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Lo Russo Clan
The Lo Russo clan was a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating on its territory within the city of Naples, concentrated specifically in the area of Miano, whose control extended throughout numerous neighborhoods in the north of the city for more than three decades. Since the fall of all the Lo Russo brothers, and the numerous arrests of most of its affiliates, the organization is considered overthrown. History The Lo Russo clan was formed in the late seventies by the Lo Russo brothers, Salvatore, Giuseppe, Mario and Carlo Lo Russo aka ''"i Capitoni"'' (The Captains). After its formation, it immediately merged into the Nuova Famiglia (NF), a federation of Anti- Cutolo Camorra clans consisting of Michele Zaza (a Camorra boss with strong ties with Cosa Nostra), the Gionta clan from Torre Annunziata, the Nuvoletta clan from Marano, Antonio Bardellino from San Cipriano d'Aversa and Casal di Principe, the Alfieri clan led by Carmine Alfieri, the Galasso clan of Poggiomarino led by Pasq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miano
Miano is a suburb of Naples, Italy, with a population of around 26,000. History Since the recent administrative reorganization of the area, Miano is part of the 7th community board. Geography It borders to the north with the Scampia district (Cupa Carbone, Via del Gran Paradiso, Via del Cervino, Via Ettore Ciccotti, Via Don Luigi Guanella), to the east with Secondigliano (Via comune Acquarola, Corso Secondigliano, Via Abate Gioacchino, Via Monte Grappa, Via del Sabotino, Cupa called S. Cesarea, Cupa Capodichino, Via Vicinale Vallone di Miano), to the west with the Piscinola neighborhoods (Via Vicinale a Piscinola, Via Vecchia Miano a Piscinola, Via Giorgio Amendola, Via Vittorio Veneto, Via Rocco Marco di Torrepadula, Via Raffaele Marfella) and to the south with the San Carlo all'Arena district. In the recent reform of the administrative structure of the Municipality, Miano, together with Secondigliano and San Pietro a Patierno, constitutes the VII Municipality of the Munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaele Cutolo
Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss, leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including '''o Vangelo'' ("the gospel"), '''o Princepe'' ("the prince"), '''o Professore'' ("the professor") and '''o Monaco'' ("the monk"). Apart from 18 months on the run, Cutolo lived entirely in maximum-security prisons or psychiatric prisons after 1963.Behan, ''The Camorra'', pp. 52-53 At the time of his death he was serving multiple life sentences for murder. Early years Cutolo was born in Ottaviano, a municipality in the hinterland of Naples, in a family without ties in the Camorra. His fatherless youth was spent in a close-knit Catholic environment. His father was an agricultural labourer who for years tilled a field as a sharecropper as a means to support his family. While still a child, the landowner told Cutolo's father that the following year the field would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Giuliano
Luigi Giuliano (; born November 3, 1949) is a former Italian Camorrista who was the boss of the powerful Giuliano clan based in the district of Forcella, Naples. He had multiple nicknames including ''"'o rre"'' (the king) and ''"Lovigino"'', which is an amalgamation of Luigi and love. In 2002, he decided to collaborate with Italian law enforcement and became a ''pentito'', a co-operating witness against organised crime. Early life Giuliano was born into the family of Pio Vittorio Giuliano, a well-known smuggler. Pio Vittorio Giuliano had 11 children. Six boys, Luigi "o re or the king", Guglielmo "o stuorto or the crooked one", Nunzio Giuliano, Carmine "o lione or the lion" (1952-2004), Salvatore "o montone or the ram", Raffaele "o zui", Neapolitan slang for being the youngest son. The other four girls, Erminia Giuliano, who was called Celeste, Patrizia, Silvana and Anna. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poggiomarino
Poggiomarino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km east of Naples. History Poggiomarino originated from the construction the canal "Conte di Sarno", begun in 1592, which would serve the lands of the Tuttavilla family by drawing waters from the Sarno river's springs. The work was completed in the late 17th century, and in the meantime a town had grown from the houses of the workers employed in the construction. Originally named "Taverna Penta", the borough changed his name to ''Podio Marino'' in 1738 when the area was acquired by the Genoese merchant Giacomo de Marinis. The population was also increased after the eruption of Vesuvio Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of s ... in 1631. Main sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Galasso
Pasquale Galasso (Poggiomarino, May 17, 1955) is a former boss of the Galasso clan, a clan of the Camorra, the Neapolitan crime organization. Since August 1992, he has been a pentito (a criminal turned state witnesses), collaborating with the Italian justice. He revealed many intricate secrets about the Camorra. This led to revelations from other pentiti allowing an insight into the Camorra from the insider's point of view. Early life and criminal career Galasso was born in Poggiomarino, near Naples. Belonging to a well-endowed family – he studied medicine – he entered criminality when he killed two Camorristi who were trying to kidnap his brother (or asking him the '' pizzo''). Once imprisoned at Poggioreale, he became acquainted with numerous Camorristi and knew Raffaele Cutolo. He joined the Nuova Famiglia clan in the early 1980s and was soon protagonist of the bombing of Vincenzo Casillo, collaborator of Cutolo, the Nuova Famiglia's main rival. This murder is considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Alfieri
Carmine Alfieri (; born February 18, 1943) is an Italian Camorra boss, who rose from Piazzolla di Nola to become one of the most powerful members of Neapolitan Camorra in the 1980s. As boss of the Alfieri clan, he was one of the most influential and powerful Camorra bosses from 1984 until his arrest in 1992.Casalesi operazione Gomorra L’espresso, August 10, 2007 Alfieri's nickname is '' by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfieri Clan
The Alfieri clan was a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating on the north-east of Naples, with its sphere of influence in the municipalities of Saviano and Nola. History The association between the two Alfieri brothers, Salvatore and Carmine was formed after their father's murder in Tore Notaio in 1952. They swore to avenge his death and three years later, in 1956, Salvatore Alfieri killed their father's murderer at the social circle of Saviano. Salvatore later lost his life after falling victim to an ambush at a restaurant in . The loss of his brother and father pushed Carmine into becoming the head of the clan and to gain a position of dominance in the area of Nola. He was an important founding membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casal Di Principe
Casal di Principe (Campanian: or simply ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about southwest of Caserta. It has a population of approximately 21,000 people. The town is located on the territory of Agro aversano - a rural area with 19 comunes spread on its land, and is directly linked to the comune of San Cipriano d'Aversa. Casal di Principe is also known for the export of buffalo mozzarella and organised crime 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 .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cipriano D'Aversa
San Cipriano d'Aversa () is an Italian commune and municipality in the Province of Caserta, region of Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about southwest of Caserta. The town is located on the territory of Agro aversano - a rural area with 19 comunes spread on its land, and is directly linked to the comune of Casal di Principe on a side, to the comune of Casapesenna on the other side. San Cipriano d’Aversa is also known for the export of buffalo mozzarella and for the strong presence of organised crime 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 .... References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Bardellino
Antonio Bardellino (; May 4, 1945 – May 26, 1988) was a powerful Neapolitan '' Camorrista'' and boss of the Casalesi clan, having a prominent role in the organized crime in the province of Caserta during the 1980s. He was one of the last of the old-style Camorra godfathers. Powerful Camorrista Originally from San Cipriano d'Aversa in the Italian province of Caserta, Bardellino was an important ''Cosa Nostra'' affiliate in the region of Campania. "Bardellino was the reference point of all Camorra clans, even the ones that could not stand him. With his charisma he managed to maintain a certain equilibrium in Campania", according to the ''pentito'' Pasquale Galasso.Audizione del collaboratore di giustizia Pasquale Galasso Verbali della ... [...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] |
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] |
