Italian anti-Mafia author weeps in court as mob boss convicted


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  • Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Screenwriter and author Roberto Saviano poses during a photocall to promote the movie "La Paranza dei Bambini" (Piranhas) at the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) -Italian anti-Mafia author Roberto Saviano wept in court on Monday as judges upheld a conviction against a notorious mob boss who was found to have threatened him.

Francesco Bidognetti, a former leader of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia who was already serving life for a slew of other serious crimes, was sentenced to 18 months for intimidation.

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