The leader of Brooklyn's Camorrista...the infamous Francesco "Frankie Yale" Ioele!

A very unique, eye-opening biography...

https://thenewyorkmafia.com/francesco-frankie-yale-ioele/?

Several other very notorious early Camorra members (and bosses) affiliated with Downtown Brooklyn’s “Navy Street Gang” included Alessandro Vollero, Leopoldo Lauritano, Pellegrino Morano, and Antonio (Tony the Shoemaker) Paretti. All of whom were also tied to Yale and Torrio and other Camorrista such as Vito Genovese, Antonio Carfano, etc.

Such was the power of New York’s early Camorra organization!

It seems the mainland Italians were a big part of early OC in America, Luciano (although Sicilian) was one of the guys who realized you must do business with outsiders in the USA.

Yes, thats very true. The Napolitani/Calabrese-based Camorra had a huge organization. Which, in many ways, rivaled the Sicilians. They were definitely a major force to contend with. Thats why after many years of conflict between them, all the different Italian factions (regardless of the particular region they hailed from) finally merged under one umbrella....hence, Cosa Nostra was born!