The boss Nino Cerra, alias "the old man", died at the age of 72 in the Parma prison, where he was detained under the 41bis regime. Cerra, who died of natural causes, had been sentenced as part of the "Chimera" and "Dionysus" operations (13 years and 4 months in the first case, 14 years in the second). The boss, who had left Lamezia Terme in the '70s choosing Milan as the base for his crimes, was considered a leading figure in the Calabrian 'ndrine, linked to the powerful clans established in the Locride area. According to what emerged in the "Chimera" investigation, Cerra was at the top of the Cerra-Torcasio-Gualtieri clan that dominates Nicastro (Cz).