Police believe Francesco Raccosta - who disappeared from his home in Calabria back in 2012 - was kidnapped by rival mobsters and fed alive to a herd of pigs.
Officers claim 24-year-old Simone Pepe was wire-tapped boasting about Raccosta's murder.
"It was satisfying to hear his screams. Mamma mia how he screamed!...In the end I didn't see anything...nothing remained!"
