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Camorra boss Lo Russo arrested in Nice
P(ANSA) – Naples, April 16 – Italian and French police have arrested in Nice Antonio Lo Russo, a senior member of the Naples-based Camorra mafia and one of Italy’s 100 most-wanted fugitives.BRLo Russo is the son of Salvatore Lo Russo, … Continue reading
Police seize Camorra stores in Rome
P(ANSA) – Rome, April 11 – Italian police in Rome have seized stores, restaurants, apartments and assets worth seven million euros from three Neapolitan entrepreneurs allegedly linked to the Campania-based Camorra crime syndicate, investigators said Friday.BRThe operation follows the arrest … Continue reading
Camorra mobster ‘put 1-mn euro bounty’ on prosecutor
(see related) (ANSA) – Naples, December 10 – Police alleged Tuesday that the creator of the “ecomafia” wing of the notorious Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia put out a one-million euro hit on a prosecutor in Naples. Police … Continue reading
Police arrest 35 for managing Camorra crime ring
(ANSA) – Rome, December 3 – Carabinieri police on Tuesday arrested 35 people allegedly involved in a criminal ring managed by Camorra mafia clans based in the southern city of Caserta suspected of smuggling drugs and weapons, extortion and loan-sharking. … Continue reading
Anti-mafia police arrest two over 1992 Camorra mafia murder
(ANSA) – Naples, October 28 – Anti-mafia police arrested two people for a 1992 murder believed to have been part of a power grab by the Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia, investigators said on Monday. The suspects, Giuseppe … Continue reading
Four Camorra mafia jailed for up to seven years
(ANSA) – Caserta, October 28 – Four members of the Casalesi clan of the Camorra mafia were sentenced Monday to jail terms ranging up to seven years on charges including extortion and belonging to a criminal gang. The four belong … Continue reading
Brother of Camorra mafia superboss ‘Sandokan’ arrested
(ANSA) – Caserta, October 24 – Italian police on Thursday arrested Antonio Schiavone, brother of the superboss of the Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia, Francesco ‘Sandokan’ Schiavone. ‘Sandokan’, nicknamed after Italy’s most popular literary pirate, has been in … Continue reading
Police charge 14 with helping Camorra boss Panaro
(ANSA) – Naples, October 22 – Fourteen people were arrested during early morning raids, accused of assisting a former fugitive Camorra mafia boss evade justice – even helping him to take a holiday in Monte Carlo, police said Tuesday. Other … Continue reading
Open funeral banned for convicted Camorra mafia ‘godfather’
(ANSA) – Naples, October 21 – The Naples police chief on Monday banned an open funeral anywhere in the southern Italian city for a man convicted of ordering the murder of a 26-year-old crime reporter, considered by authorities to have … Continue reading