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Nicola Gratteri is overseeing the prosecution of more than 350 people with alleged links to the mafia in Calabria, southern Italy. An Italian prosecutor, who has been called a “dead man walking” by members of the mafia, has told Sky News he will not be intimidated at the start of the biggest trial against a criminal syndicate in decades.

Alleged members of the ‘NDrangheta – including corrupt politicians – will be locked in cages during hearings, due to take place at a huge call centre in Calabria that has been converted into a courtroom. Hundreds of suspected members of the ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful mafia group, will face a judge in Calabria this week in the country’s biggest mob …