Cosimo Nardelli (61) was killed in an ambush in Taranto, possible settlement of accounts. The crime could be a settling of scores for a murder committed 18 years ago.
Nardelli had recently been released from prison after serving a 17-year prison sentence. He had been found guilty of the murder of Alessandro Cimoli. The then 27-year-old had been brutally killed by Nardelli in 2005 in the Faggiano countryside in Taranto. In addition to Cosimo, his brother Renato and Matteo Basile also ended up in handcuffs for the crime. Subsequent investigations revealed that Cosimo Nardelli had "hired" the two to kill the 27-year-old, guilty of not paying the payment for a shipment of drugs.