The Prosecutor’s Office crystallizes the Scampia feud and puts the final pieces in place. For the murder of Salvatore Ferrara and the injuries of Ugo De Lucia And Antonio Caldieri. Not only. The investigators also close the circle on the double crime of Luigi Magnetti And Carmine Fusco. The clan leader arrested Raffaele Amatonicknamed ‘vicchiarella. The Carabinieri and the District Anti-Mafia Directorate put the seal on several ‘cold cases’, thanks to the repentants. The Carabinieri investigators let it be known that at dawn yesterday the precautionary measure was taken for a prominent element of the Amato-Pagano clan.
The soldiers of the Investigative Unit of Naples carried out the precautionary custody order in prison issued by the investigating judge, at the request of the local District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against the 58-year-old, believed to be a suspect in collaboration with other people in the multi-aggravated murder of Ferrara Salvatore and simultaneous wounding of De Lucia Ugo And Caldieri Antonioin the murder of Magnetti Luigi And Fusco Carmineas well as illegal possession and carrying of weapons aggravated by the mafia method and the aim of facilitating the Amato-Pagano Camorra clan, operating in the northern area of the city of Naples and in some towns in the province.
In particular, the murders and woundings in reference occurred in Naples and Arzano, respectively on 25 September 2007 and 9 February 2008. Raffaele Amato is indicated by the Prosecutor’s Office as head of the Splinterists, who declared war on the Di Lauro clan of Ciruzzo ‘or millionaire. Nicknamed ‘o Spagnuolo, considered for years one of the leaders of the Amato-Pagano clan which gave rise to the Scampia feud in 2004, after the split from the Cupa dell’Arco fishing vessel. Seven months ago he was transferred from Sardinia to the Cuneo prison. Here he was served the precautionary order yesterday morning. Defended by the lawyer Sara Luiu.
One of the murdered people (Luigi Magnetti) is the boss’ nephew Salvatore Petriccione, known as ‘o sailor (unrelated to the investigation), believed to be one of the founders of Vanella Grassi. Let’s rewind the tape. In 2007 Vanella Grassi decided to break away from Di Lauro and join Amato-Pagano. The Splinterists, to test their faith, asked to commit murders against the Di Lauros. The investigators’ reconstruction is based on the statements of justice collaborators, including Antonio Accurso And Rosario Guarino. In the nineties Raffaele Amato was considered close to the Di Lauro family, a sort of lieutenant.
Among the most charismatic of the Cupa dell’Arco group, he contributed to the establishment of hegemony in the neighborhood. Let’s talk about the golden years of the Di Lauros. When they were the first clan in the northern area of the city (today there are few veterans left, after investigations and dozens of arrests). Amato allegedly controlled important drug trafficking between Italy and abroad. Then he would lead the revolt of the so-called ‘splinters’ against the Di Lauro clan, after they had tried to centralize drug trafficking, replacing the old guard with younger labourers.
From Spain, Amato would have pulled the strings of drug trafficking in the neighborhoods of Secondigliano and Scampia. At least that’s what the investigators say. The war with the Di Lauros went down in criminal history as the Scampia feud, 60 murders in a few months, between 2004 and 2005. Having fled to Spain in December 2005, he continued from there to manage drug trafficking (in particular cocaine ). He was arrested in Marbella on 17 April 2009 by Neapolitan anti-drug agents. The provision carried out yesterday is a precautionary measure ordered during preliminary investigations, against which appeals are permitted.
Have the Splinterists disappeared? Far from it. The Amato-Pagano today represent the most aggressive and best organized gang in the northern area of the city. They defeated everyone, from Di Lauro, to Vanella Grassi, to Abbinante. After a generational change. The only ones acting as a barrier are the Licciardis of Masseria Cardone, because behind them they have the Secondigliano Alliance with the Mallard hey Continue. Splinterists are good at avoiding wars. They get along with everyone, but then impose their own rules. Lello Amato was a fugitive in 2006, after a precautionary custody order was issued against him.
In 2009 he was arrested in Spain. Then transferred from the L’Aquila prison to that of Sassari. Up to Cuneo. Today the boss is detained under 41bis (hard prison). Amato would have led the revolt against the Di Lauros of Cupa dell’Arco. The Scampia feud. The story starts from afar. At the end of the nineties, Paolo Di Lauro emerged managing a vast drug trafficking operation. Already in 1999, five years before the feud exploded in all its ferocity, strong conflicts had emerged within the criminal subgroups over the control of drug trafficking.
In Scampia and Secondigliano everything revolves around drugs. And wars also begin like this. In 2002 Paolo Di Lauro was replaced by his sons, especially Cosimo Di Lauro, who began to remove the street leaders, introducing people they trusted. The war began with the return to Naples of Raffaele Amato, a former Di Lauro loyalist who had taken refuge in Spain (hence the nickname of the splinterists, contemptuously called ‘the Spaniards’ by their rivals).
