The Neapolitan narcos Simone Bartiromo was considered a sort of Robert Oppenheimer by the Sorianiello clan.

This criminal status emerged in an environmental interception contained in the latest ordinance that hit the West Naples gang. So the 32-year-old would have explained the difference between Colombian and Bolivian cocaine , the latter considered to be of superior quality. In a conversation, captured in April 2021 at Simone Sorianiello 's house , the two talk about the bad smell given off by a variety.

At that point Bartiromo explains the 'formula' to the clan leader's son: " You have to take the Colombian so I mix it under the press... It is pressed and loses that acetone smell... Better to mix the Colombian than the Bolivian without smell because by mixing it you make 850 and 150 so the atomic bomb comes out and no one complains ."

On Monday morning, dozens of soldiers surrounded what is considered the stronghold of the Sorianiello clan , the so-called '99' in via Catone in the Traiano district, to execute several arrest warrants against bosses and followers.

In total, 26 measures were carried out thanks to the investigations coordinated by the Neapolitan DDA. Two prominent members of the gang managed to escape the raid: Simone Bartiromo, indicated as the main drug supplier, and Simone Sorianiello, son of the detained boss Alfredo and his current heir.

The Sorianello clan is one of the criminal groups of the Secondigliano Alliance.