During a demonstration for legality in Casal di Principe on September 23, 2006, the writer denounced the business of the bosses of the Casalese clan, Francesco Bidognetti and Francesco Schiavone (currently in prison), and the two ruling bosses at the time, Antonio Iovine and Michele Zagaria. He addressed them in fiery tones ("You are not from this land! Quit being part of this land!") and invited residents to rebel. Because of the threats and intimidations Saviano endured, the then-Minister of Interior, Giuliano Amato, decided to assign him police protection beginning on October 13, 2006.