Giuseppe Dell'Aquila
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Giuseppe Dell’Aquila also known as "Peppe 'o ciuccio", is an Italian criminal and a member of the Neapolitan
Camorra
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He was a fugitive since 2002 wanted for Mafia association, robbery, fencing, money laundering and other crimes. He was put on Italy's most wanted list in March 2011. On May 25, 2011, the Italian police arrested him in a villa in Varcaturo, 19 miles northwest of Napoli.
He was allied with the Mallardo clan
and Contini clan
and one of the leaders of the Secondigliano Alliance
(Alleanza di Secondigliano), a coalition of powerful Camorra clans which controls drug trafficking and the extortion rackets in many suburbs of Naples that was formed at the end of the 1980s and controlled much of Naples for ten years.
He worked in the shadows, according to several Camorra turncoats. The pentito
Salvatore Giuliano said Dell’Aquila was the armed wing of the Contini and Mallardo clans. "He is a ferocious killer of Mallardo, on behalf of whom he committed a hundred murders," according to Giuliano. He has not been charged with any homicide, however. He is active as a money launderer for the proceeds of drug trafficking and extortion.
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
Camorra
Camorra
The Camorra is a Mafia-type criminal organization, or secret society, originating in the region of Campania and its capital Naples in Italy. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating to the 18th century.-Background:...
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He was a fugitive since 2002 wanted for Mafia association, robbery, fencing, money laundering and other crimes. He was put on Italy's most wanted list in March 2011. On May 25, 2011, the Italian police arrested him in a villa in Varcaturo, 19 miles northwest of Napoli.
He was allied with the Mallardo clan
Mallardo clan
The Mallardo clan is a Camorra clan operating from the town of Giugliano in Campania, north of the city of Naples.-History:The clan was headed by Domenico Mallardo who was killed by the Maisto clan on June 24, 1976. His son Francesco Mallardo and his younger brother Giuseppe Mallardo succeeded...
and Contini clan
Contini clan
The Contini clan is a Neapolitan Camorra clan operating in the city of Naples, and more specifically in the area of the Naples Central Station. It also operates in the Poggioreale, Vasto, Mercato and San Carlo all'Arena suburbs of Naples.-History:...
and one of the leaders of the Secondigliano Alliance
Secondigliano Alliance
The Secondigliano Alliance is a strategic alliance of Camorra clans in Naples and its hinterland which controls drug trafficking and the extortion racket in many areas of Naples in the 1990s....
(Alleanza di Secondigliano), a coalition of powerful Camorra clans which controls drug trafficking and the extortion rackets in many suburbs of Naples that was formed at the end of the 1980s and controlled much of Naples for ten years.
He worked in the shadows, according to several Camorra turncoats. The pentito
Pentito
Pentito designates people in Italy who, formerly part of criminal or terrorist organizations, following their arrests decide to "repent" and collaborate with the judicial system to help investigations...
Salvatore Giuliano said Dell’Aquila was the armed wing of the Contini and Mallardo clans. "He is a ferocious killer of Mallardo, on behalf of whom he committed a hundred murders," according to Giuliano. He has not been charged with any homicide, however. He is active as a money launderer for the proceeds of drug trafficking and extortion.