The mayor of Naples has blamed the gritty television series Gomorrah, which chronicles the dark world of the Camorra mafia, for a rise in violence on the streets of the port city.
Luigi de Magistris claims that acts of violence spike every time an episode of the award-winning programme is broadcast on Italian screens.
He accused the series of glamorising drugs, violence and guns, saying that it was seducing young people into a life of crime.
"On evenings when the series is shown, acts of violence increase — it happens often," the mayor told an Italian radio station, Radio 24.
"Symbols of evil are dangerous.
