Mafia admits to murder in 'brilliant' college sociology paper
An Italian mafia hitman is facing further charges after being sentenced to life in prison for murdering a politician in Naples. This came after he admitted committing three further unsolved murders as part of a sociology degree.
Catello Romano, 33, gained critical acclaim for his 170-page college essay. The newspaper reported on his career as a member of the Neapolitan Camorra organized crime group, whose main sources of income were extortion, drug trafficking, illegal gambling, counterfeiting and money laundering.
The purpose of this work is to understand "criminal phenomena" and ultimately "contribute to possible prevention," Romano said.
"My name is Catello Romano. I am 33 years old and have spent almost half my life in prison for 14 consecutive years. I have committed horrific crimes and been convicted of multiple Camorra murders case. What follows is my crime story," the paper begins.
Shooting
While Romano's professors praised his work, prosecutors saw it differently. The Naples prosecutor's office is reviewing the document and preparing to reopen three unsolved murders to which Romano confessed, El Pais reported.
The reformed mafioso has been transferred to a high-security prison in Padua for his own protection.
Romano is serving a life sentence for the 2009 murder of Naples City Councilman Luigi Tommasino, who was shot to death in his car with his 13-year-old son in the back seat.
According to Romano, the victim was killed because Camorra found him "meddling in too many things that had nothing to do with him."
The repentant criminal also wrote about his first two murders in 2008: one of rival mafioso Carmine D'Antuono and another of Fedeli The murder of Federico Donnarumma, who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"Traumatic Event"
Romano described the murders as the "most violent, traumatic and irreversible events" of his life that left "a hole in my soul."
He also admitted to killing rival gangster Nunzio Mascolo. He wrote in the newspaper that he suspected Mascolo had done nothing to deserve the death penalty but did not question his superiors' orders.
"Following the notorious logic of the Camorra and the underworld," he wrote, "here's the thing; the victim doesn't even have to do anything. I learned then and there that in this world a person can be jealous of someone to die, and much to the chagrin of the victim, this man had the clout to order the death penalty."
Charlie Barnao, professor of sociology at the University of Catanzaro, described Romano as "a brilliant student who achieved very good results throughout his studies."
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