Camorra or Campanian Mafia Organized crime in Italy




the camorra first appeared in 17th century in naples, campania, italy, prison gang. once released, members formed gangs in cities , continued grow in power. camorra has more 115 gangs 500 members each, total of 57,500. camorra made fortune in reconstruction after 1980 irpinia earthquake.


the camorra specializes in cigarette smuggling , receives payoffs other criminal groups cigarette traffic through italy. in 1970s, sicilian mafia convinced camorra convert cigarette smuggling routes drug smuggling routes sicilian [mafia s assistance not camorra leaders agreed. brought camorra wars between 2 factions , 400 men murdered. opposed drug trafficking lost war.


the camorra controls drug trade in europe, , organized management principles. runs largest open-air market in world in secondigliano in naples. gangs loosely controlled franchises. former leader, paolo di lauro, designed system has been imprisoned since 2005. organization produced €200 million (about $250 million) annually. inspired current italian television series gomorrah.


it believed 200 camorra affiliates reside in united states. many came during camorra wars ever since 19th century, proved old organization best known black hand. camorra conducts money laundering, extortion, alien smuggling, robbery, blackmail, kidnapping, political corruption, , counterfeiting.








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