Was he still in the WPP or not? Turncoats here get a new name and new life in a foreign country.

he was the engineer of the Mazzarella clan and he left the WPP a few months ago, in Italy usually the turncoats get a new name and live in the north

Executed after breaking mafia code of silence: Camorra assassins shoot turncoat engineer in the face outside Apple HQ in Naples after he exposed construction racket

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-Naples-exposed-construction-racket.html

Naples cops arrest 32 for getting drugs, phones into jails

Drone deliveries by Camorra in 19 jails across Italy

https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/new...494cd0a-5896-4595-8461-6c17e18b91a6.html

Marano, Giaccio murder: three more arrests in the Polverino clan
From editorial board-March 27, 20240

Three new precautionary custody orders for the murder of Giulio Giaccio, killed 26 years ago by a commando of the Polverino clan. The young man was mistaken for a person who allegedly had a relationship with a leading affiliate of the clan. The judge for preliminary investigations, at the request of the magistrates of the DDA of Naples (prosecutor Giuseppe Visone), applied the measure of precautionary custody in prison against Luigi De Cristofaro, alias Mellone, Salvatore Simioli, 'o Sciallo, and Raffaele D' Alterio, alias 'a Signurina. Simioli and D'Alterio are already detained for other crimes. These are three prominent figures of the Polverino clan. For the same murder, the conviction has already been requested for Carlo Nappi, Salvatore Cammarota and Roberto Perrone, the latter a collaborator of justice. The collaborators of justice, including Perrone and Simioli, better known as Petruocelo, revealed the background to the murder.

Camorra Boss Turns State's Witness In Italy After 26 Years In Jail

One of Italy's most notorious mafia bosses, Francesco "Sandokan" Schiavone, has turned state's witness after 26 years behind bars, a judicial source confirmed to AFP Friday.

https://www.barrons.com/news/camorr...in-italy-after-26-years-in-jail-b5529fb3

Wow unbelievable!!

he could say something interesting about the relationship between the Camorra and politics

Huge news indeed, but what he could say that is still relevant after 26 years.

Well Sandokan was alleged to be behind the murder of Bardellino.

Alleged murder of Bardellino, according to some he is still alive, i don't know what to believe in that one. I am sure he was connected to politicians/freemasons that are still free, because they rarely go to prison, but is he willing to talk against them.

He has to be 100% honest if he lies the deal is off the table in no time. He's 70 now saw his son repent after 26 years he had enough of prison lol.

Gratteri: «The web has allowed the Camorra to create an online bank»
by Marco Politano 4 April 2024i n Current NewsReading time: 1 minute

The prosecutor: «We only managed to seize 2 billion»
«An ndrangheta family hired German and Romanian hackers to make financial transactions within 20 minutes in banks located on 3 different continents». This is one of the results of the investigations into the dark web, conducted by the Prosecutor of the Republic of Naples Nicola Gratteri, today at the UN in New York to present the report of the Magna Grecia Foundation on Cyber ??crime. The prosecutor illustrated various examples of cyber crime in action also in Italy.

«In Naples I saw how the Camorra was able to build an online bank which involved countries such as Lithuania and Latvia and with 6,000 customers between Lombardy, Lazio and Campania and laundered something like 3 billion and 600 million euros, of which we only managed to seize 2 billion" explained Gratteri, adding that within the bank a "very sophisticated technology of Israeli production was used that only the most advanced police can afford, because just one of these software costs 5 million euros »

https://www.stylo24.it/gratteri-il-web-ha-consentito-alla-camorra-di-creare-una-banca-online/

‘Market of Fakes’ in Naples, capital of counterfeits and Camorra
Published Sun, Apr 7, 2024 · 03:01 PM\

AS TOP brands such as Gucci and Prada prepare to report billions in sales this month, luxury fakes on the streets of Naples are also yielding a jaw-dropping cash stream – for the mafia.

The teeming southern metropolis is ground zero for Italy’s counterfeit market – estimated to be worth six billion (S$8.8 billion) to seven billion euros – where fake handbags, sunglasses, clothing and shoes flourish, hawked in plain sight to buyers willing to score a knock-off bargain.

“Which brand do you like? What colour, what model?” asks a persistent seller at the “Market of Fakes”, spread out over back alleys near the gritty city’s central train station.

Men arrive hauling overstuffed blue plastic bags, from which emerge Gucci baseball hats, Fendi wallets, Hermes belts and bright orange Louis Vuitton shoeboxes, sold from rickety tables at a fraction of the price of their originals.

Counterfeits are a global phenomenon, whether fake fashion, toys, electronics, food or pharmaceuticals, estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to represent 2.5 per cent of world trade.

But Italy – home of the most luxury fashion brands – is the clear leader in counterfeit seizures within the European Union, accounting for 63 per cent of detained items in 2022, according to a November EU report.

And it’s in Naples where counterfeits find a unique breeding ground, giving it the dubious distinction of being the undisputed European capital of fakes.

The city is home to every phase of the counterfeit fashion supply chain, from manufacturing and warehousing to distribution and sales – all dominated by the region’s home-grown Camorra mafia.

Easy money
While many consumers are unconcerned about counterfeits, the mafia’s handprint has increasingly made them a law enforcement priority.

“Counterfeiting is very important because it’s a warning bell”, signalling more dangerous crimes, said Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Evangelista, head of operations in Naples for the Guardia di Finanza, Italy’s financial crimes police.

While less lucrative than selling drugs, counterfeiting generates cash, helps launder drug money and is relatively low-risk, with jail sentences far below those for more violent crimes. “They’ve already got the clientele… the tourists go by on the street, the bag is bought, and it generates profits for the criminal organisation,” Evangelista told AFP.

Police seizures are frequent and on the rise, including the discovery of a factory producing thousands of counterfeit Napoli banners, jerseys and caps in February.

Interior ministry data shows that between 2018 and 2022, Naples police seized nearly 100 million items worth over 470 million euros – some 14 per cent of the value of all counterfeit goods seized in Italy.

“In Naples, counterfeiting represents a real parallel economic sector” run by local and foreign mafias, a 2021 government report showed. It called the city a “centre of excellence” for fakes.

An artisanal heritage in tailoring and leather, an international port, high unemployment and an influx of cheap foreign labour have all helped counterfeiting flourish – as has the local population’s longstanding tolerance of bending the rules.

Camorra and China
Collaboration between the Camorra and Chinese criminal groups fuels the rigorously controlled system. While higher quality goods are produced locally, most imported goods come from China and Turkey.

Counterfeiters choose busy EU ports, such as Rotterdam, or those with less stringent control such as in Greece or Bulgaria, before reaching Italy by truck.

Once in the Campania region, final finishing takes place in workshops using cheap illegal labour. Labels are frequently shipped separately and sewn on last, making it more difficult for customs to spot fakes.

The mafia also controls distribution, either through its own sales channels or pressuring shop owners to sell fake goods among their genuine items.

A 2022 police investigation found Naples street market sellers paid the mafia up to 200 euros weekly to operate their stands, or were forced to buy their merchandise.

‘Cancer’ in market
Counterfeiting’s negative effect on the economy, notably in terms of lost demand, lost jobs and unpaid taxes, is huge. The Italian government put it at 17 billion euros in 2020 – a year when economic activity heavily contracted due to the coronavirus lockdowns.

There are other consequences: many of Naples’ hundreds of toxic fires each year are due to the disposal of trimming from counterfeit garments and shoes, experts say.

Top brands spend millions to fight counterfeiting. Louis Vuitton brought more than 38,000 anti-counterfeiting procedures globally in 2017, according to its website. Even smaller companies are now setting up legal protection departments, while increasingly investing in tracking technology.

Local businessmen in Naples also established a Museum of the Real and Fake to educate consumers. It closed last year. Its head, Luigi Giamundo, said more than 32,000 small fashion businesses in Campania were threatened by unfair competition, where even raw fabric can be counterfeited.

“It’s a cancer wedging itself into our market”, Giamundo said.

Juna Shehu of Indicam, an Italian association lobbying for intellectual property protection of leading fashion brands, said industry cannot act alone.

Indicam is calling for the EU to harmonise rules on dealing with seized fakes, with some countries currently making brands pay for their storage or destruction.

Educating consumers is also key. A 2023 survey found one-third of EU citizens would consider buying fakes if the originals are too expensive, rising to half of young people.

“This has to be a multidisciplinary approach because counterfeiters are becoming more and more expert,” Shehu told AFP.

Back on the Naples street, many customers seem unconcerned. “It doesn’t bother me,” said Caterina, 17, who bought a fake YSL wallet from a market seller for 11 euros. The original costs more than 300 euros. “Regardless of the label, it’s about whether I like the object.” AFP

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/market-fakes-naples-capital-counterfeits-and-camorra

Counterfeit Currency Crackdown: Dozens Arrested in Italy and France

https://www.ilmattino.it/en/counter...rrested_in_italy_and_france-8042902.html

Turin, Operation Echidna: axis emerged between Camorra and 'Ndrangheta
AMTwo thousand 09 April 2024
The 'Ndrangheta-Camorra axis also appears in the investigation by the Turin DDA and the ROS carabinieri code-named Echidna. Two of the arrested people, Antonio and Luigi Mascolo , originally from Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) and resident in the Turin area, are said to be part of the 'local' 'Ndrangheta group of Volpiano but, according to what can be gleaned from the documents in the proceedings, they worked to help some exponents of the Stabiese Camorra to the point that the investigating judge, in the precautionary custody order, said he was struck by the fact that "despite the distance from their region of origin, these links continued to be active and constant". In particular, these are members of the Vitale family, considered close to the D'Alessandro clan, for example welcoming Luigi 'Gino' Vitale to Leinì to allow him to spend a period of time under house arrest. The name of the actor and singer Mario Merola , the famous 'king of the drama', who died in 2006, also appears in the documents of the subalpine Dda . Antonio Mascolo, 60 years old, in a conversation intercepted in 2021 told of when, on the orders of a person unspecified, put "a gun to his head" because he owed money. But for this reason, he added, he became the target of "two or three clans of Naples". It does not appear that the Turin DDA is carrying out any investigations into the episode. Mario Merola was investigated in two legal proceedings, in 1983 and 1989, and was always completely exonerated.

https://www.antimafiaduemila.com/ho...merso-asse-tra-camorra-e-ndrangheta.html

Mafia Association and Extortion: Major Police Operation in Naples

https://www.ilmattino.it/en/mafia_l...icking_11_arrests_in_naples-8057834.html

Ambush on the boss, 3 arrests in the Quartieri Spagnoli. In their area, passers-by were also searched
Three young people were arrested by the police for the wounding of Masiello, dating back to November 2022; the suspects would be part of an emerging criminal group.
By Nico Falco

Three young people were arrested by the State Police for the wounding of Vincenzo Masiello , who was shot on 5 November 2022 in the Quartieri Spagnoli, in the center of Naples: according to the reconstruction of the investigators, the group would have tried to carve out its own space in the criminal dynamics of the area, and for this reason he allegedly shot at the victim, currently detained, believed to be at the top of the crime family that bears his name.

The precautionary custody order in prison was carried out by the Police today, 17 April, on the delegation of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor for Juveniles of Naples; the three suspects are seriously accused, for various reasons, of personal injury, carrying and possession of firearms, private violence, robbery, all aggravated also by the mafia methods envisaged by article 416 bis.

From the investigations, conducted by the Flying Squad of the Naples Police Headquarters, it emerged that the three, who are 17, 20 and 22 years old, are part of an emerging criminal group, dedicated to crimes against property, which has established its operational base in vico Lungo San Matteo and has a large availability of weapons; according to what was reconstructed by the investigators, the members of the group, on several occasions and armed with pistols, carried out military control of the area, going so far as to search passers-by who were in their area of ??influence at night to ensure that they were not linked to rival groups.

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