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List Of Camorra Clans
This is a comprehensive list of Camorra clans and their place of origin. A clan is a basic unit in the Camorra, a criminal organization originating in Campania. Currently it is estimated there are about 111 Camorra clans, and about 7,000 full members. Province of Avellino Quindici *Cava clan *Graziano clan Province of Caserta Casal di Principe *Casalesi clan *De Angelis, Taliercio clan (affiliates) Maddaloni *Farina clan (defunct) Marcianise *Belforte clan Mondragone * La Torre clan (defunct) Pignataro Maggiore *Lubrano-Ligato clan (defunct) Metropolitan City of Naples Afragola * Moccia clan *Magliulo clan (defunct) Bacoli *Pariante clan Castellammare di Stabia *D'Alessandro clan *Cesarano clan *Omobono-Scarpa clan (defunct) Ercolano *Ascione clan *Birra clan (defunct) Giugliano in Campania *Mallardo clan Marano di Napoli *Abbinante clan *Nuvoletta clan (defunct) *Polverino clan *Orlando clan Naples *Aprea-Cuccaro clan *Mazzarella clan *Giuliano clan (defunct) *Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camorra
The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy , by Umberto Santino, in: Albanese, Das & Verma, ''Organized Crime. World Perspectives'', pp. 82–100 and originating in the region of . It is one of the oldest and largest criminal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesarano Clan
The Cesarano clan is a Camorra clan from the town of Castellammare di Stabia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples. History The founder and important figure of the clan was Ferdinando Cesarano (born August 26, 1954), aka "Nanduccio 'e Ponte Persica". Cesarano was known to be charismatic figure of the organized crime scene in the Campania since the late 1970s and early 1980s, in those years, he was a ruthless killer working for the Nuova Famiglia, reporting directly to Carmine Alfieri, and in close contact with the highest members of the organization. In the mid-80s, Ferdinando Cesarano, by then an established Camorra member after the defeat of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata led by Raffaele Cutolo and the dissolution of the winning Nuova Famiglia, decided to found his own clan. In 1998, while Cesarano was in jail, the clan's affiliates planned the escape of Giuseppe "Geppino" Autorino (another important member of the clan) and Cesarano from the Court of Salerno, where the trial was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di Lauro Clan
The Di Lauro clan () is an Italian crime clan, part of the Camorra in Naples. The clan operates in the neighbourhoods of Secondigliano, Scampìa, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, and in the adjacent municipalities of Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca and Mugnano (all in the province of Naples). At its peak, between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, the organization was earning more than €500,000 a day from the sale of drugs alone, making Secondigliano the largest open-air drug market in Europe. The founder of the clan is Paolo Di Lauro (known as "Ciruzzo il milionario"), from Via Cupa dell'Arco, in Secondigliano. History The Italian Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia ("Antimafia District Directorate") first investigated the clan in 2002, which led to the imprisonment of its most influential members, including Abbinante clan boss Raffaele "Papale e Marano" Abbinante, who was aligned with Di Lauro, but Paolo Di Lauro managed to stay free. Despite this setback, the clan increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Luca Bossa Clan
The De Luca Bossa clan is a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating in the eastern suburbs of Naples, and more specifically in the area of Ponticelli and in municipality of Cercola. History The clan was founded by Antonio De Luca Bossa, known as ''‘O sicco'', in the 1990s. Antonio is the son of Umberto De Luca Bossa, who was a trusted member of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata and died from natural causes in 2008 after 18 years in jail. In the late 1980s ''‘O sicco'' started his criminal career as a ferocious killer for the once powerful Sarno clan. At the age of 17, he was arrested, accused of involvement in a massacre led by the Sarnos in which six people died, four of them by mistake. In the early 90s, Antonio became a trusted member of the Sarno clan, however, he decided to create his own clan, which ended in a bloody war between the then newly created clan and the Sarnos for the control of the territory. The war has reached its peak, when, in 1998, ''‘O sicco'' made the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contini Clan
The Contini clan is a powerful Neapolitan Camorra clan operating in the city of Naples, and more specifically in the area of the Naples Central Station. The clan's traditional powerbase is the Arenaccia district. It also operates in the Poggioreale, Vasto, Mercato and San Carlo all'Arena suburbs of Naples. The clan is also active outside Italy, particularly in Barcelona, Spain, in Amsterdam, Netherlands and in Eastern Europe. The Contini clan is also one of the founding clans of the Secondigliano Alliance, which is considered by the authorities as the most powerful Camorra group that is still active. History The organization was created by Camorra boss, Edoardo Contini, in the early 1980s. Few years later, he joined the Nuova Famiglia confederation against the Nuova Camorra Organizzata led by Raffaele Cutolo, in this time he was leading a criminal group in San Carlo all'Arena. In the mid-1980s, Contini was already considered one of the most influential criminals in Naples, obtai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuliano Clan
The Giuliano clan was a powerful Neapolitan Camorra clan that had its base in the area of Forcella, in Naples. Its sphere of influence extended to all the centre of the city of Naples for over four decades. History The clan was founded by Pio Vittorio Giuliano (1926 - September 27, 2009), known as ''‘o padrino'' in the early post-war years, primarily dedicated to cigarette smuggling. He had 11 children, among them Luigi, Erminia, Guglielmo, Carmine and Raffaele Giuliano. Since the 1950s the organization started to accumulate a huge fortune, in fact, Pio Vittorio was considered one of the richest cigarette smugglers of Naples in the time, at its heyday the cigarette traffic alone gave to the Giuliano clan over 200 million lire a week. In the mid-1970s Luigi Giuliano, known as O rre'' (the king), replaced his father as head of the clan, what made him the most powerful Camorra boss for the next 20 years. The Giuliano family was widely known for their luxury lifestyle, family mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazzarella Clan
The Mazzarella clan is a Campanian Camorra clan operating in the city of Naples. The clan is historically considered one of the most powerful groups of the Camorra. History The clan was founded in the 1960s by the Mazzarella brothers, Ciro known as o Scellone'', Gennaro and Vincenzo, as a ramification of the Zaza clan, then headed by the historical boss Michele Zaza, who was a relative of the Mazzarella brothers. The organization started dedicating to the cigarette smuggling, establishing itself from the Borgo Santa Lucia to Posillipo, and from Bagnoli to Pozzuoli. The Mazzarella clan grew rapidly and became independent from the Zazas, thanks to Ciro Mazzarella, who since the 1960s demonstrated his entrepreneurial abilities, buying small ships and starting his own smuggling empire. In the 1970s, the organization was already dubbed by the media as the kings of cigarette smuggling, however, during the eighties and nineties the organization ended up involved in many Camorra wars, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aprea-Cuccaro Clan
The Aprea-Cuccaro clan is a Camorra clan operating in the area of Barra, in the city of Naples. History Giovanni Aprea, known as e curtiello'', a leading figure of the clan, began the criminal career working for Ciro Sarno, then a powerful boss of the Sarno clan from Ponticelli. Aprea was arrested for the first time on April 27, 1990, in a building in Barra, where he was hiding with his three bodyguards, all fugitives for Camorra association and racketeering. Investigations in the early 1990s already indicated him as the head of the local underworld. After the arrest of Giovanni Aprea, his brother Vincenzo took the reins of the clan. After Vincenzo's arrest, the reins of the clan passed into the hands of the three Aprea sisters: Lena, Patrizia and Giuseppina. Angelo Cuccaro, called ''Angiulillo o' fratone'', certainly the most important figure of the Cuccaros within the Aprea-Cuccaro clan, began his criminal career as a right hand man of the boss Giovanni Aprea, in fact the ... [...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] |
Polverino Clan
The Polverino clan is a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating in the town of Marano di Napoli. The clan is present also in Villaricca, Quarto, Pozzuoli, Qualiano and in the district Camaldoli of Naples (place of origin of the Polverino family). Outside Italy, the clan has a strong presence in Spain, in particular in Barcelona, Málaga and Alicante. According to the investigations, the Polverinos are considered the successors of the Nuvoletta clan. History The organization was founded by Giuseppe Polverino, known as "Peppe 'o barone" in the 1990s. The clan started as a ramification of the Nuvoletta clan, but has become independent and one of the most powerful groups of the Camorra over the time, surpassing the Nuvolettas that in 90s were going through a very difficult time, thanks to the large efforts of the Italian police to overthrow the organization. Taking advantage of these years, Giuseppe had to start building his own clan, managing to bring to him, emerging members of the Camo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvoletta Clan
The Nuvoletta clan was a powerful Neapolitan Camorra clan operating from the town of Marano di Napoli, situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Naples, southern Italy. The Nuvolettas belonged to a new style of Camorra, one that had the dimensions of a large corporation, and considered much more entrepreneurial. The clan was affiliated with several Sicilian Mafia families and was considered one of the most powerful Camorra clans between the 1970s and 1990s, however, since the death of its historical leaders and the large number of arrests and seizures made by the Italian police, the clan was succeeded by the Polverino clan, Polverino and Orlando clans, both families with great degree of kinship with the Nuvoletta family. Background The Nuvoletta family was historically a very prominent family dedicated to numerous legal businesses and known to the media at least since the 1950s. In the 1960s, Ciro, Lorenzo Nuvoletta, Lorenzo and Angelo Nuvoletta initially joined the clan of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marano Di Napoli
Marano di Napoli (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italy, Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples. Partly located on the Camaldoli hill, it is one of the most populous municipalities in the metropolitan city. Physical geography The city covers a hilly area of 15.64 km2 at 151 meters above sea level. The area on which it stands is geologically relatively very young as it was formed about 11,000 years ago (corresponding to the third and last geological period of the Phlegraean area). Marano is located north-west of Naples whose borders are on a slope of the Camaldoli hill. Marano is about 8 km from the Asse Mediano, and about 10 km from the Tangenziale of Naples. The city is just ten kilometers from the international airport of Naples-Capodichino. History Pre-historic and Roman era The Maranese territory shows anthropological traces dating back to the Neolithic age which tells us how this area has been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
