More analysis in a new book by Giovanni Fasanella on the links - with virtuous intent or otherwise - over the decades between the Italian state and organised crime.
Pino Corrias
journalist and author
Pino Corrias was head of RAI Fiction, for which he produced La meglio gioventù (2003) and La città dei matti (2010). He has also written for Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Repubblica, Vanity Fair and La Stampa.
He is the author of Vita agra di un anarchico (1993), Ghiaccio Blu (1997), Luoghi comuni (2006), Vicini da morire (2007), Il contabile e le murene (2012) and co-author with Renato Pezzini and Marto Travaglio of L’illusionista (2012).