Clan Mallardo, new structures in the Giugliano gang after the excellent releases. The recent release from prison of Patrizio Picardi has given new criminal life to the Mallardo clan. The ras, considered by the investigators to be a real regent of the gang, an offshoot of the Secondigliano Alliance, left following the decision taken by the Court of Appeal of Naples which accepted the request presented by Picardi 's lawyers.

Picardi joins other leading exponents of the Giugliano Camorra, who obtained freedom after having served the sentence inflicted on them or following the decisions of the judges in the ongoing trials. Also released was Antonio Guercia , a 34-year-old from Giugliano, alias o'spagnuolo, nephew of Ciccio Mallardo


A clan that is still strong and dominant, which has not been affected either by arrests or attempts to split. A two-headed clan, which on the one hand continues to cultivate alliances with other gangs and on the other has relations with local politics. This is the photograph taken by Dia of the Mallardo Clan in the latest report published yesterday.

The magistrates write: "The Giugliano district highlights the widespread influence of the historic Mallardo clan, a top component in the Secondigliano Alliance , with an extraordinarily central role in the decision-making and strategic dynamics of the aforementioned cartel. The clan, thanks to the prestige acquired over time, continues to maintain solid family ties with the Contini, the Licciardi, the Bosti in the city of Naples, excellent relations with the Nuvoletta, Polverino, Orlando , of Marano di Napoli, with the Ferrara clans. Cacciapuoti of Villaricca as well as and through his representatives, also in Qualiano , where the satellite groups D'Alterio-Pianese and De Rosa operate , antagonistic to each other. Furthermore, it has relations with the Casalesi clan , in particular with the Bidognetti clan , to the point of creating a cartel with the Licciardi and the Casalesi conventionally called a "mixed group".