Until February 2022 he was the oldest prisoner in Campania and possibly Italy, Camorra boss Carmine Montescuro, who died last week, aged 89, in his home in Naples. For the investigators, the boss, originally from Sant'Erasmo, was a real "grey eminence" of the Neapolitan underworld. His release in favor of home detention was ordered by the surveillance court of Naples in consideration of the numerous and important pathologies from which he suffered. A few days ago he had returned home, dying, after spending a period in the hospital.

He played the role of mediator between the clans for at least 30 years, making sure that his small underworld group – called little Switzerland – had a strategic role in the division of the illicit business that moved through the port of Naples at the time fundamental hub for the Secondigliano Alliance and the clans that referred to the Mazzarella family .

He managed to cover for many years, always keeping a low profile, the role of ambassador among the Camorra cartels. Nicknamed "zi minuzz", Montescuro was arrested by the police on 24 October 2019. After an initial release, in November 2019, detention in prison was ordered again for him in November 2021 for violation of the precautionary measure under house arrest.