Camorra

Camorra
Founding location	Campania, Italy
Years active	Since the 17th century
Territory	Territories with established coordination structures with significant territorial control are in Campania, in particular in the provinces of Naples, Caserta and Salerno. The Camorra has secondary ramifications in other Italian regions as well as in other countries with varying degrees of presence.
Ethnicity	Campanians
Membership	10,000 full members, unknown number of associates
Criminal activities	Racketeering, drug trafficking, counterfeiting, waste management, murder, bid rigging, extortion, assault, smuggling, illegal gambling, terrorism, loan sharking, prostitution, money laundering, robbery, kidnapping, art theft, political corruption
Allies	Sicilian Mafia; 'Ndrangheta; Sacra Corona Unita; Società foggiana; South American drug cartels; Albanian mafia; Moroccan mafia; Nigerian crime gangs; Italian-American Mafia; Chinese Triads;

The Camorra (Italian: [kaˈmɔrra]; Neapolitan: [kaˈmorrə]) is an Italian Mafia-type^[4] criminal organization and criminal society originating in the region of Campania. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating to the 17th century. The Camorra's organizational structure is divided into individual groups called "clans". Every capo or "boss" is the head of a clan, in which there may be tens or hundreds of affiliates, depending on the clan's power and structure. The Camorra's main businesses are drug trafficking, racketeering, counterfeiting, and money laundering. It is also not unusual for Camorra clans to infiltrate the politics of their respective areas.

Since the early 1980s and its involvement in the drug trafficking business, the Camorra has acquired a strong presence in other European countries, particularly Spain. Usually, Camorra clans maintain close contact with South American drug cartels, which facilitates the arrival of drugs in Europe.

According to Naples public prosecutor Giovanni Melillo, during a 2023 speech of the Antimafia Commission, the most powerful groups of the Camorra in the present day are the Mazzarella clan and the Secondigliano Alliance. The latter is an alliance of the Licciardi, Contini and Mallardo clans.^[5]

^ "FBI Italian/Mafia". FBI. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
^ Gayrau, Jean-François (2005). Le Monde des mafias: Géopolitique du crime organisé [The World of Mafias: Geopolitics of Organized Crime] (in French). Paris: Odile Jacob. p. 86. ISBN 9782738187338.
^ Abadinsky, Howard (2012). Organized Crime. Belmont: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9781285401577. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Mafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, by Umberto Santino, in: Albanese, Das & Verma, Organized Crime. World Perspectives, pp. 82–100
^ Mangione, Antonio (15 September 2023). "La mappa della camorra a Napoli, 2 grandi clan e tanti gruppi piccoli gruppi criminali si dividono la città". Internapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[1] "FBI Italian/Mafia". FBI. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[Gayrau-2] Gayrau, Jean-François (2005). Le Monde des mafias: Géopolitique du crime organisé [The World of Mafias: Geopolitics of Organized Crime] (in French). Paris: Odile Jacob. p. 86. ISBN 9782738187338.

[Abadinsky-3] Abadinsky, Howard (2012). Organized Crime. Belmont: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9781285401577. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[santino-4] Mafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, by Umberto Santino, in: Albanese, Das & Verma, Organized Crime. World Perspectives, pp. 82–100

[5] Mangione, Antonio (15 September 2023). "La mappa della camorra a Napoli, 2 grandi clan e tanti gruppi piccoli gruppi criminali si dividono la città". Internapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2023.

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