These Are the Unusual Rules People in the Witness Protection Program Must Obey

Sammy Gravano had been one of America’s most recognizable Mafia informants. While living under protection, he met a woman who later told him she had recognized his face from television. One ordinary encounter was enough to make his carefully hidden identity feel useless.

Officials reportedly told Gravano that he would need to relocate again. Instead, after around eight months in the program, he decided he had endured enough rules and disruption. He signed himself out, choosing to face the danger rather than begin another secret life somewhere else.