The Camorra in Naples, the Secondigliano Alliance advances towards the Sanità district
From Giuseppe Letizia - February 14, 2024

NAPLES – The historic center is a 'powder keg'. The Sanità district is 'undefended', to use the words of one investigator. And this creates appetites. After the maxi blitz and then the arrest of Vincenzo Pirozzi (taken into a workhouse), local families have to reorganize, but it takes time. The police fear a scenario: the Secondigliano Alliance and the Splinterists want to get their hands on Sanità . Not from today. We will have to wait a few days to see if the old non-belligerence pact still holds. The clans of the northern area may have already decided to regain Sanità. Propitious occasion. After all, the Lo Russos from the Miano neighborhood had already done it some time ago, but today they no longer exist. The 'capitoni' had placed trusted men in the alleys at the Sanità: a remote control. Successful for years, until the revolt of the local boats. Something similar could happen again.
The closest to Sanità are the Licciardi and Contini members of the Alliance cartel, together with the Mallardos. The Licciardis moved from Masseria Cardone to Secondigliano. The Contini from Vasto. But the Amato-Pagano from Melito and Mugnano are constantly expanding and could also claim space in the historic center. In short, the chessboard is fragmented.
According to the maps, the group closest to Sanità is the one once led by Eduardo Contini. Today they have a new organizational chart. Even the Splinterists have changed their face: the old guard of Cesare Pagano and Raffaele Amato no longer exists.
Now silent investigations begin: the agents collect information confidentially, to understand who and how will take the first step. For now the alleys are deserted: a strange silence has fallen on the Sanità system after the arrests. On January 16th, twelve were arrested by the flying squad, an alleged association aimed at drug trafficking. The so-called itinerant drug dealing squares: orders for drugs were received by telephone, then transmitted to the various pushers on scooters, who completed the home delivery. It's not all. In a different context - on February 1st - Vincenzo Pirozzi was stopped: the agents of the investigative team of the San Carlo Arena police station notified the 43-year-old of the security measure of the workhouse near Vasto. Already placed on probation. The Prosecutor's Office lists him as one of the bosses of the Sanità district. In the past considered close to the Missos.