news book about a group of stop at nothing teenagers in naples italy who decide to take over the mafia. it's good to have you with us the notorious mexican drug cartel boss joachim known as has been found guilty of drug trafficking by a court in the united states of chapo was extradited to the u.s. in two thousand and seventeen after breaking out of a mexican prison twice the sixty one year old could now spend the rest of his life in prison the jury today found him guilty of smuggling tons of cocaine and heroin into the united states through his global drug empire. he will be sentenced this coming june. and in the last few minutes the u.s. attorney just spoke outside the courthouse take a listen to this conviction we expect will bring a sense of life without the possibility of parole is a sense from which there is no escape and no return. this conviction is a victory for the american people who is suffered so long and so much law guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border there was the u.s. attorney there richard donahue let's take this story now to washington d.c. ou

yeah puranas it takes us into the heart of hot and muggy naples italy it's a film the focus is on young teenagers thirteen fourteen fifteen who get involved in the world of organized crime it follows nicola who's at the center of the film he's intelligent young man and another situation outside of poverty stricken neighborhood in naples he would be well on his way to going to university making a career for himself but here in his search in his situation his only way out is through crime and with his intelligence he writes quickly at the top it's also a love story his first crush you can see them bonding and then almost like a romeo and juliet situation she lives in a neighborhood that he can't go into because it's owned by a rival gang and so that's cut off early now the filmmaker this is third feature film claudio driven se he said that he interviewed four thousand people four thousand children in naples to find somebody to find kids to play these parts he wanted somebody authentic so he took people from naples to play those young children he used a camera that was shorter to be an eye

into the it could be any more different from a german film takes us into the heart of chaotic naples italy we see the story of young boys thirteen fourteen fifteen who get involved in organized crime yeah and most of them are not even actors or rather they weren't actors until they got cast in this film these are locals. look the part they feel the part and the main character fifteen year old nicolai is very smart he's very ambitious he's the kind of kid who under different circumstances probably would turn out to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon but no his main ambition is to take over the mafia to protect his turf and to protect his momma from other mafias and this really straddles childhood and manhood on the one hand he is still young enough that he's fighting with his little brother over who finishes the snacks and on the other hand he is a hardened criminal who is able to shoot someone point blank it's really an intense look at innocence getting its first taste of power and of course there's also a love story at the heart of it. really is a compelling film i haven't seen anyt

amien: "piranhas" takes us into the heart of chaotic naples, italy. it portrays the lives of a group of teenagers, 13, 14, 15, who get involved in the life of organized crime. it follows the story of nikola, who's a very intelligent young man, 15 years old. in another situation if he was not in a poor neighborhood in naples, he might be well on his way to university, starting a career. but in his situation he is using his intelligence to get ahead the best he can, and that is through organized crime. he rises quickly up through the ranks of the mafia. of course it is also a love story. he has a crush on a girl who at some point he cannot go inter-territory because it is owned by another gang. almost a romeo and juliet story. brent: romeo and juliet and the mafia. that is anan interesting combination. what else have you seen today? amien: well, there was also a german film that premiered today. it's an art-house film called "i was at home, but." this is by angela schanelec. it's not for general public, i would say. very long scenes. she is known for he

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more different from the german film we saw earlier it takes us into the heart of us uni ron naples and italy of course we follow the story of a group of young boys thirteen to fifteen who get involved in organized crime you know one thing that's notable about this movie is most of them are not actors or they weren't actors i should say before this movie they're locals who were cast and they very much look and feel the part now the movie takes us through the life of a fifteen year old boy who is very ambitious his ambition is to take over the mafia basically to take over the turf of this neighborhood and he's smart he's a kid who in other circumstances would probably be training to become a rocket scientist but you know here is in a poor neighborhood in a poor family and he wants to take over the mafia and protect his mom now another thing that really struck me about nico is he's he's sort of straddles manhood in boyhood he's tough enough to go out and kill the top drug dealer in the neighborhood but he's still a kid enough to fight with his little brother over who finished the snacks right a

today we have traditional organized crime groups like the mafia, the camora, of naples, italy. illicit drug trafficking organizations like the sinaloa rtel and the ms-13 the manufacturing counterfeit medicines destined exclusively to the united states. i recently spoke with an ms-13 associate who told me that 40% of their operating revenue comes from counterfeit medicines. sold in the united states. so when you think about the magnitude and complexity of that description, it's a global issue. and so what we've done today is we're going to take our panel and expand on what the last group talked about. we've got an esteemed panel of colleagues that i'll ask to introduce themselves and give us a brief background on their experience and then we'll do a q&a. if i may just begin, my name is aaron graham. i currently serve as executive director for botheringer pharmaceuticals. i began my career with d.e.a. and actually worked as an undercover agent, swat agent, and volunteered for assignment to mexico after our agent kiki canay was kidnapped and murdered. some of you that in most rece

that's right puranas is it's a film that takes us into the heart of naples just we see this hot city in italy we meet young children teenagers thirteen fourteen fifteen who get involved in the world of organized crime we meet nicola who's fifteen years old a brilliant kid in another situation another conditions he would be set to go to university make a career for himself but here in naples living in poverty the only way for him to get up and out of this situation is through the mafia and with his intelligence he quickly rises to the top yeah and he who does know by the way the kids in this movie many of them are not professional actors or rather they were before this movie i'm sure a lot of them will be discovered and go on to other things they actually are just in four thousand politan children to play these parts and you can really tell these kids really look and feel the part and speaking of kids one thing the really struck me about this is that nico of that main character he really straddles the divide between childhood and manhood on the one hand he's this hardened criminal who can kill