|
Gelsomina Verde
Gelsomina Verde (; 5 December 1982 – 21 November 2004) was a victim of the Camorra who was tortured and subsequently murdered during the Scampia feud in the city of Naples on 21 November 2004, aged 21. Murder Verde, a leather factory worker, was abducted and tortured by members of the Di Lauro clan, in an effort to make her disclose the whereabouts of her former boyfriend, a Scissionisti di Secondigliano, Scissionisti clan member, Gennaro Notturno. Gelsomina and Gennaro had broken up weeks prior to her abduction.'The blood is running': Mafia wars erupt again The Independent, 8 December 2004 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomorrah (book)
''Gomorrah'' (Italian: ''Gomorra'') is a book of investigative journalism conducted by Roberto Saviano and published in 2006, which documents Saviano's infiltration and investigation of a number areas of business and daily life controlled or affected by criminal organization Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ... Camorra. Synopsis The book describes the clandestine particulars of the business of the Camorra, a powerful Naples, Neapolitan mafia-like organization. In this book Saviano employs prose and news-reporting style to narrate the story of the Camorra, exposing its territory and business connections. In an article in 2020, Saviano said "[w]e forget what Gomorrah really is: Gomorrah is not a mere synonym with Camorra, Gomorrah is an economic system wherein everythi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
