Naples: Camorra mafia's grip hard to fight, says prosecutor
By Le Figaro with AFP published the 07/06/2019 at 15:29

The Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra , is very powerful and its grip on Naples is difficult to fight, lamented this Friday Giovanni Melillo, the prosecutor of this city in southern Italy. The Camorra is so powerful that it manages to destabilize power: "Mafiosos turn violence into a real political power," said Giovanni Melillo before the foreign press in Rome. The parquet floor of Naples is the largest in Italy with 106 magistrates. However, Giovanni Melillo seems disillusioned by saying that "the issue of crime in Naples is not very present in the national public debate".

Born in the early 30's, the Camorra then gradually gains in power and its peak in the 90s. "The Camorra has a very sophisticated structure (...) and it has an excellent background in entrepreneurship," he said. assured the prosecutor. "In general, the Camorra offers illegal services, such as narcotics, or legal but with illegal conditions," continued Giovanni Melillo.

In addition, "she knows the techniques, the meanders (...) of the public administration. The mafia finds new customers there. For example, if you can not get a building permit, the Camorra is there and it is immediately very effective, "explains Giovanni Melillo. According to experts, several hundred mafia families and gangs are present in Naples and its region.