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World Service,24 May 2018,13 mins

Life as the Enemy of the Mafia

The Outlook Podcast Archive

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Nicola Gratteri is one of Italy's most respected anti-mafia chief prosecutors and he has been living under 24/7 armed protection since 1989. Nicola grew up in a small town in Calabria, in the South of Italy, where he used to go to school with the sons of local mafia bosses. When he became a prosecutor he brought to court several of his childhood friends - as well as some of the most dangerous international mafia bosses. His job even affects the way he answers the phone. Image: Profile picture of anti-mafia chief prosecutor Nicola Gratteri Credit: TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images

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