Correspondent: Mafia Women Tx Date: 3rd November 2002 This script was made from audio tape – any inaccuracies are due to voices being unclear or inaudible 00.00.00 Correspondent Theme Music 00.00.15 Juliet Dwek In Southern Italy, not far from Naples, lie two towns, Lauro and Quindici. 00.00.21 Bells 00.00.26 Juliet Dwek Only a mile separates them but for the last thirty years a brutal Mafia war has been waged here. 00.00.32 Bells 00.00.35 Juliet Dwek Two families, the Cavas and the Grazianos have fought a murderous campaign against each other for control of this valley. 00.00.43 Gunshots 00.00.47 Music 00.00.54 Juliet Dwek But on May the twenty-sixth this year, in the quiet streets of Lauro, the situation developed a chilling new twist. 00.01.01 Music 00.01.04 Gabriella Bianchi Voice over The atmosphere was surreal. 00.01.07 Music 00.01.18 Aston DINO ACERRA Journalist Voice over We heard some shots and lots of people running, trying to escape. 00.01.23 Music 00.01.29 Aston GABRIELLA BIANCHI Journalist Voice over The first thing we saw was the blue Audio 80 with its doors wide open and two bodies on the ground covered in the usual white sheets. 00.01.37 Music 00.01.49 Gabriella Bianchi Voice over There was a bloodstain near this manhole and gun cartridges all over the ground. 00.01.56 Music 00.01.58 Juliet Dwek A bullet riddled car, blood soaked bodies, the usual Mafia trademarks. 00.02.04 Juliet Dwek But this crime was different. 00.02.09 Aston GIANFRANCO Lauro resident Voice over When I arrived on the scene I saw bodies being pulled out of the car. But they weren’t the bodies of men like we see in films or on the news. 00.02.21 Music 00.02.28 Dino Acerra Voice over The thing I remember best was seeing the sister of Biagio Cava, whose skull was totally shattered because she’d been shot in the head at very close range. 00.02.38 Music 00.02.42 Juliet Dwek The one unbreakable Mafia rule had been broken. For the first time it was women, not men, who were both the victims and the suspected murderers. 00.02.52 Music 00.02.55 Title Page MAFIA WOMEN 00.03.05 Juliet Dwek Exactly what had provoked these horrific events isn’t clear. 00.03.10 Juliet Dwek But in a hail of bullets, three women from the Cava family were killed and a further two were seriously injured. 00.03.17 Juliet Dwek The youngest victim, Clarissa Cava, was just sixteen. 00.03.21 Juliet Dwek Her two aunts died as they threw themselves in front of her. 00.03.25 Juliet Dwek Although the police never found the murder weapons they believe they knew who was responsible – the Grazianos. Within hours nine members of the Graziano clan had been arrested, including four women. The Mafia’s time honoured rules of engagement had been shattered. 00.03.47 Aston DOMENICO AIROMA Public Prosecutor Voice over Up until now there’s been a code of honour, which meant that the Mafia war was between men only. It was tacitly forbidden to hit a woman or even worse a teenager from the enemy side. It was the men who fought the war. What’s new about this case is that there are women on both sides. Women among the victims and women among the assailants. 00.04.27 Juliet Dwek The people of Lauro and Quindici don’t say the names Graziano and Cava out loud. That’s the power of ‘Omerta’ - the Mafia vow of silence. 00.04.39 Juliet Dwek When we visited the street where it happened, people told us they hadn’t seen or heard anything. 00.04.45 Woman Subtitle Sorry. 00.04.47 Juliet Dwek Subtitles I wanted to know what happened that night. 00.04.50 Woman Subtitle I’m sorry. 00.04.52 Juliet Dwek Subtitle Were you at home? 00.04.53 Woman Subtitles No, I wasn’t there. Sorry. Goodbye. 00.05.03 Man Subtitle We don’t know anything. 00.05.06 Juliet Dwek Subtitles Nothing? Not even the names of the families? 00.05.10 Man Subtitles The names of the families were in the newspapers and on TV. 00.05.15 Woman Subtitle I never knew any of them. 00.05.18 Juliet Dwek Subtitles Were you here the night of May 26th? 00.05.22 Woman on Balcony Subtitle Yes, I was at home. 00.05.24 Juliet Dwek Subtitle What happened? 00.05.26 Woman on Balcony Subtitle What you saw on the TV. 00.05.35 Juliet Dwek If they did talk, they didn’t have a bad word to say. 00.05.42 Aston MARIA Lauro resident Voice over I went to school with them. They’re nice people, good people, people with kind hearts who give a lot, not bad people. Let’s not create this monster that doesn’t exist and turn them into people that are horrendous, evil. 00.06.05 Juliet Dwek But the events of the twenty-sixth of May were so traumatic that the people of Lauro were prepared to overcome their fear of Omerta. For one day they took to the streets in protest against the violence. 00.06.23 Aston PASQUALE COLUCCI Lauro anti-mafia committee Voice over The lighting of the torches was an emblem of hope and of life. All the people joined together in a public demonstration of protest through the streets of Lauro so that the people towards whom it was directed were made aware of their feelings, that they were not going to stand for it anymore. 00.06.45 Speaker Subtitles We mustn’t allow ourselves to be dragged down… by these negative forces. 00.06.53 Juliet Dwek It was the first time that people had actively shown their anger about the war between the Cavas and the Grazianos. 00.07.03 Pasquale Colucci Voice over This has brought it all home to us. While the clans flex their muscles, we are in danger, we’re at risk; me, my daughters, my wife, all innocent bystanders getting caught up in their wars. But what I find most worrying is the fact that these two clans show their absolute power over the area, unleashing an unprecedented, unparalleled ferocity. 00.07.35 Music 00.07.47 Juliet Dwek Gerardo Puopolo is a Mafia buster, a police chief from Sicily, who’s in Lauro to try and put a stop to the family feud. 00.07.54 Music 00.08.06 Juliet Dwek Puopolo has been fighting the Mafia for thirty years and thought he’d seen it all. But women as victims and suspected killers is new even for him. 00.08.15 Music 00.08.34 Aston GERARDO PUOPOLO Chief of Police, Lauro Voice over This is the car the Cavas were in. A semi-automatic Smith and Wesson forty calibre pistol was used. Twenty shots were fired which travelled through the windscreen and hit the women in the back. 00.09.02 Juliet Dwek Of the five Cava women in the Audi three were under twenty-one. 00.09.09 Juliet Dwek Clarissa Cava was sitting in the back. She was sixteen. 00.09.16 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over A few of them managed to get out and either tried to run away or attack the other side. Clarissa on the other hand was still sitting in the back because she had been hit by bullets and couldn’t get up or get out. 00.09.32 Juliet Dwek Clarissa Cava went to school in Lauro, just around the corner from where she was killed. Earlier that day she’d been sitting in her classroom. 00.09.43 Aston FRANCESCO NAPPI Clarissa’s Headmaster Voice over This was her desk. After it happened her classmates didn’t come to school for two days. Sixteen year olds think death happens to old people. When someone their own age dies it’s completely unexpected; it’s a trauma. And to die in this way, so violently, the trauma’s even greater, more intense. 00.10.15 Aston ERNESTO Schoolfriend Voice over When I found out that Clarissa was involved I felt really bad. I spent a long time in silence thinking, meditating, because this was a girl I knew. It hurt badly. I was really upset about it. 00.10.43 Message written on desk Subtitles Clarissa Cava…I love you loads. Don’t leave me. 00.10.52 Juliet Dwek One man wasn’t among the mourners at Clarissa Cava’s funeral. The head of the clan, Biagio Cava, father of Clarissa and her injured sister, Felicia. 00.11.04 Juliet Dwek Some thought Clarissa showed traits of being her father’s daughter. 00.11.12 Aston PASQUALE COLUCCI Lauro anti-mafia committee Voice over One of the three women killed was only sixteen and attended the local school. Nevertheless she had acid spray in her handbag to attack or defend herself from the enemy clan. So this would seem to show that Mafia culture had affected even a young girl of sixteen. 00.11.31 Juliet Dwek The Cava’s alleged killers were the Graziano clan. Driving was Alba, the forty-one year old mother of four. She and her two eldest girls were arrested and charged with murder. So was her mother-in-law who had a nine-millimetre gun stashed down her bra. 00.11.49 Juliet Dwek The family car used in the shootout was customised for the Mafia. 00.11.58 Captain Giuseppe Ligato Voice over This bit’s interesting. The door is bullet-proof; this is the only bit without bullet-proofing. You stick a gun through this hole and fire. And this is the boot where they keep their security systems. There are two extinguishers; one’s connected to the engine. 00.12.32 Aston Captain GIUSEPPE LIGATO Police Chief Voice over The other’s connected to all four tyres. If there’s a fire or they’re attacked, it goes off automatically. 00.12.56 Juliet Dwek The Graziano’s defence cases are being put together in Naples, thirty miles from the crime scene. 00.13.11 Aston MARIA LAMPITELLA Graziano Defence Lawyer Voice over Stefania is very young, nineteen. She’s a law student at university in her first year. She’s really conscientious; she left school with the highest grades. She’s a really good girl. Her sister, Chiara, is twenty. She’s in prison in Messina. She’s married with a baby. She’s a simple girl, typical of the women from her area. 00.13.55 Juliet Dwek Chiara and Stefania Graziano and their mother Alba are sitting in prison charged with murder but they say they’re innocent. 00.14.05 Juliet Dwek A male relative, Antonio Graziano, has stepped forward and pleaded guilty to all the murders. 00.14.18 Juliet Dwek Puopolo’s team still believe that some of the women also fired guns. 00.14.23 Juliet Dwek Bullets from at least three guns were found at the scene, although no weapons were. 00.14.30 Juliet Dwek Police forensic tests on Alba’s hands indicate she’s likely to have fired a pistol. 00.14.45 Juliet Dwek For Puopolo’s team, finding the missing murder weapons is a priority in the case against the Grazianos. They’re searching a deserted Graziano building in the hills above Quindici and Lauro. 00.15.06 Gunshot 00.15.07 Juliet Dwek From ballistic evidence gathered at the scene, Puopolo knows what kind of gun Alba might have used. 00.15.14 Gunshot 00.15.20 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over This is a semi-automatic pistol. The calibre, the type of cartridge is particularly powerful, it causes very serious physical damage. This is the type of bullet used and it inflicts considerable wounds. 00.15.54 Juliet Dwek Up in the hills there’s no secret Graziano arsenal but plenty of signs of Graziano defiance. 00.16.02 Gerardo Puopolo Subtitles Police - you’ll never catch me. Bye bye. 00.16.06 Juliet Dwek Does it mean that someone’s been here? 00.16.13 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over Yes, someone’s been here and thought they’d leave this message on the wall, to say that we’d never get them. 00.16.36 Juliet Dwek Without the guns the prosecution in Naples are having to use all the technology at their disposal to work out what happened. 00.16.51 Forensic worker Voice over We’re just finishing the technical analysis of the guns and bullets, these and the bugged telephone conversations. 00.17.04 Juliet Dwek Have you reached a point where you can be sure that a woman fired a gun? 00.17.13 Aston DOMENICO AIROMA Public Prosecutor Voice over At the moment the results show that some of the women present at the scene did fire guns. 00.17.23 Singing 00.17.31 Juliet Dwek The idea that women were directly involved in the killings raises serious questions for the local communities. Traditionally the Catholic Church has cast women as protective matriarchs, nurturers and carers. 00.17.45 Juliet Dwek But in a single incident that image has been turned on its head. 00.17.49 Singing 00.18.03 Aston GIANFRANCO Lauro resident Voice over The clans’ rules of honour were that women, old people and children had to be kept out of any incidents. So vendettas involved only the men of the clans. 00.18.17 Aston DINO ACERRA Journalist Voice over With this killing of women, of young girls, because Biagio’s daughter was fifteen or sixteen, all the moral rules have been broken; don’t touch women, don’t touch children. Now every taboo has been broken. 00.18.35 Aston MARIA Lauro resident Voice over These days women are worse then men. I think they’re more masculine than men and behave worse then men. Being feminine or nice is no longer what today’s women are about. I don’t even find these qualities in myself. So different from my grandmother’s generation. We’ve changed; we live in a different sort of society now, which gives us too much choice. 00.19.03 Gianfranco Voice over Maybe women have achieved equal rights now and even in terms of violence they want to get ahead and make their mark. It was meant to be a joke. 00.19.17 Subtitle Women’s prison 00.19.22 Juliet Dwek So has the role of women in the Mafia changed? 00.19.26 Juliet Dwek We’d approached Stefania Graziano, Alba’s nineteen year old daughter, who’s been in prison in Rome since the killings. She agreed to talk. 00.19.36 Juliet Dwek I came with permission papers and one of her lawyers. 00.19.44 Juliet Dwek But two hours later it seemed Stefania had changed her mind. 00.19.53 Aston PAOLINO BONAVITA Graziano Defence Lawyer Voice over Stefania said that she doesn’t want to be interviewed. What happened has depressed her. She’s in a state of emotional confusion and doesn’t want to be reminded about what happened. Stefania has been in touch with her mother. She told me that her mother said; ‘don’t do the interview, don’t go on television’. 00.20.28 Juliet Dwek And does she have to do what her mother says? 00.20.31 Paolino Bonavita Voice over She’s over eighteen so not really but you have to remember the mother is the mother. 00.20.41 Juliet Dwek And the mother in this case is Alba, matriarch of the Graziano family and a woman with a heavy heart. 00.20.49 Juliet Dwek Eleven years ago her husband, Eugenio Graziano was murdered. 00.20.55 Juliet Dwek It’s widely known that Alba blamed the Cava family for her husband’s death. 00.21.03 Juliet Dwek In the claustrophobic atmosphere of small town Mafia families, vendettas are a part of daily life and handed from generation to generation. 00.21.17 Juliet Dwek Alba’s youngest daughter Diana, who’s seventeen, wasn’t there on the night of the shootings. Now she’s not in Italy either; she’s in hiding. 00.21.27 Diana Subtitles Talking is useless. Now we need facts. 00.21.31 Juliet Dwek Subtitle What does that mean? 00.21.33 Diana Subtitles We need the Italian justice system to understand. 00.21.37 Juliet Dwek Subtitle What should happen? 00.21.39 Diana Subtitles My family needs to get out. Innocent people shouldn’t be in a place like that… so inappropriate to their lifestyle. 00.21.55 Juliet Dwek Subtitle And are they innocent? 00.21.57 Diana Subtitles Of course they’re innocent. Because I don’t think if you’re attacked in an ambush… that makes you guilty. Our life isn’t like that. It’s just about studying. My sister’s at university studying law. If she’d been mixed up in illegal things… she’d never have enrolled at university to do law! 00.22.21 Juliet Dwek Subtitles But Stefania and Chiara were wounded by pistols, weren’t they? So…who did it? 00.22.32 Diana Subtitles They did – the others. Because they were all armed. I hardly think my sister could have shot them… when she didn’t have a gun. Unless she shot them with her finger. 00.22.42 Diana Subtitles The Cava girls weren’t friends of ours. They never had any friends… because they behaved in a superior way. They gave everyone horrible looks. Like they wanted to be in command. 00.23.02 Juliet Dwek So what started the two families on the road to this massacre? 00.23.11 Juliet Dwek Traditionally one family has controlled the towns of Lauro and Quindici. Using extortion and gaining lucrative government building contracts, the Grazianos have always ruled the roost. 00.23.30 Juliet Dwek Key to supremacy is the town council, which controls all money from the state. And whoever is Mayor runs the town council. That’s usually been a Graziano. 00.23.42 Music 00.23.47 Juliet Dwek But in 1972 Fiore Graziano, then Mayor of Quindici, was assassinated by the Cavas. It was the first time another family had challenged the Grazianos. 00.23.59 Music 00.24.03 Juliet Dwek The resulting feud has claimed thirty lives in as many years. 00.24.07 Music 00.24.17 Juliet Dwek The families have separate cemeteries. 00.24.19 Music 00.24.32 Aston CIRO PIETOSO Police Inspector Voice over This chapel is occupied by Biagio Cava’s father, Vincenzo; he too died in an ambush. Then there’s his wife, Biagio Cava’s mother. His daughter Clarissa Cava. 00.24.51 Juliet Dwek In just ten years this tomb has become crowded with members of the Cava family, killed long before their allotted span. 00.25.02 Music 00.25.08 Juliet Dwek But it was a massive earthquake in 1980, which fuelled the war between the two families. 00.25.15 Juliet Dwek While locals grieved the loss of over three thousand people, for the Cavas and the Grazianos it was a golden opportunity. 00.25.22 Music 00.25.26 Juliet Dwek Tens of thousands of pounds of government money was set aside to rebuild the area. Money, which the Grazianos and Cavas felt had their names on it. 00.25.40 Aston DOMENICO AIROMA Public Prosecutor Voice over In the last twenty years there have been a lot of murders on both sides. There are personal grudges and family hatreds. And those hatreds and grudges have been compounded by economic interests. A lot of money for public works has found its way into those areas and it’s made people’s appetites bigger. 00.26.07 Juliet Dwek The greed for money resurfaced in 1998 when the region suffered major flooding and landslides. Those who were killed or lost their homes were compensated with European and government funds. 00.26.20 Music 00.26.23 Juliet Dwek Some of the money never reached its target. Most of the houses damaged in the floods have still not been repaired. 00.26.30 Music 00.26.39 Juliet Dwek From the air though it’s clear which buildings have had money pumped into them. Mafia homes have been turned into strongholds. The feuding families now live in a secret world entrenched behind high concrete walls, protected by guard dogs, cameras and watchtowers. 00.26.57 Juliet Dwek From the ground the only safe way to visit this Graziano fortress was in the company of Puopolo. 00.27.05 Juliet Dwek This is Alba’s house in Quindici – now empty. All the adults have been arrested; the seven children have been taken abroad for their own protection. 00.27.18 Aston GERARDO PUOPOLO Chief of Police, Lauro Voice over It really is a bunker. Inside there are solid walls, CCTV to see the arrival of the police or enemies who may be approaching to attack. The walls inside are extremely thick; the glass in the windows is bullet-proof so it really is like a bunker. 00.27.57 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over Some documents were falsified and this road was declared a public road, in order to do major repairs to it that weren’t supposed to happen. They put in sewers, street lights, they even tarmaced the road. But as you can see the road beyond the villa is completely abandoned. 00.28.24 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over Inside the villa is beautiful and spacious. There’s exotic wood, well kept gardens and a small swimming pool. There’s even an outside pizza oven. It’s a very rich villa. The house is worth around five million Euros. Mostly nothing is paid for, neither the materials to build the house nor the furnishings on the inside. 00.29.01 Juliet Dwek The Cavas live on the outskirts of Lauro, just a few hundreds metres from the Grazianos. 00.29.07 Juliet Dwek Although some Grazianos were injured in the shoot- out, suggesting the Cavas were armed too, none of the Cavas has been arrested. 00.29.16 Juliet Dwek It wasn’t safe to stand outside this time, or stop the car, even with Puopolo. 00.29.28 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over On the left we’ll be seeing the house of the Cava clan; where Biagio Cava lives. 00.29.41 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over It’s this house here on the left. This house also has several armoured defences as you can see. The windows and doors are reinforced with steel and the balcony railings have steel reinforcements in them too. 00.30.07 Juliet Dwek Two months after the killings and the murder weapons still haven’t been found. 00.30.20 Juliet Dwek The crossroads between Lauro and Quindici is a sensitive zone and an important thoroughfare for both families. 00.30.29 Juliet Dwek All cars are being checked for weapons. 00.30.33 Juliet Dwek And when a car belonging to one of the families is stopped, even the police can be affected by ‘Omerta’ – the reluctance to talk. 00.30.44 Juliet Dwek Subtitle Who was that? Graziano? 00.30.49 Policeman Subtitle Two people. 00.30.52 Juliet Dwek Subtitle Graziano? 00.30.53 Policeman Subtitle No. 00.30.54 Juliet Dwek Subtitle Cava? 00.30.56 Policeman Subtitle Yes. 00.31.01 Music 00.31.08 Juliet Dwek That same code of silence has reasserted itself in Lauro. Public support for the anti-Mafia campaign seems to be dwindling. 00.31.15 Music 00.31.19 Man Subtitles Good evening everyone, and welcome to Street Art…. an evening of graffiti to remember… the tragic mafia shootings of 26th May. 00.31.34 Juliet Dwek But a dedicated few persist. 00.31.36 Music 00.31.55 Aston PASQUALE COLUCCI Lauro anti-mafia committee Voice over The young people are very important because I think they’re the most susceptible to becoming involved with the Mafia, which could lead to very serious consequences. With this demonstration we’ve tried to give them a theme, violence, in order to raise young people’s awareness. 00.32.16 Music 00.32.21 Juliet Dwek Campaigners know that if this Mafia vow of silence is ever to be broken, then it is the younger generation that needs to be targeted. 00.32.29 Juliet Dwek Quindici Primary School educates children from both Cava and Graziano families. 00.32.38 Juliet Dwek Giuditta Acerra is a local psychologist who works in schools trying to get children to talk about their feelings. 00.32.50 Cristiana Subtitles I’m called Cristiana and I’m in year 5. When I’m older I want to be a hairdresser. 00.32.58 Alfonso Subtitles My name is Alfonso. I like colouring in a lot, and video games… and sports and football. And I’m 9. 00.33.12 Anna Rita Subtitles My name’s Anna Rita Graziano. I like playing and coming to school. I’m 9. That’s it. 00.33.29 Giuditta Acerra Voice over We get into a circle and we talk, not only about the things they know in school but also about what they’re feeling. 00.33.41 Giuditta Acerra Subtitles What did you feel just then? You felt emotional? You were embarrassed? 00.33.55 Boy Subtitle I was scared of making a mistake. 00.34.01 Giuditta Acerra Voice over When they’re able to express their emotions they can give them a name and can recognise them in situations – not only in the context of school but also outside. 00.34.19 Juliet Dwek Giuditta hopes that if children talk about their own violent behaviour it will help them understand and resist the deadlier version that afflicts their valley. 00.34.28 Boy 1 Subtitles Stones were going everywhere! I threw a stone at Giuseppe because he’d insulted me… he’d made me angry…and boom! I got Giuseppe right here, and he went mental! 00.34.43 Giuditta Acerra Subtitle With a stone? Right here? 00.34.46 Boy 1 Subtitle Yes. Then war broke out. 00.34.55 Boy 2 Subtitles But girls fight too! For example, we were queuing up… and Milena pulled Carmela’s hair. 00.35.10 Giuditta Acerra Voice over But a child who has the courage to say; ’I don’t like violence, I’m not comfortable with it’, is a child who has been able to express his own dissent while at the same time still belonging to the group. 00.35.25 Giuditta Acerra Voice over From the work we’re doing I would like individuals to emerge. While still belonging to a group, individuals who are able to be free to be choose their own paths. 00.35.39 Bells/music 00.35.46 Juliet Dwek Nearly four months after the shoot-out and it’s Patron Saints Day, when the village of Quindici turns out to worship a golden Madonna. 00.35.54 Music 00.35.58 Juliet Dwek Ever hopeful for a peaceful future, the villagers donate gold and money. 00.36.03 Music 00.36.10 Juliet Dwek But for Puopolo and his men it’s a day fraught with tension. One of the rare occasions when Cavas and Grazianos not in prison will be in the same place at the same time. 00.36.20 Music/applause 00.36.32 Aston GERARDO PUOPOLO Chief of Police, Lauro Voice over The people of Quindici are very religious so it’s unlikely that anything bad will happen during the festival. On the other hand, it’s a very sensitive time at the moment so people have taken lots of precautions. In other words some people have stayed away. 00.36.59 Music 00.37.06 Juliet Dwek But this spirit of co-operation is only temporary. 00.37.10 Bells 00.37.23 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over So during the festival I’m sure we won’t have any particularly dangerous situations. But as soon as that’s finished the hostilities will start again. 00.37.34 Bells 00.37.47 Singing 00.38.00 Juliet Dwek Religious ceremony over, the partying begins. And without the Madonna’s disapproving eye watching over them, it’s up to Puopolo to keep the peace. 00.38.10 Singing 00.38.26 Juliet Dwek There’s just one incident. 00.38.29 Juliet Dwek A man is arrested for beating up a policeman. As it happens; he’s a Cava. 00.38.34 Singing 00.38.56 Juliet Dwek Two weeks later the police seem to have a lead on the May massacres. 00.39.02 Juliet Dwek They think they’ve found one of the guns used by the Grazianos. 00.39.12 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over It’s likely that this weapon was used to commit a murder. 00.39.17 Juliet Dwek Where did you find it? 00.39.19 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over Here, opposite the villa, where there are probably other arms hidden. 00.39.24 Juliet Dwek How come they hid them so close to the house? 00.39.30 Gerardo Puopolo Voice over Because they don’t own that land and they probably didn’t expect the police to search there. It’s not Graziano land. 00.39.45 Juliet Dwek The discovery of the weapon allows the police to search the Graziano compound. 00.39.56 Juliet Dwek No flower is left unturned. 00.40.01 Juliet Dwek But no guns are found. 00.40.05 Juliet Dwek And the weapon they’d found outside the villa was not used in the killing of the Cava women; the bullets don’t match. It may have been used in another murder. 00.40.21 Juliet Dwek By September the police have yet another problem on their hands. Biagio Cava; the head of the Cava clan. 00.40.29 Juliet Dwek While he’s been in prison he’s lost his sister, his sister- in-law and his sixteen year old daughter in the Lauro shootings. His release is imminent. He will want revenge. 00.40.40 Juliet Dwek Is he dangerous? 00.40.44 Ciro Pietoso Voice over Oh yes. He’s a very cunning man; he’s seriously dangerous. 00.40.54 Juliet Dwek One of the two survivors from the attack is Biagio Cava’s daughter, Felicia. 00.40.59 Juliet Dwek This bullet left the nineteen year old paralysed. 00.41.05 Juliet Dwek She wouldn’t let us in to her fortified home but when we managed to reach her on the telephone she left us in little doubt that the feud would continue. 00.41.14 Felicia Cava Subtitles I don’t even know the other family. I’m not interested in anything they say or anything they do. I’m really not interested. My life is my own. They can do what they want. I’m really not interested. Anyway, we’ll soon see what happens. 00.41.36 Juliet Dwek Subtitle What does that mean? 00.41.39 Felicia Cava Subtitles Nothing. They said their bit, but I’m not saying anything. 00.41.46 Juliet Dwek While many in Quindici and Lauro are appalled at the prospect of further violence between the two families, we found that there was some sympathy for Biagio Cava’s position. 00.41.57 Juliet Dwek This from a twelve year old, her face disguised to protect her identity. 00.42.04 Girl Voice over I feel very sorry that those two women died and in my opinion the father of these girls should get his revenge for those deaths. In my opinion it’s not fair that they killed his two daughters – it’s really unfair. 00.42.20 Juliet Dwek But if he does that there’ll be more problems in Lauro, it will be more dangerous won’t it? 00.42.26 Girl Voice over Sure, but I don’t want them to kill each other in Lauro, they can do it in Quindici but he must get his revenge. 00.42.32 Juliet Dwek How? 00.42.35 Girl Voice over I don’t know, by killing other people or doing something bad to them. I really don’t know. 00.42.40 Juliet Dwek Do your friends think like you do? 00.42.43 Girl Voice over Yes, most of them. 00.42.48 Juliet Dwek The Cava clan clearly couldn’t wait for the boss’s release before executing revenge. A week after the town festival a bomb was planted under a Graziano supermarket – shattering any hope that the events of May the twenty-sixth had shocked the families enough to end the feud. 00.43.07 Music 00.43.15 Juliet Dwek Life in the Lauro valley appears to continue as before. 00.43.21 Juliet Dwek But the warring clans have broken an unwritten rule – women have been directly involved in violence. 00.43.27 Music 00.43.30 Juliet Dwek The feud seems certain to get worse. 00.43.33 End music 00.43.46 Voice over To join our live interactive debate log on to: www.bbc.co.uk/correspondent 00.43.55 Voice over Or digital satellite viewers can press the red button now. 00.43.49 Credits Reported & Produced by JULIET DWEK Camera BRIAN CONLAN Sound ANDY HOARE TIM WATTS Dubbing Mixer PHITZ HEARNE VT Editor NICK KAMPA Graphic Design STEVE ENGLAND Production Team ALEXANDRA CAMERON CHARLOTTE DAVIS SARAH EVA MARTHA O’SULLIVAN Production Manager JANE WILLEY Unit Manager SUSAN CRIGHTON Film Research NICK DODD Web Producer ANDREW JEFFREY Research GIOVANNA DUNMALL ALESSANDRA MAGGIORANI Picture Editor ROBERT MOORE Deputy Editor DAVID BELTON 00.44.00 Voice over Next week on Correspondent – white terror in Kenya. New evidence of British atrocities including the death and torture of thousands. 00.44.10 CORRESPONDENT 00.44.11 Editor KAREN O’CONNOR © BBC MMII 00.44.15 End BBC Correspondent 1 1