Neapolitan Mafia has begun illegally copying and selling the film 'Gomorrah'

Neapolitan Mafia has begun illegally copying and selling the film 'Gomorrah' by Matteo Garrone ahead of its scheduled release next month on DVD. The film is inspired by Roberto Saviano's international best-seller 'Gomorra', which exposed the activities of Naples' ruthless Camorra crime syndicate. Pirated DVDs of film are allegedly being sold for six euros each on newsstands in the southern Italian city of Naples. The pirated DVD box reportedly contains a falsified logo of Italy's Society of Editors and Authors (SIAE) and is sealed in cellophane."The movies are sent to me from Forcella," said a newsstand owner, quoted by Italian daily Corriere della Sera, referring to the run-down neighbourhood of Forcella in Naples, considered a Camorra stronghold and a paradise for pirated goods.Allegedly, the image and sound quality of the video are of low quality, and the Italian subtitles in the movie have been removed, which means the film is directed at a Neapolitan dialect-speaking audience.The movie, which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival, was named Italy's entry for next year's Oscars, reportedly further incensing the Camorra.Italian author and investigative journalist Roberto Saviano carried out his own research for the documentary-style book, which denounces the activities of the Camorra and reveals how and where it operates.Saviano, 29, has been living in hiding under 24-hour police protection for the past two years. Apart from the Neapolitan Camorra, Italy's three other criminal organisations are the Sicilian Mafia, the Sacra Corona Unita in the southern Puglia region and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta.