how influential is the mafia now?> i am surprised you are shocked, act julie, because germany is probably the one that has made the -- actually, i do think in germany there have been some very important news about this group and specifically about the mobility and capacity of the -- capacity that some of the clans have had in the past 20r 30 years. some of these clans have managed to move their money and their activities on an opportunity basis and following the routes of different industries, such as the drug trade, cocaine being their main revenue. but obviously, they have used the liberal market to invest in different types of activities's so that they can launder the money. brent: so they have gotten stronger over the last couple of decades, right? my point is that i think around the world, people have assumed that the mafia was actually losing its influence and power gradually, but that hasn't been the case, right? >> well, it has been the case when it comes to the other mafia, the sicilian mafia, that has been s

well it has been the case when it comes to what the other mafia also they see a mafia that has been severely maimed by trial and the following activities in 1890 days but when it comes to these mafia which is a different group and it has very different characteristics in terms of organization flexibility portfolio activities resilience all different things then it's a it's a whole other story so these and i get that peculiarity in the sense that he's always been there but he has managed to be hidden for quite a while but it's not even anymore for quite a long time now you know in the report that we just saw. a former we saw a former mafioso we saw key witnesses as well as the chief prosecutor they are all living under constant heavy police protection in fact the prosecutor grotty here to he's been living that way for decades i mean do they stand a chance to help put it in to enjoy and get. i think that will be the ons for it would be it depends. is doing an amazing wark and nice putting himself on the line obviously. but at the same time is just one piece of the puzzle in some very important

also coming up the largest mafia trial in over 30 years he came in italy with more than 300 defended set to take the stand we speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind bars and no end in sight in germany as deaths from cold 19th valent and the country appears and able to bring the latest surgeon tases under control plus the men's handball world championship gets underway in egypt today there will be no spectators this year due to the coronavirus pandemic but that hasn't put everyone at the needs. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st a leader of the united states to be impeached twice the house of represent. this is set to move forward with a vote to impeach trump in a few hours a number of key republicans now say that they also back the move trump will face a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week he denies that he encouraged the violence. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still dra

removed the president is rejecting responsibility for the violence also on the program the largest mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy with more than $300.00 defendants set to take the stand we speak to the informants risking his life to put the mobsters behind bars. and no end in sight in germany as deaths from covert 19 mounts and the country appears on able to bring the latest surge in cases under control. as welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st leader of the united states to be impeached twice at this hour the house of representatives is gathering to move forward with a vote to impeach the president is a live pictures we're showing you right here several key republicans now say they will back them move trample phase a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week he denies that he encouraged the violence. well let's go straight to washington where she's a pole is standing by in is what are you hearing how will the vote go today. well it is expected somet

yeah that's right so the answer is twofold basically on one hand you have you have the the anti mafia movement have people who are against corruption who are against were fighting against the influence of the wrong it on the other hand you have benefactors and then the longer control large parts of the public life here in colombia and other parts of italy as well starting from the post offices from the supermarkets of the highest level of government so they have a lot of power they can influence people they can give government contracts to 2 people who did this to to make a living for example so they have means they have tools to to influence public opinion and in the days and weeks and months leading up to this trial we've also seen attempts of in the wrong attitude to influence reporting about the trial to influence public opinion this will continue. do you think this particular trial will have effects of shock waves if you will beyond calabria in other places of italy maybe. well that's the goal. as i said the the the aim is not to take all that i get we're talking about 6000 membe

these are not your usual squatters the members of mafia mental unpaired now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor and in the form otto takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for tomato invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than $20000.00 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00. the victoria cross and tina was designed to serve a community of more than $80000.00 people but after decades of mismanagement and mafia meddling in the health care system it now finds itself unable to meet even basic requirements for treating patients and this in the middle of a global pandemic like the hospital and carry out the the

all the largest mafia trial in over 3 decades is starting in italy the defendants include more than 350 suspected members of one of the world's most feared organized crime groups we're talking about they and trying to get they are accused of offensive offenses that are dating back to the 1990 secluding murder drug trafficking store sion and money laundering you know he is mike sanders spoke to the lead prosecutor in the case and also a former mobster turned informant who now fears for his life. he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of new connector t.n.t. has powerful enemies illusion number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that on get to. me they learn that. there are men of the internet get there within the public administration by attempt to manage it in whole or in part trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level. think of. teddy has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he has been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the

republicans say he is a danger to the nation and must be stopped also on the part of the law just mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy with more than $300.00 defendants to take the stand we speak to an informant risking his life to put the most it's behind us. and the main temple world championship gets underway in egypt today there will be no spectators the c.g. to the coronavirus pandemic that hasn't put everyone at things. and held welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st lady of the united states to be in paged twice the house of representatives is moving forward with a vote to impeach trump in a few hours time a number of keep republicans now say they also backed the move trump will face a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week trump denies he carrots the violence. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reco

to italy mismanagement and mafia interference are putting hospitals out of action beds are emptied and equipment goes unused while the pandemic rages on we meet the local doctors trying to get calabria clinics reopened . and after losing end the league and the cup byron bounce back against a high flying freiburg side stretching their leaves at the top of the in this league if all the bills coming up. on the go fairly well come to the program russian opposition leader alexei know bonnie has been arrested at a moscow airport after flying to the russian capital from berlin now may have been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the kremlin moscow denies any involvement in his poisoning authorities there said they detained a volley for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. kissed goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free by use i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unex

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just because of the number of patients several hospitals are going on use due to mismanagement and mafia interference reporter max sander met doctors who are trying to reopen the closed clinics. these are not your usual squatters the members of your mental i pad now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor and he from otto takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in county at the southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for a motto invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than $20000.00 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00 . the victoria cross and tina was designed to serve a community of more than $80000.00 people but after decades of mismanagement and mafia

of alcohol suddenly the the the mafia had lost this enormously profitable enterprise. deprived of its main source of income the italian mafia united around lucky luciano formed an alliance with maya lansky. together they took control of the heroin market. to maximize profits the mobsters cut and recount the drug. their adulterated product caused infections and overdoses. but the end of the prohibition on alcohol also caused rancor and frustration and made puritanical conservative white americans the enemies of all kinds of highs and pleasures the pre-prohibition fight was led by the new head of the federal bureau of narcotics harry j. anslinger an advocate of strong arm tactics and a brilliant tactician he saw him solve not just as and forcing a prohibition on drugs you know he was in fact 1st of all moral campaigner inforcing if you will a moral consensus upon the society. in 1900 his america hollywood was electrifying audiences kerri-anne singing encourage movie directors to instill the fear of drugs among them he directed his wrath on marijuana which was still legal

but while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. now let's bring in correspondent max ender who you also saw there and that report max is standing by for us in limits yet tell me where the trial is taking place max what's expected. great this is a historic day not just for but also for italy this is a very important trial that just is about to kick off. but to understand the magnitude of this process is it's important to understand how the end operates their core business is to import cocaine from latin america to europe they make a lot of money with it the control of the majority of the cocaine trafficking and selling it throw it throughout europe and they use this money to invest to buy power to buy influence to buy politicians and even for legitimate businesses and a lot of white called the crimes and the aim of this process is not to take out the input on get but more so to shine a light on their business shine a light tell the operates in the sha

but 1st we begin in italy where hundreds of suspected members of the colombian mafia are in trouble this week as a result the country's highest level of security is a place. that he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of capone's out. and you cannot have t.n.t. has powerful enemies illusion number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that i can get to know. if there are men of the internet get there within the public administration by attempt to manage it in whole or in part trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level. think of it out there he has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he has been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the public over the next 2 years more than 3 $150.00 mafiosi and accomplices will take the stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here and especially build a bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the in the i'm getting now operates in the shadows

unlike other countries it will not be inoculated the elderly 1st but a different group and the largest mafia trial in over 30 years because in italy with more than 300 defendants set to take the stand we will speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind bars. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st leader in the united states to be impeached twice the house of representatives is set to move forward with a vote to impeach trump in a few hours a number of key republicans now say they also back the move will face a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week trump denies he encouraged to violence. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base he headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics the border wall with mexico but before that he remarked about efforts to remove him

almost is an age old mafia code of silence applied through fear instilled by violence in a population so as not to tell not to testify to the authorities but around 100 witnesses are expected to be called in this trial backed up by thousands of hours of wiretaps to help the case against the accused who include politicians police chiefs and lawyers were arrested in a raid in 2019 that spanned italy germany switzerland and bulgaria in the words of the chief prosecutor this is a mafia that looks like us and is everywhere one in 3 restaurants in rome one in milan is operated by then drunk by much organization called rag i look around one in 10 bank deposits is operated by them over to administer public administration it spans over 5 continents from germany to colombia from usa to australia with powerful ties with the chinese mafia as and many many south american cartels then during that time is said to be the most powerful of the italian mafia is running most of europe's cocaine trade with close ties to the latin american drug cartels it's believed to be involved in the trafficking of wea

also coming up mismanagement and mafia interference are putting a tally in hospitals out of action beds are empty and equipment goes unused while the pandemic rages on the local doctors trying to get calabria clinics reopened. after losing the league and took fire and bounced back against high flying freiburg stretching their league at the top of the women's league we have all the goals coming up. on the call for a leash welcome to the program russian opposition leader alex has been arrested at a moscow airport after flying to the russian capital from berlin now while they have been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the kremlin moscow denies any involvement in his poisoning authorities there say they detain you for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. future in. the works. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free anybody use i'm not afraid calmly go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremety

that looks like us of course everyone is fascinated by the mafia for the particular i think foreigners there's movies made about them but i think you know it is such an entrenched criminal organization with such power all across the world that i think it'll be interesting certainly even just to see the details of how they operate coming out and fact any do do potential convictions have a significant effect on the operations of them drank it. i think in a summary that's going to be a no i mean this trial is focusing on one particular family the monk family. is a criminal organization that you can cool is run by a family dynasties which is why it's also very difficult to infiltrate but certainly you know if there are convictions when it comes to this particular family and their associations there are far more powerful families within than going to that can continue to operate also you've had cases very often the case with all of these criminal syndicates where you have people in jail but still running their operations very successfully from behind prison walls so i think we're not going

the largest mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind box. in germany. and the country appears to be unable to bring the cases under control. welcome to the program a number of republican party members have said they will join the democrats in voting to impeach president donald trump by the last week's attack on the u.s. capitol building the house of representatives looks set to move forward with a vote on impeachment today earlier vice president mike pence refused to invoke an amendment declaring trump unfit for office. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base he headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics the border wall with mexico but before that he remarked about efforts to remove him from office the impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremend

these are not your usual squatters the members of mafia mental i pad now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor 94 moto takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in ca to southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for tomorrow invites us to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the total consent teano but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such but this radiology unit used to do more than 20000 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00. the victoria cross and tina was designed to serve a community of more than $80000.00 people but after decades of mismanagement and mafia meddling in the health care system it now finds itself unable to meet even basic requirements for treating patients and this in the middle of a global pandemic. like the hospital and there are 17 others in th

that almost killed and dozens of his supporters were also arrested also coming up mismanagement and mafia interference or putting italian hospitals out of action during the past dammit we meet the doctors campaigning to get the prius closed down clinics reopened. and they've seen their colleagues dive coated 19 now kenyan health workers are going on strike calling on the government to do more to protect them on the job. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us the u.s. the e.u. and canada have called for the immediate release of kremlin critic alexina vonnie he was arrested after landing in a moscow airport on his return from berlin if he had been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack last august which he blames on the kremlin russian authorities said they've detained abani for violating the terms of a suspected prison sentence suspended prisons. a kiss goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free anybody who says i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right

in sicily the new for reach of the mafia showed off their luxury cars and private yachts the other mafiafamilies who were rolling in this new money were infuriated . but the godfathers of palermo didn't care they were protected by fearsome henchmen from the small village of corleone their leader toto arena was a bloodthirsty as killer ever recruited by co's a nostra. bill ina who cheated on. there are also some problem i could promote in that you will see it surely when i was on the other matter this should not have been met they were young that i've gone through all i want to believe in a book of their own or not because of it or. the godfathers of palermo sori not as a brainless psych about but instead of wiping out the families that were angry with co's in austria total rino united them to grow in strength the various families provided him with dozens of new callus. up and locked on to no scott their beloved in the jem'hadar was by down the lower in africa known for plotting a willing bigelow wherever possible and were searching for it too for the village we are here in torture to the

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but 1st we begin in italy where hundreds of suspected members of the calabrian mafia are in trial this week as a result the country's highest level of security is a place. he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of katherine's out of new cannot read t.n.t. has powerful enemies italy's number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that i'm getting his on all mini they learn that i get that there are men of the internet get there within the public administration by attempt to manage it in whole or in part trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level. means that the you are putting think of it out there he has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he has been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the public over the next 2 years more than $350.00 mafiosi and accomplices will take the stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here and especially build bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnes

the totally unexpected occurred when he broke the mafia code of a method. leave a victim.question fair holds the 2 door you know as you know to stephanie don't serve a purpose of all. her a village to do from should not do cause honest are good. tomaso bouchet a statement speeded up fell cone and the f.b.i. is financial investigations a wave of arrests led to the 2 biggest trials ever to implicate the mafia the maxi trial in palermo and that of the pizza connection in sicily $450.00 suspects were indicted after the 2 year trial the court gave its verdict $360.00 prison sentences amounting to a collective total of 2500 years total reno who was on the run was sentenced to life. in new york but the trials of the pizza connection bosses and their associates also tumbled. it was to them and. to go through to look over its own investments to manage its religious them in the bunker so wonderful that was also a moment which is a. thanks to the terms money laundering and offshore accounts entered into common usage the italian magistrate had found the fatal weapon that could bring d

missing today and really while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. a 2nd covert 19 wave has hit south africa which has been affected by the pandemic more than any other country on the continent hospitals are completely overwhelmed. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for coverts patients at the hospital in khayelitsha one patients calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for beds to become free next door these women can recall the sick wanted to do with the don't want it understood. dr susan you can call it has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits the 3rd of his colleagues have already had the virus how do you feel to see your hospital that sometimes if you thought it was going to be enough speeds sometimes we don't get enough oxygen we need to inform our youth and you know it's one point. 2 difficulty doing something you're to drill. to do do you 1st do it lo

me centered in libya while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. well here in germany the government has signed off on a plan to require travelers from coburg 19 hotspots to get tested before entering the country germany's health minister yen spahn says that the measures are needed to guard against the new more contagious mutation of the virus he also says the country's current lockdown will be extended into february infections and deaths are still at high levels here the government is also facing criticism over what many say is a very sluggish vaccination rollout. after more than 2 months of increasingly tougher restrictions in germany the number of new infections and deaths from the corona virus remains alarmingly high while the vaccination effort is underway some in berlin are disappointed by its progress. i thought i would belong to the 2nd group i'm over 75 years old and that it will be vaccinated soon but i don't think that's going to work i'm a

over the next 2 years more than $350.00 mafiosi and accomplices will take this stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here and especially build a bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the family's reach and influence go far beyond. over the years its business model has evolved from fighting bloody wars in the streets to more sophisticated financial crime. scene that i'm getting now operates in the shadows for example by importing tons of cocaine from latin america and quietly buying power and influence over europe this and their twisted but strong sense of family are the main reasons why it's so hard to fight the family clans we haven't who are tells us now working with prosecutors he was raised to become a powerful us. that if you start with guns as a child i make you shoot. if you carry guns and you're a kid and it's all a game to you. the kids have toyed guns but your guns are real you're not afraid of being beaten but of disappointing those who are training you when i've been to. smuggle drugs extorted people and even particip

that as powerful and widespread as the traditional mafia in italy. well at the moment what has been discovered is that it's not as powerful as. it's much more. more powerful than this young mafia its military organize its bands over 5 continents and he's able to manage the colombian drug cartel it's not a simple providers but as a subordinate organizations it's his family secrete thieves and it's got 3 levels and nicola going to be the chief prosecutor has discovered that the 3rd or colt level is a sort of a diverted freemasonry which is able to interact with bankers politicians professionals all over the world so i would never underestimate the calabrian mafia to be one of the most powerful clans it's the most powerful criminal syndication in the world and there is one family at the heart of fed but there are a large number of people who have been called to court and as you're saying a network that extends far beyond in these borders so how important and significant is this trial. what is at stake in this particular trial which is a huge massive tri

chris brown you have massive government corruption this according to independent n.g.o.s you have mafia capture you have democratic backsliding a politically manipulated and almost dysfunctional just system says them is that good so far that what how is that in any way in line to any degree with the pledges that bug area made 14 years ago and yet in 2019 a spokesman for the commission reported that bug area had made sufficient progress to meet its commitments at accession to the e.u. that cannot be right so why this blind guy being turned towards bug area i visited by a carrier off and. yesterday integrated in the european union and also the procedures of security that makes a difference mr greektown the ngos and various gather government seem to have seen more problems in bulgaria 'd than the e.u. commission the 2900 human rights report from the us state department said officials in all branches of government in bulgaria reportedly engaged in corrupt practices with impunity bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes on top of that you have from the un committee against

the 3 main mafia is in italy it's believed to have almost a monopoly of the cocaine trade in europe it has very close ties with the latin american drug cartels it's involved in drug trafficking weapons trafficking people trafficking prostitution money laundering etc so certainly a trial that has attention here mostly also i think a lot of international attention because the mafia of course has this sort of secretive fascination if you will but it is a very violent world it's very difficult to get people to speak openly and of course what's interesting is this is being held in calabria in the heart of where that they've got to come from the group is established that say really at the end of the 19th century so they have really had time to stablish themselves worldwide rate so to presidential convictions that have a significant effect on their operations. well i think when it comes to this trial in the short answer it's no it's focusing on one particular family the monk was a family also in one particular province of there are bigger families if you will of course it's significant in

but 1st we begin in italy where hundreds of suspected members of the calabrian mafia are in trial this week as a result the country's highest level of security is a place. he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of captains out of new cannot read t.n.t. has powerful enemies illusion number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that i'm getting hit on a woman e they long but i get that if there are men of the in and i get to within the public administration and i attempt to manage it in whole or in part they're trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level. means that the were political. teddy has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he has been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the public over the next 2 years more than 350 mafiosi and accomplices will take the stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here in especially build bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the in the i

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the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug into the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian the naisi has long complained bitterly about organized crime you know it's all too well the scars the end drunk it's has left the area. sort of. meant that there are towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans towns of 10000 people were watching a video of the men women and children were murdered for vendettas but. where. the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and caches of weapons seized. be caylee of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires. but he won't be intimidated. so . this country belongs to those who are decent those who are sinister and criminal president is wrong in that if i left that would only prove bad people now the good ones control. over mr. he's hopeful that man mikhail a county has planned to sell local homes for a symbo

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