CLAN ABATE

ALIAS: The Horsemen
TYPE Predominant
AREA San Giorgio a Cremano (NA)
BOSS: Filippo Abate aka "Tore the 'horseman''


The undisputed clan chief of the "family" of San Giorgio a Cremano is Filippo Abate, nicknamed "Tore 'or horseman," the star of a sensational escape from prison in Rotterdam at the end of February '93. For two years he was able to hide in the Netherlands, then moved to Brazil, where the work of intelligence worked perfectly. He was captured on a beach in Salvador de Bahia by the local Federal Police, which collaborated in a decisive manner the police of Naples. At the head of a family specializing in extortion, Filippo Abate was added to the list of the 500 most dangerous fugitives in the world. He racked up in the past complaints for criminal association, attempted murder, extortion and drug trafficking. Group gangster heads are part of the brothers, acting as lieutenants. A bereavement has also affected the family Abate. On 12 July 1993 he died Abate Enrico, brother of the "horseman", in a firefight near the Circumvesuviana station in Piazza Trieste e Trento in San Giorgio a Cremano. He was armed and shot three policemen arrived in the area after some anonymous phone calls. Someone had noticed the gun of man who wandered with suspiciously. The military tried to catch him and lock it behind him, but he saw it and opened fire first. The answer turned out to be fatal for the offender, recently released from prison for his poor health. Addict, suffering from an incurable disease. It was never discovered why was running armed in Piazza Trieste e Trento. Perhaps he had to carry out an attack or a robbery, unless he feared for his life and he needed the weapon for defense. Assumptions judged by the investigators then not credible, as in San Giorgio a Cremano the rule of the Abates has always been practically absolute.