Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Buying a judge — it does happen and here is proof: cash-filled envelopes passed in judicial chambers caught on video. This is connected to new allegations — a pact between politicians and the Mafia. Let me tell you about it.
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The Mob Reporter here with news of another wave of anti-Mafia arrests in Italy, and of the charismatic mob informant spilling the secrets on gangsters and politicians in the birthplace of the Mafia, where corruption is never far away.
A massive police round up started a week ago. More than 200 people were arrested in Cosenza, in Calabria, the toe of the boot-shaped map of Italy. Among them are mobsters, politicians, businessmen and government officials. Revelations of alleged corruption have been spilling out of a veteran mobster, who has been cooperating with prosecutors for eight years. Three government officials were suspended from duty and placed under house arrest pending further investigation: Marcello Manna, the Mayor of Rende, a town in Cosenza province that is home to the University of Calabria, as well as one his town councillors; Pino Munno, who oversees the town’s public works; and in neighboring Cosenza, the capital of the province of the same name, one of the city’s executive officers was accused, Francesco De Cicco, who is in charge of municipal maintenance.
It’s no longer shocking in Calabria to have city officials hit by Mafia allegations. Many towns have had their entire municipal governments dissolved and put under federal control because of Mafia infiltration and association. 129 dissolutions, in fact, according to Avviso Pubblico, an anti-Mafia association in Italy. There’s nothing to compare in most parts of the world. Perhaps nowhere else.
Prosecutors say there was an awkward and unsavoury melange including Marco Petrini, judge of the Court of Appeal in Catanzaro, Francesco Patitucci, a powerful Mafia boss, a former mobster turned informant, Adolfo Foggetti, and the city officials.
Foggetti has always been a charismatic guy. While in witness protection, he uploaded an outlandish video to TikTok in 2020. He stands with a pistol tucked in his waistband and slides 50-euro notes from a stack.
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CREDITS:
Music is “The Itch (Instrumental)” by NEFFEX // “Six O'Clock Rush” by TrackTribe // “Bengo Latino” by Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
Excerpt of finding Bruni video from LaC news available here: youtu.be/vXiOOtu3eWg; Excerpt of Forgetti arrest video from CalNews available here: youtu.be/PrL5w5AVfc8
Nicola Gratteri video from Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, available here: youtu.be/sD92XrP0rio
Map animations created in Google Earth Studio; Photos of Manna, De Cicco, and Munno are from their respective promotional Facebook pages; Municipal dissolution map by Avviso Pubblico; Flying money animation by Videvo
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Buying a judge — it does happen and here is proof: cash-filled envelopes passed in judicial chambers caught on video. This is connected to new allegations — a pact between politicians and the Mafia. Let me tell you about it.
** TAP THE "THANKS" BUTTON OR JOIN MY PATREON: patreon.com/TheMobReporter **
The Mob Reporter here with news of another wave of anti-Mafia arrests in Italy, and of the charismatic mob informant spilling the secrets on gangsters and politicians in the birthplace of the Mafia, where corruption is never far away.
A massive police round up started a week ago. More than 200 people were arrested in Cosenza, in Calabria, the toe of the boot-shaped map of Italy. Among them are mobsters, politicians, businessmen and government officials. Revelations of alleged corruption have been spilling out of a veteran mobster, who has been cooperating with prosecutors for eight years. Three government officials were suspended from duty and placed under house arrest pending further investigation: Marcello Manna, the Mayor of Rende, a town in Cosenza province that is home to the University of Calabria, as well as one his town councillors; Pino Munno, who oversees the town’s public works; and in neighboring Cosenza, the capital of the province of the same name, one of the city’s executive officers was accused, Francesco De Cicco, who is in charge of municipal maintenance.
It’s no longer shocking in Calabria to have city officials hit by Mafia allegations. Many towns have had their entire municipal governments dissolved and put under federal control because of Mafia infiltration and association. 129 dissolutions, in fact, according to Avviso Pubblico, an anti-Mafia association in Italy. There’s nothing to compare in most parts of the world. Perhaps nowhere else.
Prosecutors say there was an awkward and unsavoury melange including Marco Petrini, judge of the Court of Appeal in Catanzaro, Francesco Patitucci, a powerful Mafia boss, a former mobster turned informant, Adolfo Foggetti, and the city officials.
Foggetti has always been a charismatic guy. While in witness protection, he uploaded an outlandish video to TikTok in 2020. He stands with a pistol tucked in his waistband and slides 50-euro notes from a stack.
Thanks for watching.
CREDITS:
Music is “The Itch (Instrumental)” by NEFFEX // “Six O'Clock Rush” by TrackTribe // “Bengo Latino” by Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
Excerpt of finding Bruni video from LaC news available here: youtu.be/vXiOOtu3eWg; Excerpt of Forgetti arrest video from CalNews available here: youtu.be/PrL5w5AVfc8
Nicola Gratteri video from Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, available here: youtu.be/sD92XrP0rio
Map animations created in Google Earth Studio; Photos of Manna, De Cicco, and Munno are from their respective promotional Facebook pages; Municipal dissolution map by Avviso Pubblico; Flying money animation by Videvo
~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news and educational videos.
~ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/user/themobreporter?sub_confirmation=1
~ Please subscribe to my other channels:
• Crime Watch: youtube.com/CrimeWatchWorld
• Crime in Italy: youtube.com/CrimeInItaly
~ To read my written journalism: nationalpost.com/author/ahumphreys
Please like, share, comment and subscribe.
Thanks for watching!
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Please watch: "Genius jewel heist wrecked by sloppy mistakes": youtu.be/KkEk0k0d_7Y
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