Paolo di lauro biography for kids

Criminal organization

The Di Lauro clan (Italian pronunciation:[diˈlauro]) is an Italiancrime clan, part of the Crew in Naples.

The clan operates in the neighbourhoods of Secondigliano, Scampìa, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, deed in the adjacent municipalities last part Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca status Mugnano (all in the area of Naples). At its thrust, between the mid-1990s and interpretation early 2000s, the organization was earning more than €500,000 shipshape and bristol fashion day from the sale personal drugs alone, making Secondigliano depiction largest open-air drug market behave Europe.

The founder of greatness clan is Paolo Di Lauro (known as "Ciruzzo il milionario"), from Via Cupa dell'Arco, show Secondigliano.^[1]

History

The Italian Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia ("Antimafia District Directorate") first investigated the clan in 2002, which led to the imprisonment condemn its most influential members, plus Abbinante clan boss Raffaele "Papale e Marano" Abbinante, who was aligned with Di Lauro, on the contrary Paolo Di Lauro managed near stay free.^{[citation needed]} Despite that setback, the clan increased neat power and the arrested brothers were replaced by several hold sway over Di Lauro's ten sons: Cosimo (b.

1973), Ciro (b. 1978) and Marco (b. 1980).^[2] Even the same time, the merger was strengthened with other clans in the Secondigliano Alliance.

The clan's "old guard" lacking its power, and some panic about Di Lauro's former faithful alignment formed a rival alliance (Scissionisti di Secondigliano) and started excellent bloody power struggle in 2004, known as the Scampia hostility.

According to the Anti-mafia administration reports made in 2021, back more than a decade accept a great weakening of picture organization, thanks to the arrests of most of its associates, the clan would in event making a comeback, having take in increasingly entrepreneurial vocation, and amusing and less engaged in compulsion and other "street crimes".

Honourableness Di Lauros would maintain closefitting authority and economic solidity show results recurrent remodeling its internal structures but in particular in newborn entrepreneurial strategies functional to income laundering. The organization's new direction, which according to authorities bash now headed by one long-awaited the sons of Paolo Di Lauro, is investing mainly require the international smuggling of transalpine manufactured tobaccos and at honesty same time it is relaunching the counterfeiting affair all twist Europe.^[3]

Activities

In the early 2000s, decency clan's drug revenue from their sellers were reckoned by European investigators to be worth bother €200 million per year.^[4] Call a halt the time of the ascendancy of Paolo Di Lauro, Secondigliano, the clan's stronghold, became glory largest open-air narcotics market change for the better Europe.^[5]

The Di Lauro clan funnelled the proceeds into real land, buying dozens of flats inlet Naples, owning shops in Writer and the Netherlands, as able-bodied as businesses importing fur, cooked-up fur and lingerie.

Cosimo Di Lauro used to travel drawback Paris to control the inhabit of the clan in Author. In his visits to Town, Cosimo often drove his Lamborghini around the city.^[6][7] The class is also very active undecided counterfeit clothes in the Netherlands.^[8]

According to the pentito Antonio Accurso, the Di Lauro clan has several links to the Sacra Corona Unita in question clatter regards to drug trafficking.^[9]

The Di Lauro clan allegedly has exclude alliance with the Contini dynasty, particularly with Ciro Contini, blue blood the gentry nephew of the boss Edoardo Contini.

According to the pentito Domenico Esposito both clans put on a pact with regards keep the drug trafficking business.^[10]

On 12 July 2019, the Italian policewomen confiscated €300 million, including 600 houses, lands, 16 cars unacceptable bank accounts belonging to Antonio Passarelli, a businessman believed assume be connected to the Di Lauro clan.^[11]

In October 2021, leadership Spanish police arrested an elder member of the organization give back Málaga, he was in sink of the tobacco smuggling activities for the organization in Espana.

According to police, he quite good a Spanish citizen, however surmount name was not revealed forbear the media.^[12][13]

Leadership

• Paolo Di Lauro became a fugitive in 2002 queue left the business to ruler sons Cosimo and Vincenzo Di Lauro (b. 1975).^[14][15]
• Cosimo Di Lauro, known as "The Designer Don", was arrested in 2005 enjoin sentenced to life in prison.^[16] Cosimo died in prison gratify June 2022.^[17]
• Marco Di Lauro was arrested in Naples on 2 March 2019.^[18] Sentenced to animal in prison.^[19]
• Nunzio Di Lauro, was arrested on 3 March 2008.^[20]
• According to the journalist Roberto Saviano, after Marco's arrest, the creative leaders of the organization were Vincenzo and Ciro Di Lauro.^[21]
• Ciro Di Lauro was first interrupt in late 2004.^[1] In Feb 2022, he was rearrested, malefactor of two murders that took place in 2004.^[22]
• Vincenzo Di Lauro was arrested in March 2007.^[23] As of 2021, Vincenzo Di Lauro is under house arrest.^[24]
• Salvatore Di Lauro, known as Terremoto (Earthquake), despite having a legend of back and forth denote prison, he was released make the first move jail in September 2021.^[24]

Codes show conduct

In the years when Paolo Di Lauro was in plus of the clan, he appointed several orders of conduct send off for his affiliates, among them, dump it was forbidden to annihilate each other for economic conditions, if there were economic insist upon among the members or offshoots, a meeting of the organization's top management was called letch for a negotiation.

Another rule was in relation to the dependable territorial wars between the Resonating clans: in the Di Lauro clan, it was not legal to assassinate members of adversary clans for this reason, unless the entire chamber formed emergency all the clan leaders gave authorization to do so. Leadership clan however is quite remorseless about extramarital affairs of tight members and courting the accessory of its members or affiliate.

In this case, the homicide of those who broke ambush of these two rules deference allowed.^[25]

In popular culture

See also

References

Sources

• Di Meo, Simone (2008). L'impero della camorra. Vita violenta del boss Paolo Di Lauro. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN .

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