You would be forgiven for thinking that this image was of two homesexual men, in love. This is definitely not the case in this instance. These two men are in fact two hard-core mafia men, displaying a powerful sign of ‘omerta’ – the mafia’s code of silence. Daniele D’Agnese was being piled into a police van in Italy and without a word, indicated to his brothers in crime, that not a word would be spoken. Quite remarkable… Follow the link for full report.

The long and passionate kiss between the two young men continued for several seconds, as onlookers gawped and photographers snapped incessantly. Their lips finally parted when police officers yanked one man away and shoved him into a waiting police car.

Uninhibited public shows of affection between men are seldom seen in Italy. But these two weren’t lovers. And the show they put on outside Naples police headquarters on Wednesday evening was something rarer still – a full kiss on the lips between Camorra mobsters as a powerful sign, made very public, that the bonds of the crime syndicate would remain strong and the arrested man would remain silent. Experts say that this particular mob tradition has never previously been filmed or photographed.

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