dead at her london home. her family say she took her own life. troops are deployed in the north of england,