hundreds of american citizens have been rescued from a ship injapan. 355 people have now been infected on the diamond princess. china has tightened restrictions on people in hubei province as it continues to battle the coronavirus. many people have been told to stay at home u nless have been told to stay at home unless there is an emergency. senior afg ha n unless there is an emergency. senior afghan officials are due to return home from the conference to discuss a truce agreed by the taliban and the us. and hundreds of flood alerts remain in place in the uk as a flood

battered britain. a major incident has been declared after flooding causes landslides. at ten o'clock reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, in 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, 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. ——pa nzuto. 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. 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. what 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. 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. 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's 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 types 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 and 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 says 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, there. i suspect the effects of storm dennis will be felt for some time to come. whilst we had gusts of 90 miles per hour across the west coast of wales, it was the amount of rain that caused most of the problems and we have seen some scenes of major flooding. at one point, we had a record number of flood warnings in england. storm dennis itself is moving away from northern scotland, heading towards scandinavia. that weather front that brought

the persistent and heavy rain is moving further into europe so it is leaving us with more of a showery airstream ready for the start of the week. mind you, the showers could be heavy and potentially thundery, some downpours pushing eastwards across southern parts of england and wales and more persistent showers keep going there across scotland and northern ireland. the winds, still blustery but nowhere as strong as they have been and should be easing down in scotland from the overnight gales or severe gales. temperatures looking like this, around nine or 10 degrees for many parts of the country so it is not particularly cold. those showers will continue into the evening and as we head into tuesday as well we are essentially keeping that showery westerly airstream going for a few days longer. so, more showers to come and some sunshine as well. more blustery winds i think on tuesday. there may well be some bands of heavy showers again pushing across england and wales and those fairly frequent showers in scotland and northern ireland, turning a bit more wintry in the hills. temperatures here dropping a little bit as the air gets a little bit colder. a lot of showers on tuesday, those should tend to fade away

overnight and brief little nose of high pressure, it is only a little one mind you because the next weather system is racing in from off the atlantic so a chilly start, many places starting dry on wednesday. some sunshine to start with. it will cloud over more from the west and western areas will see some outbreaks of rain and again that rain could be heavy over the hills. the winds will strengthen as well, you will find temperatures underneath that rain round about eight or 9 degrees. it is a warm front that is bringing that rain, that weather front there and then we get some milder south—westerly winds ahead of the cold front with colder aircoming in behind and because it is quite a temperature contrast, the rain on the cold front shown here could be quite heavy for a while on thursday. it may well tend to ease off a bit as it heads towards the south—east later in the day and then we start to see some showers coming in and the air begins to get a bit colder and those showers turn wintry over the hills, still quite mild though towards the south—east. so, one weather front moves through during thursday and whilst it is quite windy on thursday,

the winds are set to strengthen even more i think on friday. a strong jet stream again sweeping in this band of cloud and rain across the country and it will be windy wildly, gales quite likely. severe gales actually towards the north west of scotland. some outbreaks of rain pushing in across the country, south—westerly winds. it is going to be mild, temperatures are 11, maybe even 12 degrees on friday. if we look further ahead, we still have that very strong jet stream into next weekend and that will pick up more areas of low pressure and spill some rain quickly across the country. this rain again heavy over the hills. the jet stream will continue to push in some wetter weather into the start of next week but we are also going to introduce some cooler air as well. it won't be as mild as the weekend. the jet stream may be beginning to split a bit, signs of high pressure, but that is a long way off. essentially for the outlook it remains very unsettled. that means we are in for some more strong to gale force winds and there will be some further rain at times,

threatening some more flooding.