The Lo Russo clan was a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating on its territory within the city of Naples , concentrated specifically in the area of Miano , whose control extended throughout numerous neighborhoods in the north of the city for more than three decades. Since the fall of all the Lo Russo brothers, and the numerous arrests of most of its affiliates, the organization is considered overthrown.
10-533: Lo Russo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: The Lo Russo clan , a Neapolitan Camorra clan Salvatore Lo Russo (born 1953), member of the Camorra Michele Lo Russo (1947–1983), Italian footballer See also [ edit ] Lorusso [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Lo Russo . If an internal link intending to refer to
20-474: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lo_Russo&oldid=1002168380 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Lo Russo clan The Lo Russo clan
30-736: The Alfieri clan led by Carmine Alfieri , the Galasso clan of Poggiomarino led by Pasquale Galasso, the Giuliano clan from Naples' quarter Forcella led by Luigi Giuliano and the Vollaro clan from Portici led by Luigi Vollaro . It was formed to contrast the growing power of Raffaele Cutolo's Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO). The war against the NCO resulted in the victory of the Lo Russo's and other NF clans. However,
40-617: The Rione Sanità , where Salvatore Torino has created a division within the Misso clan. In August 2007, the boss Salvatore Lo Russo was arrested by the carabinieri in his home at Capodimonte, together with his protégé Rafaelle Perfetto. The carabinieri executed an order of custody issued by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate Parthenopean for conspiracy to commit murder and other Camorra-type crimes. On 15 April 2014,
50-560: The Lo Russo clan had a role as an intermediary between the Di Lauro clan and the so-called " secessionists " ( Italian "scissionisti"), a breakaway fraction from the Di Lauro clan in the northern suburbs of Naples that tried to assert its control over drugs and prostitution rackets in the area. The Lo Russo clan, for its good organization, also had a leading role in a conflict with the Stabile, both in
60-553: The NF alliance soon disintegrated into many feuding clans, with a war breaking out between the Casalesi and Nuvoletta clans towards the end of 1983. After the end of the NF alliance, the Lo Russo clan joined the newly formed Secondigliano Alliance ), a coalition of powerful Camorra clans which controls drug trafficking and the extortion rackets in many suburbs of Naples. During the Scampia feud ,
70-545: The Potenza brothers, who are considered to be linked to the Lo Russo clan, were seized in Lugano , including bank accounts in BSI . According to the investigators, the last Lo Russo to command the powerful organization was Carlo Lo Russo. After the arrest of the boss in 2016 and his decision to become a pentito, the clan who controlled a vast territory in the north of Naples for over 40 years,
80-554: The new boss Antonio Lo Russo and his cousin Carlo Lo Russo were arrested by agents of National Gendarmerie Section de Recherches and by Carabinieri while quietly in a bar in Nice . According to the then Minister of the Interior of France, Bernard Cazeneuve , the arrest of Lo Russo was a hard blow for the organized crime in the country. In 2017, assets worth 20 million euros belonging to
90-530: Was dismantled. By 2019, the Lo Russo clan no longer exists as an organization and would be fragmented into small groups led by former employees or members of the former clan, such as the Nappello and Perfetto factions, without obeying any kind of guideline. In February 2020, the Italian police arrested 32 members of a new group, known in the media as the "Lo Russo heirs". According to the investigations, this new group
100-654: Was formed in the late seventies by the Lo Russo brothers, Salvatore , Giuseppe, Mario and Carlo Lo Russo aka "i Capitoni" (The Captains). After its formation, it immediately merged into the Nuova Famiglia (NF), a federation of Anti- Cutolo Camorra clans consisting of Michele Zaza (a Camorra boss with strong ties with Cosa Nostra ), the Gionta clan from Torre Annunziata , the Nuvoletta clan from Marano , Antonio Bardellino from San Cipriano d'Aversa and Casal di Principe ,
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