Roberto Saviano

The Profile

Roberto Saviano (born 1979, Naples) is an Italian writer and journalist known for Gomorra (2006), which exposed the Camorra and led to his living under police protection. He later wrote ZeroZeroZero about the global cocaine trade.

Gomorra was adapted into a film by Matteo Garrone and later into a TV series; ZeroZeroZero was also adapted for television. Saviano has lived under police protection since 2006 after threats linked to his reporting on the Casalesi clan.

DeBaser readers focus on Saviano’s Gomorra and ZeroZeroZero: field-driven reportage, names and numbers, and a stark X-ray of the Camorra and global cocaine routes. Reviewers stress his courage, literary grit, and the personal cost of living under protection since 2006. There’s shock, admiration, and a recurring call to legality over complicity.