Raffaele 'don Rafele' Ligato died in Opera prison after a long illness. The boss was serving a life sentence in the Milanese penitentiary under the 41bis regime: according to the investigators he was a historic head of the Lubrano-Ligato clan, founded by Vincenzo Lubrano but managed by the second Camorra family. The 74-year-old will be buried in his town of origin, but the Caserta Police Commissioner has banned the public funeral as reported by CasertaNews.

In the Caleno countryside, the Papa and Ligato clans, still carry out a penetrating control of the territory, coming to influence some neighboring areas of lower Lazio with ramifications also in other Italian regions. The group is mainly active in the extortion sector, especially to the detriment of local entrepreneurs and economic operators, but also operates in the trafficking of weapons and drugs and in recycling through apparently legitimate economic activities including supermarkets, construction companies and hospitality companies.

The Nuvoletta family is linked with the Lubrano clan through marriages celebrated between close relatives of their respective chieftains.