Marco Di Lauro (; born 16 June 1980) is an Italian
Camorrista and member of the
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, Vill ...
from Naples. After having been a fugitive for 14 years and been included on the
list of most wanted fugitives in Italy
The list of most wanted fugitives in Italy is a most wanted list published by the Italian Interior Ministry. It includes criminals who are considered extremely dangerous by the Polizia di Stato. The list was started in July 1992. There are also lis ...
, he was captured in
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 adminis ...
on 2 March 2019.
History
Marco Di Lauro is the fourth son of imprisoned Camorra boss,
Paolo Di Lauro
Paolo Di Lauro (; born August 26, 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization. He is also known as () among other aliases. In 2002 he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and wa ...
aka ''Ciruzzo 'o milionario'' ("Ciruzzo the millionaire") and his wife Luisa D'Avanzo.
Di Lauro is reportedly known by the code ''F4'' for figlio quattro (fourth son) or (The Ghost).
He was listed on "
Italy's most wanted list" since 2004, for Camorra association and other crimes. On 17 November 2006, an international warrant was issued against him, to be arrested for extradition. He was arrested in Naples on 2 March 2019.
According to the pentito Antonio Accurso, former leader of the Vanella Grassi, a criminal group linked to the Di Lauro clan, Marco Di Lauro created an alliance with the
Sacra Corona Unita
Sacra Corona Unita (, ; acronym: SCU) also known as fourth mafia is a Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society from the Apulia region in Southern Italy, and it is especially active in the areas of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto.
Ori ...
with the objective of expanding his
drug trafficking
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business.
Di Lauro is in a relationship with Cira Marino, born in 1988, related to the Tamarisco clan from
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata (; nap, Torr'Annunziata) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. It is located on the Gulf of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.
History
The city was destroyed in the Vesuvius e ...
. The ''Tamarisco''s are believed to have links with the
'Ndrangheta
The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a prominent Italian Mafia-type organized crime syndicate and secret society, criminal society based in the peninsular and mountainous region of Calabria and dating back to the late 18th century. It is considered one of ...
, particularly the Pelle-Vottari
'Ndrina
The 'ndrina (, plural: ; , plural: ) is the basic unit of the 'Ndrangheta of Calabria, made up of blood relatives, and is the equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia’s "family" or ''cosca''.Varese, How Mafias Migrate'Gratteri & Nicaso ''Fratelli di ...
.
While on the run, Di Lauro was believed to have resided in
Dubai
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.
Arrest
Marco Di Lauro, was arrested without a fight on 2 March 2019 at his apartment in Chiaiano district,
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 adminis ...
. At the time of the arrest Di Lauro was with his wife and two cats. The arrest was reportedly linked to the murder on the same day of the wife of the right-hand man of Di Lauro, Salvatore Tamburrino. The operation involved around 150 officers.
According to
Europol, Di Lauro was wanted over offences including murder, drug trafficking, arson, armed robbery, racketeering and extortion.
After his arrest, the Italian Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte
Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...
thanked police for the capture of the super fugitive, saying that it was another blow to organised crime.
On 11 November 2019, Marco Di Lauro was sentenced to life imprisonment, considered the mastermind behind the ambush in which
Attilio Romanò, an innocent victim, was killed. The murder took place in January 2005, when the assassins of the Di Lauro clan had mistaken Romanò for the nephew of the boss Rosario Pariante, one of the
Scissionistis with whom the Di Lauro clan was at war. After the trial was over, Attilio Romanò's family breathed a sigh of relief, his mother declared in tears: "I still don't believe it."
Few days after Marco Di Lauro's trial, his right-hand man, Salvatore Tamburrino, has decided to break omertà and become a pentito. Tamburrino, who is in prison for the murder of his wife, Norina Matuozzo, is expected by the magistrates to reconstruct the last years of the Camorra of Secondigliano, shedding light on strategies, business and revealing the names of the unsuspected white collar workers linked to the clan.
In popular culture
* ''
Gomorrah (TV series)
''Gomorrah'' ( it, Gomorra - La serie) is an Italian crime drama television series created by Roberto Saviano for Sky Atlantic. Based on Saviano's book of the same name, the show premiered on Sky Atlantic in Italy on 6 May 2014 and ran for five ...
'' Inspired in the Di Lauro clan and in their war against the
Scissionisti di Secondigliano
The Scissionisti di Secondigliano or Amato-Pagano clan is a Camorra clan from the Secondigliano district of Naples, headed by Raffaele Amato and Cesare Pagano. They are also known as ''"Spagnoli"'' (Spaniards) because of their strong presence in ...
led by
Raffaele Amato
Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, including ''"Lo Spagnolo"'' (Th ...
.
See also
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Cosimo Di Lauro
Cosimo Di Lauro (8 December 1973 – 13 June 2022) was an Italian Camorrista who was acting boss of the Di Lauro clan from Naples. Due to his flamboyant nature and passion for designer clothes, he earned the nickname "The Designer Don". Di Laur ...
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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, Vill ...
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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 mem ...
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List of members of the Camorra
This is a list of members of the Camorra, a Mafia-type organisation in Naples and Campania in Italy.
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* Enrico Alfano
* Carmine Alfieri
* Raffaele Amato
* Umberto Ammaturo
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* Luigi Baccante[List of most wanted fugitives in Italy
The list of most wanted fugitives in Italy is a most wanted list published by the Italian Interior Ministry. It includes criminals who are considered extremely dangerous by the Polizia di Stato. The list was started in July 1992. There are also lis ...]
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Paolo Di Lauro
Paolo Di Lauro (; born August 26, 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization. He is also known as () among other aliases. In 2002 he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and wa ...
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Sacra Corona Unita
Sacra Corona Unita (, ; acronym: SCU) also known as fourth mafia is a Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society from the Apulia region in Southern Italy, and it is especially active in the areas of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto.
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References
1980 births
Camorristi sentenced to life imprisonment
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