SCU, La Quarta Mafia

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Giuseppe "Pino"Rogoli and his killed brother Emanuele Rogoli

http://mesagnesera.mesagne.me/il-marescial...mbo/000684.html

Savino Parisi

http://www.lucaturi.it/2007/08/savinuccio_pari.shtml

http://www.antennasud.com/sezioni/news/cro...ono-al-giudice/


his brother giuseppe Parisi

http://www.lucaturi.it/2006/05/giuseppe_parisi.shtml

antonio di cosola

http://www.docmafie.it/tag/antonio-di-cosola/

salvatore annacondia who confessed 72 murders

http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/not...DNotizia=312868

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AT THE ORIGIN OF LA QUARTA MAFIA STOOD CAMORRABOSS RAFFAELE CUTOLO AND CALABRIAN BOSSES LIKE UMBERTO BELFIORE WHO HAD PUGLIESI CRIMINALS START NEW MAFIAGROUPS IN PUGLIA




SACRA CORONA UNITA FAMILIES INTRO




SCU boss Giuseppe “Pino”Rogoli
Angelo Rogoli had as sons Emanuele Rogoli (killed 15 june 1989) and the boss Giuseppe Rogoli and his wife Domenica Biondi (her brother is Cosimo Biondi ).


Tuturano (Brindisi province) based Scu underboss Salvatore Buccarella (ally Giovanni Donatiello)
Tuturano (near Brindisi) boss Salvatore Buccarella's wife is Antonia Caliandro, Salvatore Buccarella’s sister is Maria Rosario Buccarella.

Mesagne (Brindisi province ) based SCU boss Giovanni Donatiello (ally Salvatore buccarella)
10 July 1996 in Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) the in 1994 escapes convict Antonio Vitale gets arrested, he is a member of the Donatiello-Buccarella clan which is part of the SCU.


Puglia based SCU boss Antonino Pagano
Giuseppe Rogoli man Antonio Pagano and Pagano’s underboss Benedetto Stano. 9 November 1996 SCU boss Antonino Pagano (44) gets arrested.


Nardo (Lecce province??) based SCU boss Marcello Dell Anna (massimiliano Dell Anna??)
5 january 1993 were Vincenzo Martena and Paolo Spada killed while Giovanni Spada escaped, accused were Marcello Dell Anna, Pietro Leo, Francesco Giovanni Monte and Fabio Perrone. 16 August 1993 police send out a warrant in Lecce for Marcello Dell Anna (26) the boss of Nardo and member of the SCU.


Matino (Lecce province??) based SCU boss Vittorio De Luca
Matino (Lecce province??) based SCU boss Vittorio De Luca (killed??). also killed Francesco DeLuca.??


SCU boss Donato Natali
23 January 1997 Donato Natali (33), the boss of Lecce for the SCU gets arrested.


Campi Salentina (Lecce province) family De Tommasi
Boss Giovanni De Tommasi (his brother Ivo De Tommasi was killed in 1989)
underboss Filippo Cerfeda and his brother Simone Cerfeda
boss Gianni De Tommasi his wife is Ilde Saponaro "Gilda" and their son in law is Fabio Giustiniani

De Tommasi – Cerfeda members
Raffaele Capone, Massimiliano Dell’Anna, Tiziano Greco,Omar Marchello, Giuseppe Mauro Matarrelli, Marino Mungelli, Andrea Pagliata


De Tommasi clan pentiti Luigi Cirfeta, Pietro Manca and Maurizio Cagnazzo
Antonio Pulli trustee Cosimo Cirfeta. pentito Luigi Cirfeta
SCU pentito ??? Pierpaolo De Sienna “Pit”

Campi Salentina (Lecce province) family Toma
Cosimo Toma and son Fabrizio Toma (both killed 18 may 2000) and daughter Barbara Toma who married Fernando D’Aquino (both were 5 march 1998 killed). boss Dario Toma became pentito

DeTommasi- Toma war with Vincenti-Presta

Surbo (Lecce province) family Vincenti
Boss Angelo Vincenti. Carlo Vincenti (killed 16 august 1990) and his son William Vincenti (killed 2004). Fabio Pisa (22 and killed 1 january 1993) a nephew of Angelo Vincenti. 15 august 2002 was Andrea Pisa killed in Surbo. Pentito Franco Vincenti.

Surbo (Lecce province) familyboss Vincenzo Presta
Vincenti nephew Vincenzo Presta and his brother in law Carlo De Santis (20 when killed)

Vincenti family is supported by Pellegrino family from Squinzano and the Perrone family from Trepuzzi


Lecce based SCU family Morello
Boss Remo Morello (beginning 80ties killed by camoristi) and his brother pentito Romolo Morello (16 July 1991 killed).


Monteroni di Lecce based SCU family Tornese
Boss Mario Tornese and brother Angelo Tornese. Member Corrado Cucurachi. Tornese pentito Salvatore Martella and brother Claudio Martella. Salvatore Martella his brother Claudio Martella escaped from a bomb attack


Brindisi based boss Gianfranco Pugliese


Brindisi province based boss Umberto D'Oria
Brindisi province based boss Umberto D'Oria “Occhi di Lupo”was killed and disappeared in 1989.


Latiano (Brindisi province) based bosses Giuseppe Gagliardi and Cosimo Capodieci


Matino based Luigi Giannelli

Taurisano (Lecce province) based SCU families Padovano- Scarlino- Giannelli
Padovano-Scarlino-Giannelli led by Giuseppe Scarlino-Luigi Giannelli and Salvatore Padovano. 28 October 1996 SCU boss Cosimo Rizzo (29) from Taurisano gets arrested when he wants to flee to Tunesia. He is an important member of the Scarlino clan. (Salvatore Rizzo?). Padovano-Scarlino-Giannelli was hurt by the testimonies of pentito Vito Di Emidio

Salvatore Padovano was 6 september 2008 killed by Carmelo Mendolia at the orders of his younger brother Rosario Pompeo Padovano. Their father is Luigi Padovano


Trani based SCU boss Salvatore Annacondia with his underboss Nicola Regano
Salvatore Annacondia (born 31 october 1957 in Trani) went in 1976 to Milan. In 1978 was Salvatore Annacondia for the first time arrested. In 1981 he became part of the gang of Trani boss Nicola Delisanti. Trani boss Nicola Delisanti was arrested in 1983 for murder. the new boss became Salvatore Annacondia (his brother Leonardo Annacondia) and underboss Nicola Regano.

Trani boss Gaetano Rano (born 1966)


SCU family Troisi (Troise)
Vito Paolo Troisi who got life for the murder of the boss Avverso. His son is Francesco Troisi. 27 May 1997 thirteen members of the Troisi clan get arrested under whom the boss Francesco Troisi and the son of Vito Paolo Troisi.

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SACRA CORONA UNITA HISTORY




Nuova Camorra Pugliese (Societa foggiana)
In 1981 the camorraboss Raffaele Cutolo allowed Giuseppe “Pino”Iannelli and Alessandro Fusco to start the Nuova Camorra Pugliese (Societa foggiana)


Lecce prison inmate Giuseppe Rogoli
In 1982 was Giuseppe « Pino » Rogoli arrested and got 10 years.


Gregorio Bellocco and Varese murdercase Franco Girardi
Gregorio Bellocco ordered the murder of Franco Girardi, a criminal from Puglia with ties to the ndrangheta, who was killed in Varese 9 july 1982.


In 1983 was Francesco Mastrorilli killed. Also killed at other date was Giuseppe Gallo


7 may 1983 were Sergio Di Levano, Pietro Chirico and Orlando Mele killed.


Bari based La Rosa (the Rose) boss Oronzo Romano
5 october 1983 the heroindealer and later pentito Vittorio Curci attended in a house in Acquaviva delle Fonti (near Bari) a ceremony led by Oronzo Romano and present was also Romano’s trustee Giovanni Dalena.


Lecce prison inmate Giuseppe Rogoli
Giuseppe Rogoli who was imprisoned in Lecce for murder got inducted in the n’drangheta by Umberto Bellocco of Rosarno.

Lecce prison inmate Sacra Corona Unita boss Giuseppe Rogoli
Giuseppe Rogoli then surrects at Christmas night, 25 december 1983 Sacra Corona Unita (SCU) in jail in Lecce. In the group take place Giuseppe Iannelli, Giosue Rizzi and Cosimo Capellari.


In march 1984 disappeared Pierino Marseglia


26 march 1985 was Cosimo De Giuseppe killed.


12 january 1986 were Teodoro Giofoli and Luigi Carbone killed because they didn’t pay for drugs they got delivered.


Foggia based Societa boss Roberto Sinesi
In Foggia is the organisation "Societa" of which Roberto Sinesi is a boss. Members are Michele Mansueto and Federico Trisciuoglio. In province Foggia are the big bosses Giosue Rizzi and Giuseppe Iannelli. In Cerignola (Foggia) the big bosses are Cosimo Cappellari and Giuseppe Caputo (Caputo- Piarulli- ferraro clan, their man is Rosario Giordano).

The Rizzi- Moretti families fought with the Laviano family

1 May 1986 killers attacked a group people in the club “Bacardi” and they murder Giovanni Rollo, Pietro Piserchia, Pompeo Cordino and Antonietta Cassanelli. But the target Gennaro Manco escaped. For the murders got the boss Giosue Rizzi (born 1952) 29 years imprisonment.


Bari based La Rosa (the Rose) boss Oronzo Romano
La Rosa (the Rose) operates in Bari and maintains from 1987 relations with the sicilian Fidanzati family with blessings of SCU boss Rogoli. SCU family Romano supervised La Rosa for Rogoli. Romano family from Acquaviva delle Fonti.


San Donato di Lecce boss Antonio Dodaro
12 february 1987 was in Lecce killed SCU man Italo Pinto at the orders of the boss Antonio Dodaro. Suspected killers were Fabrizio Bernardini, Giovanni De Tommasi, Massimo Mello and Mario Tornese.

San Donato di Lecce boss Antonio Dodaro
San Donato di Lecce boss Antonio Dodaro was accused of the double murder 1 august 1987 in Nardo of the brothers Pietro Vaglio and Cosimo “Mino”Vaglio

San Donato di Lecce boss Antonio Dodaro and wife Cosima Cazzella killed
17 December 1988 were the boss Antonio Dodaro (34), his wife Cosima Cazzella (29) and her father Oronzo Cazzella (60) killed in San Donato di Lecce by Angelo Tornese (21) and Roberto Persano (23) at the orders of Salvatore Padovano (28) and Mario Tornese (26) a brother of Angelo Tornese. The first two were the killers and the last two had the murder ordered, they became big bosses. Giuseppe Rogoli's friend Antonio Dodaro was killed at the orders of his men Giovanni De Tommasi, Cosimo Cirfeta and Mario Tornese.


Trani boss Salvatore Annacondia
In 1989 Calabrian boss Michele Rizzi made Annacondia into his n’drangheta clan.

Trani boss Salvatore Annacondia
Annacondia is the boss of Trani and an important drugdealer for the SCU in the area Bari-Milan. Annacondia had contacts with Trovato, Antonio Schettini “O scugnizzo”, Michele Rizzi, Domenico and Santo Paviglianiti and Santapaola. Riccardo Petruzzelli worked close with the gang of Trani boss Salvatore Annacondia.

Camorista Antonio Schettini “O scugnizzo”
Antonio Schettini “O scugnizzo” camorista tied to Ascione clan from Portici.


Giovanni De Tommasi
19 january 1989 was Luigi Scalinci (47) killed and disappeared at the orders of De Tommasi clan and suspected killers were Alberto Agiolillo, Domenico Antonio Calabrese, Giovanni De Tommasi, Mario Margarito, Valerio Spalluto and Dario Toma.


SCU murdercase Antonio Antonica
13 February 1989 Antonio Antonica (31) gets killed in hospital after being wounded at an earlier ambush 10 february 1989, he is a capo of the SCU.


SCU
13 June 1989 police try to dismantle the SCU with arrests and they get help from the pentiti Gaetano Leone and Romolo Morello, the last became a witness after the murder of his brother. Under the accused are Giuseppe Rogoli, his underboss Giovanni De Tommasi, Maurizio Cagnazzo, Massimo Guerrieri, Mario Tornese, Angelo Vincenti, Pasquale Zolina, Salvatore Buccarella (De Tommasi trustee), Cosimo Prinari. The 134 accused are suspected of the murders of the brothers Pietro Vaglio and Cosimo Vaglio and Matino’s SCU boss Vittorio De Luca. Still sought is SCU member Roberto Urso.

Emanuele Rogoli killed
15 june 1989 was Emanuele Rogoli killed, he is the brother of the for life imprisoned boss Giuseppe “pino”Rogoli.


boss Giovanni De Tommasi’s brother Ivo De Tommasi killed
In 1989 was Ivo de Tommasi killed he is the brother of the boss Giovanni De Tommasi.

Giovanni De Tommasi
Francesco Politi survived ambushes on 13 august 1989 by Giovanni De Tommasi and Claudio Conte and in December 1998 by Giuseppe Ricciardi (deceased ?? killed 1999”??) he was close with the De Tommasi clan but was suspected that he had helped the enemy clan Tornese to murder Ivo De Tommasi the brother of the boss Giovanni De Tommasi.


SCU family Palazzo
22 august 1989 they killed Antonio Palazzo?? pentito ?? Adriano Palazzo of Campi Salentina was pentito??.


Giovanni De Tommasi
In 1989 they killed Valerio Colazzo of which were accused Dario Toma, Giovanni De Tommasi and Ciro Bruno.


Giovanni De Tommasi
3 september 1989 they tried to kill Cristina Fema of which were accused Dario Toma, Giovanni De Tommasi and Ciro Bruno.


Giovanni De Tommasi
11 october 1989 was Giuseppe Quarta killed of which were accused Dario Toma, Valerio Spalluto and Ciro Bruno. Sentences got Giovanni De Tommasi, Francesco Taurino and Domenico Antonio Calabrese.


Giovanni De Tommasi
15 october 1989 was Piero Colapietro killed and Antonio Calcagnile was wounded. Sentenced was Claudio Conte and also suspected were Giovanni Greco and Sandro Angelelli (deceased now)


Giovanni De Tommasi clan dissidents brothers Tornese
In november 1989 the brothers Tornese left the clan of Giovanni De Tommasi what results in 2 murders that month when they fight over control of Copertino.

Giovanni De Tommasi and murder of Giovanni Corigliano
5 November 1989 disappeared in Veglie then Giovanni Corigliano (26). Police suspect Cosimo Cirfeta an important member of the De Tommasi clan of ordering the murder. While the brothers Cosimo D’Agostino and Tonio D’Agostino had killed Corigliano. The order of the murder would have come from Giovanni De Tommasi, Antonio Pulli, Dario Toma and Cosimo D’Agostino. Pulli’s trustee is Cosimo Cirfeta.


Giovanni De Tommasi
11 november 1989 was Donato Erpete killed and suspected were Antonio Pulli, Claudio Conte and Giovanni De Tommasi.


Giovanni De Tommasi
12 december 1989 was Francesco Calcagnile killed and suspected were Claudio Conte, Cosimo D’Agostino, Franco Adriano, Antonio Pulli and Dario Toma and Sandro Angelelli (deceased now)



Mesagna (Brindisi) family Guerriero
9 march 1990 was Cosimo Persano (49) killed. According to pentita Cosima Guerriero (33) was he killed by the brothers Ciro Bruno, Antonio Bruno, Andrea Bruno, Cosimo De Stradis and Romolo Berardini

Mesagna (Brindisi) family Guerriero
28 may 1990 was Maurizio Petrini killed of which was accused Tommaso Guerrieri

Mesagna (Brindisi) family Guerriero
29 may 1990 disappeared Romolo Guerriero (he had associated since 1989 with Cosimo Persano) and his sister Cosima Guerriero became pentita. Massimo Guerrieri (Guerriero??)

pentito Romolo Morello
11 august 1990 disappear pentito Romolo Morello’s familymembers Nicola Guerriero (???Guerriero family??) and Salvatora Tieni.


Lecce prison, Rosa dei Venti boss Giovanni De Tommasi
11 September 1990 in prison of lecce a new organization gets known as Rosa dei Venti of which Giovanni De Tommasi is the boss and Vincenzo Stranieri is a member. De Tommasi works with the Strafile clan in the area Lecce and with Vincenzo Stranieri in the area of the province Taranto. Also members Cosimo Cirfeta, Maurizio Cagnazzo,
Alessandro Macchia, Antonio Pulli and Claudio Conte.


SCU
15 December 1990 police find a SCU cemetery with the bodies of Cosimo Moccia (19), Maurizio Musio (20), Gaetano Morleo (25) and the brothers Antonio (25) and Giancarlo Stridi (22), they had disappeared 31 october 1990.


Giovanni De Tommasi
3 february 1991 was Ugo Causio killed in Nardo while Cosimo Basso escaped, accused was Claudio Conte.


SCU
13 March 1991 eight SCU capos get arrested: Antonio “Tonino” Screti (48), Vito Valente (25), Cosimo Pascariello (27), Filippo Locorotondo (34), Aldo Pelle, Raffaele Brandi (36 and his brother is Francesco Giovanni Brandi), Angelo Pagliara (28).

Pentito Cosimo Screti?? Family Antonio “Tonino” Screti???

Antonio Screti’s friend Domenico Campeggio (43) was shot and killed during a holdup by carabinieri Gianluca Piconese (24) who himself was shot and deadly wounded 30 december 1995 as revenge.

20 august 2008 was Gianluca Screti (26) shot and killed in Tuturano


SCU capo Raffaele Riezzo killed
23 April 1991 many of the accused at the SCU trial get convicted. 30 April in Rimini there is an ambush at 3 carabinieri who get wounded. During the trial SCU capo Raffaele Riezzo had his men commit several attacks at carabinieri to intimidate the state but after the trial his friends kill him and let his body disappear in 1992. A life sentence for the murder of Riezzo got Carmelo Fiorentino.


SCU pentito ?? Angelo Salvatore Del Monte “Pummidoro”



Family Semeraro
Francesco Semeraro (killed 5 june 1992) and his sons Donato Semeraro (killed 23 april 1989), Giovanni Semeraro (killed 24 november 1990), Alceste Semeraro (pentito ) and his daughter Luciana Semeraro.

Family Leo
Giuseppe Leo accused of the murders of Cosimo Urso and Antonello Geusa. (also killed ?? Cantanna)

28 august 1999 were in Bari killed Mario Calia (37) and his fiancée Stella Giorgio (33).

Mesagna criminal Massimo Delle (Della??) Grottaglie (33) was killed in december 2001.


24 april 1989 was Vittorio Randino (28) killed and suspected killer is Giuseppe Leo


Family Semeraro
23 april 1989 was Donato Semeraro (24) killed. 24 november 1990 was his killed brother Giovanni Semeraro found, but before dying he could police name his attackers Massimo D’Amico and Antonio Rubino. 23 september 1991 disappeared their familymember Cosimo Talliente. 5 june 1992 was killed Francesco Semeraro (53) father of the pentito Alceste Semeraro and the killed Donato and Giovanni Semeraro.


Family Leo
24 october 1989 they tried to kill Pietro Leo.

boss Luigi Giannelli and brother in law Luigi De Matteis (became pentito)
8 june 1991 was the boss Agostino Mancino “terremoto”(31) shot and killed at the orders of the boss Luigi Giannelli (his brother in law Luigi De Matteis became pentito) and the killers were Cosimo Leo and Lucio Carrozzo (who were both themselves killed)

Boss Luigi Giannelli and brother in law Luigi DeMatteis (later pentito)
Michele Scarcella and Luigi DeMatteis kill from 1988 till 1991 Biagio DeSalve (son of Giuseppe De Salve “Pippinazza”), Salvatore Rizzello and Donato Montefusco.

SCU boss Luigi Giannelli had his men kill 10 january 1991Paola Rizzella and her daughter Angelica Pirtoli (2) and one of the killers is Donato Mercuri. In december 1995 SCU man Michele Scarcella goes to prison and becomes pentito later and thanks to him 30 october years later were arrested for the murders Luigi Giannelli, Donato Mercuri and Cosimo DeDonatis.

13 september 2008 was Giorgio Romano (61) killed by Vincenzo de Salve and his uncle Giuseppe De Salve “pippinazza”



pentito Romolo Morello (36) killed
16 July 1991 pentito Romolo Morello (36) gets shot to death at home and he had just left prison, he is the 4th accused at the SCU trial that got killed. Two were killed in an ambush and the third had disappeared. Witness is his wife Giovanna De Giorgi (32). pentito Romolo Morello was killed at the orders of the boss Salvatore Rizzo and accused were Luigi Catalano, Bruno De Matteis and Remo De Matteis and Giovanni Prinari.

Salvatore Rizzo
1 January 1993 police arrest SCU member Salvatore Rizzo who had ordered the murder of pentito Romolo Morello.


Trovato (partner Flachi) trustee Salvatore Annacondia
27 Januari 1991 kill Michele Sfregola, Nicola Regano and the brothers Salvatore and Leonardo Annacondia in Manfredonia the brothers Pasquale and Michele Pio Placentino and Fabio Tamburrano who had done the ambush at Trovato and Flachi. The order they had gotten from Trovato.

Trani boss Salvatore Annacondia arrested in Milan
4 october 1991 was the boss Salvatore Annacondia (34) arrested in Milan with some of his men, they were suspected in about 30 murders under which those in 1990 of Nicola Corda (his son is Vito Corda) who had been for a while the underboss of Annacondia

Annacondia and his men were suspected of the murder of Francesco Sorte and Giacomo Salerno 6 february 1991.

After the arrests of boss Salvatore Annacondia (his brother Leonardo Annacondia) and underboss Nicola Regano became Trani boss Michele Sfregola .
Trani boss Michele Sfregola


Acquaviva delle Fonti (near Bari) boss Oronzo Romano
28 february 1992 were set free Acquaviva delle Fonti (near Bari) boss Oronzo Romano and his trustees Putignano boss Giovanni Dalena (30) and Giuseppe Dentice (31 and he had been sentenced in the Carioca trial)


21 May 1992 was Uccio Grillo killed.


22 july 1992 was Antonio D’Alo killed.


SCU boss Antonio Rienzo arrested in Munchen (Germany)
11 September 1992 in Munchen the SCU boss Antonio Rienzo gets arrested, he deals in drugs there for the SCU.


15 october 1992 was Roberto Valentini killed in Campi Salentina of which was accused Luciano Colazzo and Giuseppe Sirsi.


In 1992 was Enzo Calignano killed in the business of ?? Abate Cola??

30 December 1992 disappeared Rino Calignano


2 january 1993 was Giuseppe Nacci killed. Accused were Massimiliano Pagliara and Fiorello Rapana.


SCU
18 Februari 1993 police arrest 90 men and l 14 were already imprisoned, they held the cocaine and heroinemarket in Romagna (Rimini, Riccione and Cattolica). Cattolica is ruled by the Napolitan Antonio Pero and the brothers Domenico and Armando Esposito (before connected to a coca connection) and Luigi Angi who worked for camorraboss Cutolo, Rimini got ruled by Angelo Basile from Taranto who works for the SCU. The Lombardia area was ruled by camorraboss Ciro Tortora and Riccione by the criminal Antonio Petrone who got his drugs from Holland and Giuseppe Cioffi who worked with Salvatore Badalamenti and was a suspect in the murder of Tosi.


SCU
11 May 1993 the in 1990 disappeared women Antonella Oronza Maggio and Anna Forcignano get found in a SCU cemetery with the SCU members Giuseppe Fantastico and Giancarlo Romano.


Surbo (Lecce) boss Angelo Vincenti’s nephew Carlo Vincenti killed
Carlo Vincenti was shot and killed 16 august 1990 just before he would be tried in the first maxitrial against the clans of Salento, he was family of the capoclan Angelo Vincenti and his son is William Vincenti.


Surbo murdercase Leone
In 1991 was Giuseppe Leone in Surbo killed.


Campi Salentina (Lecce province) family Toma
The Toma family had helped Brindisi boss Salvatore Buccarella in 1991 to hide when he was sought by police and were also close with Vito Di Emidio who they had helped to hide in their territory.


Surbo boss Angelo Vincenti
2 january 1992 a bomb was found on a train on the line Lecce-Milano . Later was for this convicted Surbo boss Angelo Vincenti.


Surbo murdercase Tamborino
Antonio Tamborino was in 1992 in Surbo killed.


Brindisi
In Brindisi were killed between april 1992 and august 1992 (Teodoro) Rino Carratta, Umberto DeNuccio, Francesco Marrazza. Of the 22 suspects of the murders were also killed later Santino “Santo” Vantaggiato and Giuliano Maglie. Arrested were Salvatore Buccarella, Cosimo Nigro (pagliara and Pugliese).

SCU boss Francesco Sparaccio died 7 march 2011 in prison, he had a life sentence for the disappearance on 12 april 1992 of Francesco Incantalupo (36). Incantalupo was strangled by Francesco Sparaccio and Giuseppe Massaro according to pentito Vito Di Emidio

20 august 1992 was the burned body of the killed Francesco Marrazza (22) found, already had disappeared Francesco Incantalupo and Umberto De Nuccio.



Surbo boss Angelo Vincenti’s nephew Fabio Pisa killed
1 January 1993 Fabio Pisa (22) a nephew of Angelo Vincenti from the SCU gets killed.


Vincenzo Stranieri arrested
26 January 1993 SCU man Vincenzo Stranieri gets arrested in Salento. Vincenzo Stranieri (born 1960 and his wife is Paola Malorgio bron 1955 and their daughter is Anna Stranieri , born 1978, who married Alessandro D’Amicis , born 1979)

Other couple Francesco Cervaglia and his wife Concetta Turso

Daniele Anglana and Alessandro Sirsi


SCU pentito Cosimo Cirfeta
8 February 1993 thanks to pentito Cosimo Cirfeta the SCU members Pietro Leo (27), Salvatore Maceri (28), Missimiliano Pagliara (23) get arrested they worked for De Tommasi.


12 august 1996 they try to kill Claudio Lo Deserto and accused was Massimo Nisi.


16 august 1996 was Ennio Zollino killed of which were accused Fabio Tolentino and Realino De Mitri.


Monteroni di Lecce bosses the brothers Mario Tornese and Angelo Tornese
10 July 1997 police arrest in Germany a SCU boss in Geislingen an der Steige, he is a member of the Tornese clan in Lecce and was suspected of drugsmuggling. 5 Billion lire of goods get confiscated from SCU from 5 members of Mario (35) Tornese's clan from Monteroni di Lecce.


2 september 1997 was Antonio Filieri killed in Nardo of which were accused Giuseppe Durante, Giuseppe Fiorito and Raimondo De Simone.


Tuturano boss Salvatore Buccarella
17 December 1997 Maria Rosaria Buccarella (42) gets arrested (she is the sister of the imprisoned boss Salvatore Buccarella) and had taken his seat as a capo of the SCU to run their lucrative smuggleroutes from Montenegro.



SCU pentito Francesco Trane
18 August 1997 the criminal Antonio Cigliola gets wounded when he gets shot down from his motorbike with a kalashnikov (he is a brother in law of pentito Franco Trane of the Sacra Corona Unita) also 4 innocents under whom 3 children get wounded. 22 March 1998 police finish the gang of the pentito Francesco Trane who worked for the SCU.


Casarano double murdercase D'Aquino and Toma
5 March 1998 were Fernando D'Aquino and his wife Barbara Toma killed in Casarano. Her father is Cosimo Toma and her brother is Fabrizio Toma.


4 february 1999 were Roberto Maggio and Carmelo Giordano kidnapped in Surbo.


11 February 1999 they tried to kill Mario Perrone in Surbo


20 february 1999 they tried to kill Maurizio Macella in Trepuzzi


Squinzano (Lecce province) murdercase Giuseppe Rollo
5 March 1999 was in Squinzano Giuseppe Rollo killed by Antonio Palazzo (Cosimo Palazzo “Tonio Culozza”) from Campi.


boss Carlo De Santis ??
13 march 1999 were in bar “Mille foglie”in Surbo killed Fabrice Negro and Antonio Dalla Bona by Andrea De Santis and Andrea Paladini


Giovanni De Tommasi men Cosimo Conversano (48) and Gianfranco Fantastico (37) killed
19 May 1999 were in restaurant “Duca d’Este “the Giovanni De Tommasi men Cosimo Conversano (48) and Gianfranco Fantastico (37) killed and wounded were their friends Ezio Immorlano (38), Giuseppe Ricciardi (25) and Ivan Cipponi (26).

29 july 1999 was Giuseppe Ricciardi killed


Boss Di Emilio and murder of Tuturano clan affiliate Giovanni Maniglio
In september 1999 was Giovanni Maniglio (Maniglio is an affiliate of Tuturano boss Salvatore Buccarella) kidnapped and 2 weeks later was his body found. Later pentito Di Emidio confessed he ordered the murder.


Vito di Emidio and Copertino holdup massacre
6 December 1999 were near Copertino 2 armored moneycars attacked in which died 3 guards (Luigi Pulli, Rodolfo Patera and Raffaele Arsano) from Velialpol and 3 were wounded. The robbers went off with 2 billion lires. One of the first suspects of police is Vito Di Emidio. Also tried were the sardinian brother in laws Pierluigi Congiu and Gianluigi De Pau who were accused by pentito Salvatore Lovaglio from Andria. Furthermore, statements made by Di Emidio allowed investigators to identify the criminals who committed the bloody robbery against the SVEVIAPOL company, i.e. a company tasked with valuables transfer, in December 1999 at Copertino. The robbery was committed by criminals from Apulia and Sardinia, including a prominent fugitive named Marcello Ladu from Nuoro.


Somewhere between 20 january 2000 and 15 june 2000 they tried to kill Giuseppe Vincenti in Surbo


Toma family
1 March 2000 Cosimo Toma and his son Fabrizio Toma were attacked and wounded, they survived because caraninieri arrived who were going to control capofamiglia Cosimo Toma.


Vito Di Emidio orders murder of Cosimo Toma and Fabrizio Toma
18 May 2000 were Cosimo Toma and his son Fabrizio Toma shot and killed with a Kalashnikov. The Toma family were close with Vito Di Emidio who they had helped to hide in their territory. But their relation with Vito Di Emidio soured and he had them killed. But police think it had also to do that after the internal war in 1999 in de Tommasi clan, Gianni De Tommasi’s clan was now led by Dario Toma who now was a big concurrent for Vito di Emidio.

Pentito Dario Toma his testimonies broke up the group of Gianni De Tommasi who got a life sentence


In july 2000 they tried to kill Paolo Tomasi and accused was Nicola Luperto.


28 july 2000 they tried to kill Sergio Notaro and accused was Fabio Schiavone


Di Emidio and murdercase Antonio Potenza
2 November 2000 was Antonio Potenza (52) killed by boss Di Emidio.


8 november 2000 they tried to kill Valerio Paladini in Surbo


Putignano boss and pentito Giovanni Dalena
In 2000 was in the Putignano area the man Giuseppe Zappimbulso killed probably at the orders of Romano’s men. 2 march 2001 was Beppe D’Aprile “Pericolo”(33) killed and his boss was Putignano boss Giovanni Dalena who had became pentito. D’Aprile had been convicted in the La Rosa trial. In December 2001 was Giovanni Dalea’s righthand Paolo Locorotondo arrested.


5 March 2001 was Roberto Scippa killed in Lecce


Surbo (Lecce province)
In march 2001 were in Surbo Fabrizio Negro (29), just free from prison for 15 days, and Antonio Bella Bona shot and killed.


Tuturano murdercase Giuseppe Scarcia
16 May 2001 was in Tuturano then Giuseppe Scarcia killed, he was a trustee of the boss Salvatore Buccarella. Scarcia was killed by the Brindisi boss Vito Di Emidio; Pasquale Tanisi from Ruffano, Antonio Tarantini from Copertino and the sought sardinian criminal Marcello Ladu from Nuoro.


Brindisi boss Vito di Emidio arrested
29 May 2001 was Vito di Emidio arrested


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda imported coke from Brasil to the Netherlands which he send then to Lecce in Italy. He had ordered 7 murders in Italy and 5 murders in the Netherlands.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
19 July 2001 tried Cerfeda's men to kill Bruno Oliviero from Surbo, but they only wound him and the girl Aurora Calogiuri (2). He was of Surbo’s Vincenti clan who is at war with the De Tommasi clan


Vincenti- Presta war with De Tommasi- Toma
18 August 2001 Vincenzo Presta was attacked.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan) orders murders clan boss Carlo De Santis
Cerfeda had ordered the double murder of Francesco Cillo and Carlo De Santis in Surbo on 24 august 2001. Carlo De Santis had now been leading the Vincenti - Presta clan from Surbo.


blitz "Torre blindata" 18 settembre 2001


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan) in Amsterdam
(19 november 2001??) In october 2001 was in Amsterdam the boss Giuseppe Lezzi shot dead by the sought Fabio Franco with a pistol caliber 7.65 at the orders of SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda, his body was then buried in a forest.
Giuseppe Lezzi and operation Santa Rosa


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan) in Woerden
In februari 2002 were the brasilian drugdealers Paulo Roberto De Avila Garrido (53) and Jose Paulo Davi (54) shot dead along the highway A12 near Woerden by Adriano Palazzo who was accompanied by Tiziano Greco (he used the same pistol caliber 7.65) at the orders of SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
6 May 2002 was drugdealer Mario Caroppo (52) killed at the orders of Cerfeda. His brother Damiano Caroppo (38) survived and before had been wounded Andrea Pagliara (29).


Surbo (lecce province) murdercase William Vincenti
9 November 2002 dies in Lecce hospital the young William Vincenti, who had been wounded 8 may 2002 in an attack in Surbo. He was the son of Carlo Vincenti, who had been shot and killed 16 august 1990 just before he would be tried in the first maxitrial against the clans of Salento, he was family of the capoclan Angelo Vincenti, who is imprisoned for the attack at the train Lecce-Zurich, which happened in 1992.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
22 December 2002 killed Cerfeda's men the innocent Giuseppe Guido in Lecce when they try to kill his brother Fabio Guido.

Pentito Antonio Stampete
28 December 2002 was in Lecce Antonio Stampete killed at the orders of Cerfeda.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
22 January 2003 was near Nardo the burned body of Pompeo Vitale (37) found he was killed at the orders of Cerfeda.


Salvatore Fiorentino killed
16 October 2001 was Salvatore Fiorentino killed

SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan)
6 March 2003 was at the orders of Cerfeda in Lecce than Antonio Fiorentino killed.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda arrested (Cerfeda-Giovanni de Tommasi clan) in Ridderkerk,
In march 2003 was SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda (35) arrested in Ridderkerk and extradited in july to Italy where he confessed and became a pentito.


operation “Pit 1”
Because of the 7 murders starting with Oliviero Bruno in july 2001 and ending with the murder of Antonio Fiorentino, police started operation “Pit 1” 14 april 2003


operation “Pit 2”
operation “Pit 2” 31 july 2003.


SCU boss Filippo Cerfeda becomes a pentito
6 August 2003 Filippo Cerfeda becomes a pentito


Operation “Pit 3”
7 Novembre 2003 police arrest then Enzo Biasco (31) from Lecce; Antonio Chiriatti (26) from Campi Salentina but living in Cellino San Marco; Ivano Chironi (28) from Lecce; Roberto Corpus (38) from Lecce; Vito Mario Delle Rose aka «banana» (35) from Lecce; Santo Gagliardi aka «gemello» (38) from Lecce; Sandro Greco (38) from Lecce; Annunziato Salvatore Leo aka «squino» (51) from Trepuzzi; Andrea Lorio (27) from Lecce; Simona Malinconico (31) from Lecce; Christian Palazzo (25) from Lecce; Antonio Pepe aka «baffo» or «Tonino Cerezo» (54) from Lecce; Fernando Persano aka «pezzetto» or «bubbù» (45) from Surbo; Stefano Podo (31) from Lecce; Massimo Ricercato (29) from Lecce; Cristian Rizzo (23) from Lecce but living in Surbo; Stefano Salierno aka “Stefanenko” (27) from Lecce; Andrea Tredici (24) from Lecce arrested in Milan; Pompeo Vitale (23) born in Germany but living in Lecce. Already in jail but also indicted were Alessandro Albano aka «mister Bean» (29) born in Galatina but living in Veglie; Pasquale Briganti aka «Maurizio» (34) from Lecce; Salvatore Caramuscio aka «scaramao» or «petit» (35) from Surbo; Stefano Carlino (27) from Surbo; Massimo Caroppo (35) from Lecce; Mirko Castelluzzo (25) from Lecce; Simone Cerfeda (30) from Lecce; Mauro De Filippi (38) from Lecce; Gianfranco and Massimiliano Elia (31) and (27) from Lecce; Massimiliano Galiulo (36) from Lecce; Luigi Grassi aka “topo” or “surge” (34) born in Turbigo (Milan) but living in Surbo; Nicola Greco aka «Nico» (33) from Lecce; Tiziano Greco (32) from Lecce; Andrea Leo (33) from Vernole; Paolo Lo Deserto aka «Tom» (31) from Lecce; Giampaolo Monaco aka «Gianni coda» (26) from Lecce; Simone Monaco (28) from Lecce; Antonio Pepe aka «Totti» (42) from Lecce; Cristian Pepe aka «Moet» (29) from Lecce; Andrea Rosafio (26) from Lecce but living in Trepuzzi; Mario Rosafio (24) from Lecce; Massimo Signore aka «Virdis» (44) from Lecce but living in Merine; Stefano Soldato (25) from Lecce; Massimo Spagnolo aka «io sono» or «io ma» (29) from Lecce; Fabio Tolentino aka «residence» (34) from Lecce; Alessandro Verardi aka «figlio di Virdis» (25) from Lizzanello; Claudio Vitale (33) from Surbo; Nicola Ivan Vitale (23) born in Germany but living in Lecce. Still at large were Corrado Cucurachi aka «giaguaro» (39) born in Lecce but living in Cavallino; Fabio Franco aka «Fritz» or «nano» (38) from Surbo, Luigi Santoro aka «pea» or «quadro antico» (33) from Melendugno. Corrado Cucurachi was seen as the new boss of the group and Fabio Franco was an important member. In operation “Pit 3” police was helped by pentito Filippo Cerfeda (35) from Lecce. Also police use the filmed testimony of the in 2002 in San Cataldo killed pentito Antonio Stampete.

Killer Salvatore Caramuscio was killed in 2003???


Pentito Filippo Cerfeda
5 october 2004 police confiscated for 1,2 million Euro of possesions from Giovanni dell'Anna from Surbo. Police had been helped by the testimony of pentito Filippo Cerfeda.


16 june 2006 was Oronzo Cagnazzo arrested


Pentito Antonio Maletesta
In 1994 became Antonio Maletesta and his boss Maurizio Cagnazzo pentiti. Antonio Maletesta’s brother Andrea Malestesta (21) disappeared in february 1999. 18 april 2000 was Antonio malestesta (31) killed.

Operation Arpia sentences
Operation Arpia was done by police with help of pentiti to solve the murders of Fabio Beato, Giuseppe Rollo, Cosimo Conversano, Gianfranco Fantastico, ex carabinieri Antonio Albanese and Giuseppe Ricciardi and the lupara biancas of Giovanni De Tommasi men Andrea Maletesta and Antonio Russo. 2 June 2005 the judges sentences. A life sentence for Antonio Giannone from Trepuzzi for the murder of former carabinieri Antonio Albanese killed in Torchiarolo, a life sentence for Antonio Tafuro from Surbo, life sentences for Paolo Tomasi and Emanuele Versienti from Campi. A lifesentence for Antonio Palazzo from Campi for the murder of Giuseppe Rollo, who was killed 5 march 1999 in Squinzano. Pentito Giancarlo Mazzei got 20 years; pentito Adriano Palazzo got 18 years. Pentito Simone Cerfeda got 7 years 8 months. Spoken free was Massimo Nisi from Lecce. Also spoken free was Antonio Scalinci from Campi. Spoken free was Antonio Pellegrino from Squinzano. 5 years for Fabio Schiavone. 9 years for Gianfranco Levante; Camillo Lorio 9 years; Nicola Alessandro Luperto 16 years; Fabio Schiavone 6 years, Cesare Vetrugno 6 years, Maxime Negro 8 years. Angelo Maci from Campi 8 years.

In operation Arpia also indicted:
Oliviero Bruno (born in Surbo 2 august 1956)
Mario Martella (born in Lecce 28 june 1978)
Massimiliano Taurino (born in Campi Salentina 12 february 1970.

Pentiti Filippo Cerfeda and Dario Toma accuse each other of ordering the murder of Fabio Beato

Dopo gli omicidi di Russo e di Maletesta, venne a trovarmi Beato facendomi intendere che, in risposta, sarebbero stati uccisi due "leccesi" ed io pensai a me e a mio fratello. Ne parlai con Toma, ma non assunse alcuna decisione. Dopo il ferimento di un suo caro amico, un pizzaiolo di Surbo, decretò la morte di Beato perchè lui ribatteva colpo su colpo». Cerfeda, poi, ha smentito l’esistenza di debiti di droga con Beato.

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TARANTO




Taranto SCU bosses
Paolo De Vitis and his son Salvatore De Vitis are trustees of Taranto boss Antonio Modeo. Antonio Modeo his stepmother Cosima Ceci and Antonio Modeo’s half brothers are Gianfranco Modeo, Riccardo Modeo and Claudio Modeo who become his enemies.


Taranto’s SCU bosses the Modeo brothers
The brothers Gianfranco Modeo, Riccardo Modeo and Claudio Modeo are in contact with Giancarlo Cito and Annacondia. Modeo brothers and their brothers in law the brothers Giovanni Caforio and Massimo Caforio are at war with the families Cianciaruso, Chiocia, Martera and Giannone who left the Modeo brothers. Cesario- Antonio Martera- Cosimo Cianciaruso clan .


Taranto policeoperation “Cruise”
Operation “cruise” revealed that Claudio Modeo, Giuseppe Cesario and Cosimo Di Pierro established a criminal alliance and controlled the drug market and extortions in Taranto, in spite of the fact that the bosses were incarcerated.


Taranto family Cesario
brothers Giuseppe and Cosimo Cesario


Taranto
Later in Taranto the D’Erchia- Perelli cosca and the Martera- Cianciaruso- Boccuni cosca fight over domination in the underworld.


Taranto province
Damiano Pasquale Mele “Tangarano”(39 when killed 8 june 2008) at war with Adriano Pappada (clan Cinieri) and his ally Giuseppe Romano?


Taranto province
a new group has come up under Paolo Dell Aquila and Calogero Buonsignore who were released from prison.


(Taranto province) Crispiano boss Locorotondo (Modeo brothers ally)
imprisoned Francesco Locorotondo, still controlled the Statte area as well as the Lizzano area,


Rimini based SCU boss Angelo Basile (from Taranto)
Taranto based SCU boss Basile

Taranto boss Aldo Vuto

Operation Reno

??? Hitman Gregorio Ciccante??



Taranto
28 april 1988 was Cataldo Martemucci (23) shot and killed and Nicola Solfrizzi (24) wounded.


Taranto boss Francesco Basile killed
In September 1988 Taranto`s boss Francesco Basile gets killed, his place gets taken by Antonio Modeo who within a year has a bloody war with his own half brothers Gianfranco Modeo, Riccardo Modeo and Claudio Modeo. The Modeo brothers are in contact with Giancarlo Cito and Annacondia.
Taranto boss Antonio Modeo


Taranto
1 november 1988 was citizen Nicola Festinante (49) shot and killed.


Paolo De Vitis son Salvatore De Vitis was killed

Taranto murdercase Paolo De Vitis
21 August 1989 Paolo De Vitis (66) a trustee of Antonio Modeo gets killed by Antonio`s halfbrothers Gianfranco Modeo, Riccardo Modeo and Claudio Modeo .

Taranto murdercase Cosima Ceci
Antonio Modeo then had his men murder 22 august 1989 his stepmother Cosima Ceci (62).


Taranto
21 october 1989 they tried to kill Antonio Calviello (24) but killed his brother Domenico Calviello (14)


Taranto families La Gioia- Mazotta (De Vitis supporters)
In 1989 the brothers Modeo have their men attack Domenico La Gioia who gets wounded, his son is Matteo La Gioia and their nephews are the brothers Cosimo Mazotta and Matteo Mazotta. In 1989 was Matteo Mazotta killed. In march 1990 Cosimo Mazotta gets killed, the year before his brother Matteo Mazotta was killed. They are nephews of Matteo La Gioia. 25 September 1990 Matteo La Gioia (25) who works for De Vitis gets killed by Cosimo Palombella who works for the Modeo brothers. 11 October 1990 Cosimo Palombella gets killed himself, he is the 26th murdervictim in Taranto that year.


Taranto
12 march 1990 was Salvatore Albano (25) killed.


Taranto
29 March 1990 Cataldo Albanese gets freed for a ransom, the bosses behind the kidnapping are the Modeo brothers, Marino Pulito, Vincenzo Rucci and Alessandro Bozza.


Taranto
In 1990 was Angelo Carbotti (25) killed, it is a case of mistaken identity.


Taranto
27 july 1990 were Domenico Panariti (41 and his wife is Annunziata Maiorino) and Maria Novellino (20) shot and killed. Suspect is Giovanni Panariti the brother of Domenico and Novellino was his fiancée.


Africo capobastone Pasquale Palamara killed
9 August 1990 the Modeo brothers from Taranto (supported by their allies Giuseppe Mollica and Salvatore Annacondia) have Africo boss Pasquale Palamara killed , because he is an ally of Taranto boss Antonio Modeo, their halfbrother. New Africo bosses become the brothers Giovanni (44) and Giuseppe Morabito.
Africo capobastoni Giovanni Morabito and Giuseppe Morabito


Taranto boss Antonio Modeo killed
16 august 1990 the Modeo brothers succeed in killing their halfbrother Antonio Modeo the new boss of his gang is Salvatore De Vitis, the son of Paolo De Vitis, he leads now the battle with the Modeo brothers in Taranto.
Taranto bosses Modeo brothers


Taranto
24 september 1990 was Gaetano Fanelli (14) shot and killed.


Taranto
In december 1990 Cosimo Guarino gets killed with his daughter.


Taranto
Maria D'Andria, the widow of Antonio Modeo starts with her brother Francesco D'Andria a vendetta and in the first 15 days of januari 1991 they let their men kill in Taranto 5 men of the Modeo brothers. Marco Maggi disappeared, he was married to a sister of the killed Antonio Modeo.


Taranto
29 Januari 1991 the drugdealers Angelo De Paolis (33) and Raffaele Malandrino (34) get killed. The same day also Angelo Spagnuolo (39) got killed.


Taranto
30 Januari 1991 Antonio Sebastio (15) and Giovani Battista (17) get shot to death by Domenico Morrone (27) in the vendetta there have been then 40 killings and 7 disappearings in Taranto.


Taranto
16 Februari 1991 there is an ambush at Antonio Rochira (30) and Francesco Gennari (35) a nephew of Antonica (13 february 1989 killed boss Antonio Antonica??). Francesco Gennari `s son Christian (3) gets killed.


Taranto
6 April 1991 in Taranto Aldo Basile gets killed.


Taranto bosses the brothers Modeo arrested
In april 1991 the Modeo brothers of Taranto get arrested when Antonio Bozza betrays them. Their man Marino Pulito contacts then Licio Gelli and tries with his help to free the brothers.

Taranto family Giannotta
In april 1991 the Modeo men murder Antonio Giannotta and let his body disappear,his brother is Francesco Giannotta. 15 May 1991 the capos Francesco Giannotta (39) and Giuseppe Mazzoccoli (29) get killed by men of the Modeo brothers who wanted to kill Antonio Bozza who was in their company.


Salvatore De Vitis killed
7 May 1991 was in Milan killed Salvatore De Vitis (34).


Taranto
29 June 1991 Francesco De Florio (28) gets killed as revenge for the murder a day before of Angelo Appeso (26) in Taranto.


(Taranto?)
6 September 1991 was Antonello di Bari (25) killed, his brother Franco is imprisoned.


Taranto
2 October 1991 barber Giuseppe Ierone (51) gets killed in his business just like his customers Francesco Balsamo (22), Cataldo Paudla (21) and Domenico Ferrara (21) by the brothers Giovanni and Massimo Caforio, the brothers in law of the Modeo brothers. Ierone got killed because he had gone over to the families Cianciaruso, Chiocia, Martera and Giannone who left the Modeo brothers. Earlier that day he had gotten a phone call from the cabinet of the Belgium Alain Vanderbiest. He would possibly have been connected to the murder of belgium minister Cools. That year till now there were 47 murders in Taranto in the war.


SCU boss Marino Pulito
Marino Pulito is an important member of the SCU and tells about the murder in 1991? of judge Scopellitti by the Calabrian brothers Antonio, Antonino and Giuseppe Garonfalo at the order of the sicilian Cupola.


Taranto
In december 1991 Cataldo Catapano gets convicted. (works for the Modeo brothers in Taranto)


Taranto murdercase De Biaso
24 June 1993 in Taranto Emanuele De Biaso (40) gets killed.


Taranto
17 july 1996 police had arrested in Taranto 72 men, mostly members of the Scarci clan.


Taranto
20 September 1996 police arrest 39 in Taranto of the Marchinese cosca who are accused of a double murder in a village nearby and other crimes.


Taranto
5 July 1997 in Taranto there are 121 arrest warrants.


Cesario- Martera- Cianciaruso
9 November 1997 in Taranto and Puglia 97 people get arrested under whom the bosses of the Cesario- Martera- Cianciaruso clan for crimes they committed between 1989 and 1995.


Manduria (near Taranto) family Cinieri
25 July 1999 Osvaldo Cinieri (41) commits suicide in prison, his brother is massimo Cinieri and their mother is Lucia Ardito they live in Manduria near taranto. Imprisoned Massimo Cinieri (32) and Vincenzo Stranieri were inplicated in operation “Storia infinita” who trafficked in drugs with albanians.


Operation “Cuore” and Cesario- Martera- cianciaruso
18 july 2000 police end operation “Cuore” which was against a drugorganization that provided the area Taranto bari. At the head were the brothers Giuseppe and Cosimo Cesario from Taranto who had already been imprisoned because of operation “Due Mari” and the Fago family. Also indicted were albanians, people from Napoli and from Bari.
Angelo Fago got 14 years. Cosimo Cesario got 7 years and 6 months, Agostino Stella got 5 years and 2 months, Nicola Cianciaruso got 5 years and 6 months, Luca Fago got 12 years, Vincenzo Fago got 11 years and Pietro Cantoro got 4 years and 4 months. There had been found a kilo of heroin with the albanian Hamit Hyseni who is also involved in a drugsmuggling investigation on Sicily.


Taranto
the attempted murder of Massimo Caforio, brother-in- law of the Modeo brothers, committed on 10 August 2001.


Taranto operation “Torre Blindata” (Armored tower)
Police start operation "Torre blindata" in 2000 after they had ended operation "Quo Vadis”. Le indagini furono avviate nel periodo pasquale del 2000, a seguito di due tentativi di omicidio avvenuti a Lizzano. Il 23 aprile fu tesa una imboscata ad Angelo Massaro, di 21 anni, centrato da un proiettile sotto la scapola destra. Per questo fatto di sangue è indagato Costantino Bianchini, figlio di Federico, ferito due giorni dopo mentre raccoglieva le fave nel suo podere, a Lizzano. L'uomo fu raggiunto da due fucilate ed operato per la ritenzione dei pallini.


Taranto operation “Torre Blindata” (Armored tower)
Police end operation "Torre blindata" 18 september 2001 when they arrest the members of the Adriano Pappada -Romano clan who operate in Statte and Lizzano. Also arrested was the girlfriend of the boss Antonella Strada (25). They also got accused of several shootings at members of the Mele clan who are enemies of the Pappada Romano clan. Federic Agnoli (28 years and born in France but living in Lizzano); Costantino Bianchini (21 years in Lizzano; Federico Bianchini (64 years in Lizzano); Maurizio Cavallo (39 years born in Taranto but living in Lizzano; Giuseppe Delle Grottaglie (26 years in Gerrnany but living in Lizzano); Francesco Locorotondo (43 years in Crispiano); Adriano Pappadà (44 years in Lizzano); Giovanni Prete (33 years in Matera); Giuseppe Romano (32 years in Taranto); Antonella Strada (36 years in Lizzano); Massimiliano Todaro (36 years in Lizzano); Michele Todaro (30 years in Lizzano); Vincenzo Todaro (33 years in Lizzano). Francesco Locorotondo had gotten 5 years in the “Ellesponto”trial.

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BARI




Bari district Borgo Antico
Brothers Donato Laraspata, Raffaele Laraspata and Tommaso Laraspata are at war with the Biancoli clan (Parisi allies) and the Laraspata family rules the district Borgo Antico in Bari and their topkiller is Saverio Finocchio and they support the Montani clan in their war with Capriati. Also Laraspata men are Roberto Prudentino and Francesco Prudentino.

SCU pentito Erminio Cavaliere said Francesco Prudentino had the rank of Vangelo and was close with the bosses Francesco Trane and Pino Rogoli.

Laraspata ally Loseto

Laraspata – Montani allies?? Diomede- Mercante????


Nicola D’ Ambrogio “Tro Tro”
Nicola D’Ambrogio “Tro Tro” and his nephew Francesco “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio,


Bari district San Paolo family Strisciuglio
Brothers Domenico “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio , Franco Strisciuglio (killed 13 august 2003) and Sigismondo Strisciuglio


Bari family Strisciuglio allies the De Felice family
Giovanni De Felice and Giuseppe De Felice


Bari family Strisciuglio ally Nicola Piccolino
Nicola Piccolino


Bari district San Paolo family Telegrafo (Strisciuglio ally)
Strisciuglio family supporter Nicola Telegrafo (his son is Donato Telegrafo).
Telegrafo family boss Lorenzo Valerio (40), his underboss Carlo Iacobbe (38) and the consigliere Raffaele Caputo


Cerignola district San Samuele (Foggia province)
boss Leonardo Di Tommaso “Taddone”(killed 21 october 2004) and his brother Stefano Di Tommaso. The clan operates mainly in the San Samuele district in Cerignola.

Cerignola boss Leonardo Di Tommaso killed
21 October 2004 was in Cerignola capofamiglia Leonardo Di Tommaso (31) shot and killed by carsales entrepeneur Antonio Sorrenti (41) who he tried to extort 1000 euros a month. Police arrest Sorrenti and Di Tommaso’s brother in law Antonio De Feudis (27) who accompanied the boss.

Cerignola districts Stornara and Stornarella controlled by the CAPUTO-PIARULLI-FERRARO:
Brothers Angelo and Giuseppe Caputo
Giovanni Ferraro
Brothers Michele and Mario Piarulli


Canosa di Puglia based SCU family Caputo
10 November 1993 drugdealer Sergio Alfarano gets arrested, he is a customer of Vincenzo Caputo (28) who works from his Milanflor shop. The coke came from Holland and Caputo's partners were his familymember Antonio Ciuffi (32) ad his namesake nephew (33). Also connected was Emanuele Caputo (63). Caputo's large family came from Canosa di Puglia.

Piarulli-Ferraro clan in Foggia
18 February 1997 police confiscate in Bari for 10 billion lire of goods from Trifone (50) and Savino (28) Cellamare of the Piarulli-Ferraro clan in Foggia.

Operation Cartagine thanks to pentito Annacondia
November december 1997 For operation "Cartagine" police issue 83 arrestwarrants thanks to pentito Salvatore Annacondia (the boss of Trani) for 40 murders (under which the 3 murdered men in Cerignola) most are members of the clan of Cerignola, the Piarulli family in Milan and the Ferraro Caputo family in Foggia.


Bari district Enziteto boss Piperis (Strisciuglio ally)
Run by Bari family Strisciuglio ally Carmine Piperis


Bari based family ladisa
Antonio Ladisa and his wife Isabella Barone had as sons pentito Michele Ladisa and Donato Ladisa (killed 28 july 1996). Massimiliano Ladisa.

Pentito Cosimo Barone did two murders 6 august 1998 Franco Quaranta and 28 august 1998 Luigi Cannito.


Diomede ally Catacchio
Nicola Catacchio and his son Lorenzo Catacchio

Bari district Liberta boss Lorenzo Caldarola and his son Francesco Caldarola
Mariano catacchio was the right hand of Lorenzo Caldarola and was killed 18 september 2008

31 october 2008 they try to kill as revenge Giovanni Lovreglio and Angela Raggi (wife of Paolo Giacomo Valentino, the ex boss of San Paolo) at the orders of Lorenzo Caldarola.


Bari district San Nicola
In Bari`s district San Nicola the families Manzari and Capriati war each other.


Bari district San Paolo
In Bari’s district San Paolo the families Diomede and Montani war each other. Montani clan in war with Capriati


Bari district San Paolo family Diomede
Antonio “Tete”Diomede (disappeared in December 1990) and his brothers Biagio Diomede “Biagu u lengh”(his sons are Cesare Diomede, Giuseppe Diomede and Nicola Diomede) and Giuseppe Diomede “Pinuccio il cantante”

Diomede ally Giuseppe Mercante
Giuseppe Mercante his brother Amleto (Amodeo) Mercante (28 september 2005 killed).

Giuseppe Mercante – Giuseppe Diomede clan suffered the expansion of its rival group, headed by Vito Manzari, close to the “historic” MONTANI clan,


Bari district San Paolo family Montani
Andrea Montani


Bari district Enziteto
the boss Antonio Scaglioso

Bari district Enziteto
Giovanni Petrosino and wife Anna Ruggiero. 18 march 2005 was Piperis man Giovanni Petrosino (41) shot and wounded.

Bari district Enziteto
Giovanni DiCosmo


Bari district San Paolo family Manzari
Vito Manzari (killed 16 March 1991 by Capriati family)

Bari district San Paolo family Capriati
brothers Mario Capriati and Antonio “Tonino”Capriati (married with Maria Faraone and their son is Giuseppe and their daughter is Angela) and their sister Emanuella Capriati (her daughter is Angela Annosci”?? her husband is Andrea Annoscia, born 1951??) who belonged to the clan of pentito Luigi Svezia. Francesco Annoscia and Andrea Annoscia. Giuseppe Annoscia

Bari district San Paolo family Capriati
Boss Sabino Capriati (47) and his sons Giuseppe Capriati, Domenico Capriati and Filippo Capriati. Carmine Capriati’s son Francesco Capriati and his wife Barbara Ambrosecchia.

Bari district San Paolo family Capriati
Francesco Capriati, Raffaele Capriati

Capriati clan members
Matteo Abbrescia, Sergio Abbrescia, Francesco Abbrescia (Nicola Abbrescia killed 3 april 2001??)

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Capriati clan members
Antonio Cardinale, Nicola Casilino, Michele Ladisa, Michele Mallardi, Gaetano Marzulli, Domenico Monte, Leonardo Ungredda

Capriati clan members
Giorgio Martiradonna, Luigi Martiradonna,

11 September 1997 was Francesco Martiradonna killed

Davide Francesco Rizzo “u Siciliano”boss of Rizzo- Capriati clan was sought since july 2007 and is an enemy of the Striscuiglio clan and was reputed one of the killers of the 23 february 2004 double murder in San Girolamo of Antonio Colella and matteo Cuccumazzo who belong tot the Striscuiglio clan


Altamura family

Salvatore Somma (his son Giovanni Somma) and his brother Luigi Somma.

Emilio Mangione, Nicola Mangione and Vincenzo Mangione (last accused of the murder of Andrea Di Lorenzo 20 june 1997)



Di Cosola family was at war with Stramaglia family
Boss Antonio Di Cosola and his son Cosimo Di Cosola. Antonio Di Cosola brother in law Antonio Battista

Di Cosola family was at war with Stramaglia family
2 october 2003 was the innocent Gaetano Marchitelli (15) killed in Carbonara when the killers wanted to murder the nephews Raffaele and Michele Abbinante. For the murder got Domenico Masciopinto (a nephew of the boss Antonio Di Cosola whose brother is Cosimo Di Cosola) a life sentence and the other shooters were Luigi Frasca, Giovanni Partipilo, Francesco Costa and the brothers Luigi and Vincenzo Guglielmi.

In august 2008 was Stramaglia man martino Salatino killed.

Valenzano boss Michelangelo Stramaglia killed
24 april 2009 was the boss Michelangelo Stramaglia killed (his son is Michele Stramaglia and his daughter is Marina Stramaglia). Also Michelangelo Stramaglia’s trustee Luigi Cannone (52) was later killed.

Antonio Di Cosola his brother in law Antonio Battista (41) was wounded 15 march 2011

Giuseppe Mizzi was killed 16 march 2011

Bari district Carbonara
affiliates of the Strisciuglio clan have settled down after the brothers Antonio Di Cosola and Cosimo Di Cosola weakened. Brothers Di Cosola nephew Domenico Masciopinto



Bari district Carrassi
The Strisciuglio, the Diomede and the Parisi clans still hold the area under control. The last one now replaces members of the Anemolo clan. (Anemolo ally the Mangione- Loglisci clan uit Puglia: Giovanni and Safino Loglisci)

Raffael Anemolo (47) was shot at 15 january 2010


Bari district Liberta
the Strisciuglio and the Mercante clan still control the area and act as reference points for members of the Abbaticchio, the Biancoli (Parisi allies) and the Ottomano clans:


Bari district San Pasquale
the Lafirenze-Fiore clan


Franco Biancoli was the former boss of Savino Parisi.Matteo Biancoli

Bari district Iapiga family Parisi
Savino Parisi “Savinuccio”(born 1965) rules the borough Japiga and his underboss is Pietro Losurdo. Savino Parisi’s brother Giuseppe Parisi. Vito parisi and his son Radames Parisi (nephew of Savino Parisi)

Parisi members
Parisi members Luigi Cardinale, Michele Gallo, Eugenip Palermiti vice boss

Bari district Japiga boss Savino Parisi arrested
Parisi clan pentito Pasquale Crocitto (33) was killed 23 march 1991 by Michele Gallo, Sebastiano Cafagno at the orders of Parisi. Also a suspect is Nicola D ‘Ambrogio

Bari district Japiga boss Savino Parisi arrested
12 January 1992 Savino Parisi gets arrested in Milan.



Bari??
29 July 1985 were killed Giuseppe Mauriello (from Noci, Bari) , Cinzia Molon (21) and Loradana Sardella (28) while escaped Francesco Giannetta.


28 december 1988 was Lucrezia Pascale (25) killed by her friend the boss Domenico Manfredi of Gravina di Puglia.


Bari district San Paolo boss Antonio “Tete”Diomede disappears
Antonio “Tete”Diomede disappeared in December 1990.


Bari based family Capriati murder boss Vito Manzari
16 March 1991 in Bari`s borough San Nicola the boss Vito Manzari (30) gets shot to death and for the murder stand later trial the boss Sabino Capriati (47) and his sons Giuseppe Capriati, Domenico Capriati and Filippo Capriati.

22 april 1994 was Michele Manzani (41) shot and killed.


In march 1991 was Nunzio Oliva killed.


Bari
6 April 1991 in Bari Vito Colonna (46) gets killed.


In may 1991 were killed Giuseppe Mazzoccoli and Francesco Giannotta


In june 1991 was Giuseppe D’Ambrosio killed.


In july 1991 was Rocco Andriulli killed.


Veglie murdercase Colombo
Enrico Colombo was in 1991 in Veglie killed.


Bari
3 September 1991 Raffaele Monopoli and Angelo Di Nuzzu get killed in Bari.


In September 1991 was Ugo Mauro killed.


Also killed were Silvano Di Taranto and Giuseppe Festa of the Bozza clan in Montescaglioso


Bari
In february and march 1992 police confiscate in total 462 kgs of heroin and arrest the turkish residents Genger Mustaza (36) and Efraim Ozodogan (29).


Bari based Capriati family
23 March 1992 police do in Bari 41 arrests under whom the brothers Antonio Capriati and Mario Capriati, the sicilian boss Antonello Lazzarotto (36) from Messina, the brothers Sebastiano Giorgi, Bruno Giorgi and Vincenzo Giorgi from San Luca and Lazzarotto's wife Chiara Picca. The next day Lazzarotto gets found dead in his cell.


Bari based Capriati family
In may 1992 police arrest Filippo Capriati (21) and Massimiliano Ladisa (23) when they go out to ambush a member of the Manzari family.

28 July 1996 was Donato Ladisa (30) killed, he is the brother of pentito Michele Ladisa, a killer for the Capriati family. Their father is Antonio Ladisa (53) and his wife is Isabella Barone (51).


Diomede family
16 july 1992 was Domenico Cassano (17 and son of Lorenzo Cassano) shot and killed and Giuseppe Ruggiero (17 and family of the Diomede family) wounded.


Bari district Enziteto boss Piperis
22 september 1992 was Giovanni Gaudioso (20) killed in Gravina for the murder were convicted the boss Carmine Piperis (born 1960) and his brother in law Graziano Lombardo (born 1951 and his son is Donato Lombardo). Carmine Piperis other brother in law is Michele Vispo.


Bari double murdercase Manzari and Casadibari
2 October 1992 agent Antonio Carrozzo (30) arrests the dealers Maurizio Manzari (20) and Domenico Casadibari (23) of the Diomede clan, he doesn't bring them to police station but to their enemies from the Montani clan who murder them.


Bari
1 Januari 1993 in Bari Nicola Cara Damiani (46) gets arrested.


Bari
9 April 1993 some 41 members of the warring Diomede, Montani, Capriati and Manzari families get convicted for the 20 killings and 30 wounded that fell in the 2 year during war.


Mario Biancoli killed
Mario Biancoli (23) was 9 august 1994 killed, he was the nephew of Bari’s historical boss Francesco Biancoli “dado”


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata
In august 1994 Raffaele Laraspata orders his men to wipe out the Capriati family. Laraspata's men also kill Lello Costanzo and Nicola Solazzo.


The Montani and Laraspata families support each other and war the Biancoli family


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata
Laraspata's men kill in march 1995 Antonio Carlucci "Mayer".


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata orders murder of Pietro Morelli
3 April 1995 Laraspata's men kill Pietro Morelli “Coniglio” at orders of Giuseppe Montani.


28 april 1995 was Capriati man Michele La Torre (32) killed by Nicola D’Ambrogio and Domenico Millioni (pentito Pietro Losurdo)

Nicola D’Ambrogio was also the suspect in the murder of Vincenzo Tesse.


Biancoli man Giuseppe Morelli
Biancoli man Giuseppe Morelli survived an ambush 4 january 1996 in bar “Stella” at orders of Donato Laraspata, Giovanni Montoni (montani??) and Giuseppe Montani.


Biancoli man Giuseppe morelli killed
19 February 1996 Laraspata's men kill Biancoli man Giuseppe Morelli.


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata and Annoscia order murder of Antonio De Marzo
6 August 1996 Laraspata's men kill Antonio De Marzo at the orders of boss Giuseppe Annoscia.


Ciro Biancoli killed by Telegrafo clan
26 september 1996 was Ciro Biancoli killed and Saverio Fumai wounded and suspect is Nicola Telegrafo’s righthand Domenico Putignani who was arrested 1 june 2003 and he was sought for operation “Marte”and trial “mayer


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata orders murder of Sebastiano Novelli
22 January 1997 Sebastiano Novelli was killed by Laraspata's men because they didn't find their target Vito Romito a member of the Biancoli clan. Novelli's brother in law Mario Centanni was a pentito.


Matteo Biancoli “il Leone”
Matteo Biancoli “il Leone” survived an ambush 25 january 1997 in bar “Stella”.


Domenico Capriati (son of Sabino Capriati) feud with Domenico Strisciuglio
during the “Borgo Antico”trial the boss Domenico Capriati insulted the boss Domenico Strisciuglio (his boss is Domenico Monti “Mimmo u biondo”)

Bari boss Domenico Strisciuglio orders murder of Giuseppe Capriati
26 February 1997 the boss Domenico Strisciuglio his men killed Giuseppe Capriati the brother of Domenico Capriati and a war broke out between the Capriati family and the Strisciuglio family about who rules Bari’s district.


30 july 1997 was Saverio Monteleone killed.


23 august 1997 was Donato Amoruso (18) shot and killed , he is the nephew of the boss Raffaele Laraspata.


Bari family Capriati
11 September 1997 dies in Bari Francesco Martiradonna (17) who belonged to the Capriati clan and had been wounded before.

Wounded were gaetano Minafra and Francesco Salinaro


Bari murdercase Pietro Cantalice
15 september 1997 was in Bari Pietro Cantalice (25) killed, he is a nephew of the wife of Sabino Capriati who wars already for 5 years with the Laraspata clan for dominance in Borgo Vecchio, Bari.


Matteo Biancoli “il Leone”
Matteo Biancoli “il Leone” survived again an ambush 26 september 1997 in which died Gaetano Tisti (28).


Bari
14 October 1997 in Bari get wounded by an ambush Matteo Cucumazzo (24) and Rita Greco (19).


Bari
20 october 1997 in Bari Giuseppe Viatore (42) gets killed and later that day Francesco Reca (23) gets wounded.


Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata arrested
10 december 1997 in Napels Raffaele Laraspata (37) gets arrested, he is a boss in Bari where he ordered about 12 murders.

Montani clan supporters the Menunno family
10 december 1997 police arrest near Bari 6 members of the clan of the family Menunno, who support the Montani clan.


Bari
27 December 1997 in Bari the child N G (17) gets killed and E M (15) gets wounded when they are punished for pushing drugs in a clan ruled borough.


Cuomo and former RJR sales executive Franco Gabriele
Another taped conversation in 1996 revealed Gabriele trying to sell containers of Marlboros to Cuomo for shipment out of either Aruba or Canada to warehouses in Cyprus or Antwerp, even though Philip Morris already manufacturers Marlboros in Europe and Italy's Tobacco Monopoly manufactures them under license for sale in Italy. In a third conversation, Gabriele talked to Cuomo and his nephew Sandro Cuomo about shipping RJRs Winstons to Spain from Aruba.


Montenegro, Cuomo and Santo Vantaggiato tapped phonecall
In 1996, Italy's Anti-mafia Investigative Agency taped a telephone conversation between Cuomo and Santo Vantaggiato, a fugitive from Italian law hiding in Montenegro. The two men were discussing the election in Montenegro, and Cuomo boasted that he was close to senior Montenegrin politicians. He mentioned that if his "friends" got in, he would be "much stronger." Vantaggiato was murdered in Montenegro two years later in a mafia war.


SCU underboss Benedetto Stano arrested and becomes pentito
10 November 1996 Pagano’s underboss Benedetto Stano (33) was also arrested , he was wanted for 2 murders and had fled to Yugoslavia but came back to visit his family. Santo Vantaggiato was reputed to be close with the "clan" of Adriano Benedetto Stano, "boss" in the "Scu" and 10 november 1996 arrested in Perugia after which he became a pentito. To the same group belonged Giuseppe Cellamare, reputed later to be the topboss in Bari but when arrested he also became pentito. All have their base in Bari.


Luperti brothers
Antonio Luperti (who got free in the first months off 1997) and his brother Salvatore Luperti, try to take over from Santo Vantaggiato, they did some dynamite attacks at houses of relatives of the in Montenegro living Vantaggiato , trying him to return this way so they could kill him or police could arrest him. The attempts of the Luperti brothers did not produce the hoped outcome and indeed it triggered the reaction of Santo Vantaggiato whom with the aid of his affiliates of Salvatore Buccarella’s group did a dynamite attack at the villa of Antonio Luperti.


SCU boss Giuseppe Cellamare
Before 1998, Cellamare's presence in Romania and Bulgaria was noted. At that time the Italian magistrates asked their Romanian colleagues to gather information about his activity in the international cigarette and arms traffic led by Sacra Corona Unita.

Montenegro arrest of SCU boss Giuseppe Cellamare
Giuseppe Cellamare prepared the launch of the Raimond cigarette smuggling ring in Romania. He is an important member of Sacra Corona Unita, a Mafia boss from Bari, arrested in 1998 in Montenegro.


Brindisi murdercase Salvatore Luperti
In june 1998 was in Brindisi Salvatore Luperti killed. He is the brother of Antonio Luperti.


Bar (Montenegro) murdercase Santino “Santo” Vantaggiato
16 september 1998 phoned Francesco Volpe his boss Vito di Emidio in Bar (Montenegro) who is with Giuseppe Giordano and Lorenzo De Giorgi in the company of ' Santino' Vantaggiato. While Volpe and di Emidio talk on the phone, De Giorgo and Giordano shoot and kill Santo Vantaggiato. This was later told by pentiti Vito Di Emidio, Maurizio Coffa ed Erminio Cavaliere.


Montenegro murdercase Francesco Volpe
11 May 1999 was in Montenegro Francesco Volpe shot and killed. He was one of the killers of Vantaggiato.


Cuomo
A 146-page classified report, prepared in 2000 for the Guardia di Finanza by the head of its organized crime unit, identified Cuomo as "fiduciario," or trustee, of Philip Morris. The report, which examined the key figures in Italy's cigarette smuggling operation, did not elaborate on that relationship.


Zurich arrest of Neapolitan Gerardo Cuomo
Cuomo was arrested on May 10, 2000, in Zurich on an Italian warrant for cigarette smuggling out of Montenegro and for being a member of a mafia-like organization. The investigation implicates more than 80 people, including Italian Mafiosi and Swiss bankers. Cuomo, 54, is in a Swiss jail, fighting extradition.



Bari based brothers Alfredo Milloni, Andrea Milloni and Giuseppe Milloni
26 January 1998 in Bari Andrea Milloni, a member of the Strisciuglio gang in the borough Borgo Antico gets arrested. Andrea Milloni escaped 18 october 2003 from an attack with his brother Giuseppe Milloni. 2 january 2004 was Andrea Milloni (33) shot and wounded. Andrea Milloni got 26 may 2010 two years for a holdup in 1994.


Bari
4 February 1998 in the province Bari the criminal Marino Di Fonte (29) gets killed.



Bari boss Raffaele Laraspata orders murder of Antonio Sciannimanico
5 April 1997 Laraspata's men kill Antonio Sciannimanico (37).


Bari
8 April 1997 in Bari Andrea Guerra (25) gets killed by Sigismondo Strisciuglio and Guerra had in his car Gennaro Carella who became 11 april 1997 pentito.

and later in Bari that day 8 April 1997 Angelo Pavone (39) got shot to death in his car by a biker.


Montani and Laraspata members arrested
3 April 1998 in Bari members of the families Montani and Laraspata get arrested, they are at war with the Biancoli clan. During the police operation 3 Albanians got killed when they drove through a police control post. Under the arrested is Andrea Montani


Bari murdercase pentito Gennaro Carella
26 April 1998 was the pentito Gennaro Carella (30) found near Bari he had been killed while his boss the camorista Francesco Paolantonio watched, a year earlier he had testified against the clan in the city Carbonara.


3 july 1998 were the witness Gioacchino Silecchia (20) and Nicola Gentile (28) killed.


Carella
30 March 1998 in Bari Saverio Carella, his son Giovanni Carella (27) and bystander Riccardo Di Gioia (51) get killed at orders of Giuseppe Annoscia, Giandonato Sciacovelli and Giovanni Sardella. Also connected were the pentiti Roberto Pasquale and Cosimo Barone. Boss Giuseppe Annoscia wanted to avenge the murder of his friend Antonio De Marzo (Mazzo??) who was killed 6 august 1996

Pentito Cosimo Barone
Pentito Cosimo Barone did two murders 6 august 1998 Franco Quaranta and 28 august 1998 Luigi Cannito.


9 october 1998 were Luca montanaro (22) and Michele Talamo (22) killed by Alessandro Saponaro (23).

Noicattaro bosses
Noicattaro bosses Luciano Saponaro (30), Antonio Giannoccaro (34), Giuseppe Patruno (19), Ruggero Ciccarelli (22) and Giuseppe Magistro


Domenico “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio – Nicola D’ Ambrogio “Tro Tro”order murder
22 October 1998 was in Bari the big hasjdealer Antonio Caporusso killed by Nicola D’Ambrogio “Tro Tro”, his nephew Francesco “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio, Domenico Stris??, Antonio Romito and Antonio De Antonis.


Bari
23 October 1998 was in Bari the man Savino Barbetta killed


Francesco Biancoli
14 october 1999 killers tried to murder Francesco Biancoli (28).


Greece murdercase Saverio Benvenuto
In august 2000 was in greece Saverio Benvenuto killed, he had worked for the SCU boss Francesco Prudentino. Prudentino and his brother worked for the brothers Donato Laraspata, Raffaele Laraspata and Tommaso Laraspata from Bari district Borgo Antico


Pentito Giuseppe Montani “Panino”
Pentito Giuseppe Montani “Panino”his brother in law Pietro Coppa (32) was 4 january 2002 wounded.


Matteo Biancoli “il Leone” friend Francesco Signorile killed
Antonio Abbaticchio man Francesco Signorile (30) was shot and killed 8 january 2002, Signorile was a friend of Matteo Biancoli “il Leone”.


Matteo Biancoli “il Leone” killed
Matteo Biancoli “il Leone” (31) was 20 april 2002 killed.


San Valentino (Valentine’s day) massacre of Strisciuglio clan members by Diomede clan
14 February 2000 were Nicola Cassano (45) and Vito Marzulli (48) shot and killed while wounded were Tommaso Montaruli (47), Francesco Abbrescia (39) and Nicola Colangiuli (35) who belong to the Strisciuglio clan. Police arrest as a suspect Giovanni Vitellaro (30) the brother of the sought boss Umberto Vitellaro who hides in Montenegro and is a member of the Diomede clan. Several hours later was as revenge Giuseppe Diomede’s nephew Angelo Caricola (28) killed.

Bari district San Paolo family Telegrafo (Strisciuglio ally)
Nicola Telegrafo (24) and Michele Tesauro (26) were accused of the murder of Angelo Caricola (28) who was killed 14 february 2000 as revenge for the St Valentine’s massacre a few hours earlier .


Bari family Diomede
23 February 2000 were in Bari members of the families Mercante, Catacchio and Diomede arrested for the 3 murders at Valentine's day.

Diomede
29 march 2001 was in Bari killed Diomede man Giovanni Passaquindici (39), he himself was the suspect in the double murder of the Diomede clan members Nicola Cassano (45) and Tommaso Montarulli (48).



Family Leo
2 December 1992 SCU man Ciro Leo (28) gets arrested at the home of his brother in law Umberto Sergi (39).

Boss Carlo Cantanna (born 1951) an ally of the boss Massimo Pasimeni

rebel bosses Massimo D'Amico, Massimo Pasimeni, Antonio Vitale
Rogoli and Buccarella get into war with the new bosses Massimo D'Amico, Massimo Pasimeni, Antonio Vitale and Massimo Cinieri (his mother is Lucia Ardito).

D’Amico- Pasimeni- Vitale
In this period Giuseppe Rogoli looses his importance and the new bosses became Massimo D’Amico, Massimo Pasimeni and Antonio Vitale from Mesagna. Francesco Trane also becomes a big boss because of the smuggling of cigarettes.


Italian Pierino Longhi
The smuggling ring was discovered by chance in April 2000, when the Italian police were chasing traffickers in stolen cars. The investigations led to the warehouses of a car service in Piedmont, owned by Italian Pierino Longhi, 50. The police realized that, apart from stolen cars, there were also huge amounts of smuggled cigarettes in the warehouses. The investigation grew and was taken over by the DIA in Turin.


Nuova Sacra Corona Liberta boss Antonio Luperti killed
12 July 2000 was Antonio Luperti (45) shot and killed in a car while Giovanni Lonoce (38) was wounded. He is the brother of killed Salvatore Luperti. He was an important man in the Nuova Sacra Corona Liberta


Nuova Sacra Corona Liberta boss Eugenio Carbone killed
Mid september 2000 was the SCU boss Eugenio Carbone (33) killed. He was an important man in the Nuova Sacra Corona Liberta . He came from Mesagne and his old friend was Giuseppe leo whose brother Cosimo Leo was recently arrested. At the murdersite were Cosimo Leo and Carbone righthand Luigi Girardo (33). Their bosses were Antonio Vitale and Massimo Pasimeni. They work a lot from Greece and Emanuele Belfiore (32) was arrested at Milan's airport when he came from Greece, he is also from Mesagne (Brindisi), and a boss of Sacra Corona Unita and has become more important after the murder of Carbone.

Mesagne based Sacra Corona Libera bosses D’Amico- Pasimeni- Vitale
The boss Massimo D'Amico has become pentito and as revenge was his brother Antonio D’Amico 10 september 2001 killed.


Greece arrest of Francesco Prudentino
22 December 2000, Italian police arrested Francesco Prudentino, 52, while he was Christmas shopping in Greece. Prudentino, who operated out of Montenegro, is named in a 1999 report by Italian investigators as a key mob-connected international tobacco smuggler and was on Italy's list of the 30 most-wanted fugitives. Prudentino was charged with smuggling, being a member of a mafia-like organization and murder. He was extradited to Italy in February. After almost two years of surveillance and telephone wiretapping, they discovered that this was an international organized crime ring, led by a Swiss: Patrick Roger Monnier, nicknamed Raimond, 49, born in France and living in Switzerland. Monnier's name surfaced in investigations conducted in 1995 and 1999 on smuggling rings controlled by Mafia boss Francesco Prudentino of the SCU, one of the most powerful Mafia organizations in Italy. Prudentino, 52, nicknamed the "king" of international cigarette smuggling, controlled the trafficking in cigarettes in Montenegro and Italy along the old maritime route. On 22 December 2000, Prudentino was arrested in Thessalonica, Greece and extradited to Italy. Monnier has been sought for a long time for his contacts with the Mafia.


blitz "Torre" 14 february 2001


Bari clans meeting
From a police check carried out in September 2000, for example, 25 important members of Bari-based clans were identified in a restaurant; this meeting could be seen as an attempt at finding a truce between the fighting clans, an attempt at subdividing their interests. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!very interested if somebody could tell me some names or knows an article about the meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Strisciuglio war with Diomede family
20 November 2000 were Diomede clan members Cosimo De Simone “Il Buco”(28) and Antonio Mari (22) killed

Strisciuglio war with Diomede family
Also they killed Diomede clan member Luigi delle Foglie “Giamburrasca” the godfather?? Of killed Antonio Mari


13 february 2001 were of the Strisciuglio arrested: Carlo Alberto Baresi (27), Sergio Di Rella (41), Luca Marinelli (21), Nicola Telegrafo (24) and Michele Tesauro (26).


6 april 2001 escaped Cosimo Laraspata “Lo Zingaro”(29) from an attack

2 hours later 6 april 2001 was Nicola Antonio Abbrescia (20 and brother of pentito Giuseppe Abbrescia “Mazinga”) killed and suspect is Francesco Capriati (23). Francesco Capriati (24) was killed 29 june 2001.


18 may 2001 were wounded Giuseppe Millione and Massimiliano Monacelli


In 2001 was drugdealer Giuseppe Milella killed and suspect is Cosimo Damiano Montani a nephew of paolo Andrea Montani


19 june 2001 was wounded Francesco Partipilo a nephew of Tonino Capriati.


4 november 2000 was Abaticchio associate Vito Navarra attacked.


31 Janaury 2002 was Cosimo Leone killed.


Bari murdercase Francesco Capriati
29 June 2001 was in Bari Francesco Capriati (son of carmine Capriati, the brother of Tonino Capriati) killed, he was a nephew of the boss.


Strisciuglio war with Capriati family
12 july 2001 was the innocent Michele fazio (15) killed by Leonardo Ungredda (himself killed 19 august 2003 when 22 and his mother is Anna Ungredda), Raffaele Capriati (18) and Francesco Annoscia (19) when they want to murder Strisciuglio man Marino Catacchio and Vito De Felice (his wife is Lucrezia Morelli, ?? Giuseppe De Felice). The Capriati family wanted to avenge the murder of Francesco Capriati who was killed 29 june 2001 by the Strisciuglio man Marino Catacchio


Bari district Enziteto boss Piperis
19 september 2001 was Nicola Piperis (18) shot and wounded


Pentito Giuseppe Montani “panino”(32) nephew of Paolo Andrea Montani. 29 december 2001 was his nephew Pietro Coppa (33) wounded ??? and died??

Bari district Enziteto boss Piperis
15 may 2002 was Michele Muschitiello (39) killed by Gianfranco Nuovo (29) and suspect is the Piperis clan.


22 march 2003 was Giovanni Troisi (29 from Melissano) killed in his restaurant in Amburgo (Hamburg??)


Bari district San Paolo boss Nicola Telegrafo
Nicola Telegrafo was arrested 18 april 2003 and he was at war with the Diomede family and his clan had killed 21 april 2003 Diomede man Michele De Santis (22)


18 july 2003 was the boss Giuseppe Cardinale (42) shot and killed and wounded was his brother in law Lorenzo Catacchio.


2 march 2003 was Simiraro man Michele Maggio killed by the group of Domenico Conte.



Francesco Rizzi
28 July 2003 Francesco Rizzi (21) tried to kill Giuseppe Palmizi

When they try to kill Francesco Rizzi they killed his mother Damiana Amendolagine (45)



Bari district San Paolo boss Nicola Telegrafo
Nicola Telegrafo’s men did the ambush at the boss Nicola Vavalle 11 august 2003

Domenico “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio’s brother Franco Strisciuglio killed
Domenico “mimmo la luna”Strisciuglio’s brother Franco Strisciuglio (33) was killed 13 august 2003 in Via van Westerhout in Bari district San Girolamo.

13 august 2003 tried Giacomo Maggio at orders of Michele Pazienza to kill Vito Napoli who escaped while Enzo Simiraro was killed, 3 days later disappeared Michele Pazienza for ever . Michele Pazienza and Giuseppe Leccese were suspected of the attack at Domenico Conte


Andrea Montani
18 august 2003 was Antonio Piemonte (19) shot and wounded. He is the brother of Bari district San paolo boss Nicola Piemonte and godson of Andrea Montani.


Bari district San Paolo boss Nicola Telegrafo
10 october 2003 Savino Parisi’s nephew Radames Parisi gets a quarrel with Pietro Scintilla who was the next day attacked ,on 11 october 2003 was Nicola Telegrafo’s righthand Pietro Scintilla (36) shot and wounded he was in company of Telegrafo’s other righthand Carlo Contini. Pentito Nicola Stella had told police that Scintilla was a nephew of boss Matteo Biancoli “dado”


Tedesco family and Lucera murdercase Mauro di Bello
In february 2004 disappeared Mauro di Bello (40) and his killed body was later that year found. Di Bello was close with the Tedesco family from Lucera.


Tedesco family and Lucera double murdercase Ricciardi and D’Atri
8 march 2004 were Daniel Ricciardi (30) and Maurizio D’Atri (40) shot and killed, D’Atri was a trustee of the Tedesco family in Lucera and Ricciardi was killed because he was at the wrong time at the wrong place.


San Severo (Foggia) boss Agostino Campanaro killed (Testa- Campanaro clan)
21 May 2004 was in San Severo the local boss Agostino Campanaro (39) shot and killed. Police arrest as a suspect of the murder Giuliano Iannuzzi (54) from San Severo. Campanaro had been indicted in operation “Day Bifore” which police did in june 1995 in Foggia province.


14 december 2004 was Pietro Scintilla (37) shot and killed by Radames Parisi and his sister in law Grazia Tisto was wounded (wife of Antonio Imundo)


Bari district San Paolo boss Nicola Telegrafo dies
Bari district San Paolo boss Nicola Telegrafo (35) died in june 2004 in prison of heart failure


Giuseppe Mercante his brother Amleto (Amodeo) Mercante killed
Giuseppe Mercante his brother Amleto (Amodeo) Mercante was 28 september 2005 shot and killed.


Bari’s historical boss Francesco Biancoli “dado” dies
Bari’s historical boss Francesco Biancoli “dado” died 1 june 2006 in prison.


Salvatore Montani killed
Boss Andrea Montani (his son Salvatore Montani) and his brother Antonio Montani (died in 2005 and his son is Giovanni Montani). In june 2006 the nephews Salvatore Montani and Giovanni Montani quarrel with pet shop owner Ignazio Gesuito over the price of a dog the nephews want to buy, Ignazio Gesuito panicked and shot and killed Salvatore Montani and Giovanni Montani fled.

Giovanni Montani killed
Andrea Montani had then his nephew Giovanni Montani killed in October 2006 by Gaetano Capodiferro “U scannat”because he had fled and didn’t avenge his nephew


Giacomo quaranta was arrested 16 may 2007


21 july 2008 was Strisciuglio man Giuseppe Peschetola (31) shot and killed, his girlfriend was the sister of Vito Romito


In august 2008 was Martino Salatino killed in Adelfia. Suspect is Antonio Foggetti


24 april 2006 was Giovanni Cellammare (45) arrested


Borough?? Enzitesto boss Marino Catacchio killed
Borough?? Enzitesto boss Marino Catacchio was killed in september 2008 at the orders of Giacomo Valentino and new boss became Luigi Spano.
Borough?? Enzitesto boss Luigi Spano


30 january 2009 was boss Savino Cellammare (40) killed (brother in law of Giovanni Ferraro)


24 march 2009 was in Bari the pentito Orazio Porro (53) shot and killed, he had been arrested in march 1998 and had becaome pentito.


Misceo- Montani- Telegrafo clan boss Giuseppe Misceo
9 september 2009 was Onofrio Spilotros shot and killed, he was a topkiller for the Strisciuglio clan and police suspect the Misceo family

Operation S. Anna against Strisciuglio clan

Misceo- Montani- Telegrafo clan boss Giuseppe Misceo
Misceo- Montani- Telegrafo clan boss Giuseppe Misceo was arrested 26 april 2010. Giuseppe Misceo’s nephews are Michele Misceo and Lorenzo Laraspata

17 june 2010 was Felice Calabrese shot, he is the nephew of Leonardo Camporeale a trustee of Strisciuglio


Diomede man Luigi Nicola Navarra
Diomede man Luigi Nicola Navarra “Ginetto il Gatto nero”

Nel capoluogo barese è in atto la contrapposizione tra il gruppo dominante "Strisciuglio - De Felice - Lo Surdo" ed il neo costituito cartello composto dai clan Abbaticchio, Capriati, Catacchio e Diomede, alleatisi tra di loro per contendere al gruppo avversario il predominio nel campo del contrabbando dei t.l.e..


Abbaticchio at war with Cesare Luigi Coletta and family (Parisi ally) from Polignano

Cesare Luigi Coletta (girlfriend Rosa Giordano)- Massimiliano “Massimo”Ridente

Bari district Liberta family Abbaticchio
Antonio Abbaticchio and brother Sandro Abbaticchio

22 august 2006 was shot and killed Vito Santoro (41) he had worked for the Abbaticchio clan

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Foggia drugmarket fought between Roberto Sinesi and son Francesco Sinesi- Antonello Francavilla – Pellegrino families and Federico Trisciuoglio- Michele Mansueto- Prencipe




Squinzano (Lecce province) family Pellegrino
Brothers Antonio Vincenzo Pellegrino, Salvatore Pellegrino and Patrizio Pellegrino


Trepuzzi (Lecce province)
Angelo Perrone


Foggia drugmarket fought between Roberto Sinesi and son Francesco Sinesi- Antonello Francavilla – Pellegrino families and Federico Trisciuoglio- Michele Mansueto- Prencipe


in Foggia, the so-called “Società foggiana” formed by the Giosue Rizzi-SINESI- Pasquale Moretti groups;

Moretti- Lanza- Pellegrino clan
Rocco Moretti and son pasquale Moretti


Foggia family Sinesi
Roberto Sinesi and his wife Anna Dei (37) and their son Francesco Sinesi (his brother in law is Pasquale moretti)
, Roberto Sinesi’s sister Giovanna Sinesi (53)


Francavilla family
Mario Francavilla (killed 22 january 1998). Antonello Francavilla (25) and brother Emiliano Francavilla (23), their nephew Giuseppe Francavilla (31 when killed 30 august 2003). Ciro Francavilla and Pino Francavilla’s sister Leonarda Francavilla (husband Flavio Lo Mele who was killed)


Trisciuoglio family
Federico Trisciuoglio (49) “Polpetta” aka “U Zuppe”, his wife Eugenia Raimondi (46) and their children Giuseppe (25)

Mansueto family
Michele Mansueto got 23 years.

Prencipe family
Libero Matteo Prencipe


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
In january 1989 Franco Vitagliani killed his friend the boss Giuseppe Laviano and the body disappeared. Also connected to the murder were Rocco Moretti, Salvatore Prencipe, Vito Lanza and Savino Lanza (whose sister is the fiancee of Luigi Piserchia)


Roberto Sinesi and murder of Giovanni Panunzio
6 november 1992 was entrepreneur Giovanni Panunzio killed by Sinesi's nephew Donato Delli carri (23), Cesare Antoniello (32), Teodorico Casorio (40), Mario Francavilla (39), Michele Mansueto (38), Franco Spiritoso (33), Federico Trisciuoglio (39), Antonio Vinciguerra (45) and Angelo Maglione (29).


Mario Francavilla killed
Mario Francavilla was killed 22 januari 1998. at his funeral was Flavio Lo Mele who is married with Leonarda Francavilla whose brothers are Ciro and Pino Francavilla, the cousins of killed Mario.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
In june 1998 was Franco Vitagliani’s brother Paolo Vitagliani killed. Franco Vitagliani suspects Giovanni Bruno of the murder of his brother


Foggia double murdercase Marcello Catalano and Francesco Viscillo
10 May 1999 were Marcello Catalano (his brother is Antonio Catalano) and Francesco Viscillo in Foggia killed. A suspect of the murders is Angelo Cardone.


Trisciuoglio and murder of Matteo di Candia (Federico Trisciuoglio)
21 September 1999 bystander Matteo di Candia was killed when they try to kill Federico Trisciuoglio.

Foggia based “societa”boss Leonardo Piserchia killed
In Foggia was "Societa" boss Leonardo Piserchia killed in october 1999. He had already escaped 2 times from ambushes the last had been 21 september 1999 in which a bystander had been killed. (strange 21 sep said Federico Trisciuoglio, both there?) or revenge??


Foggia murdercase Flavio Lo Mele (Francavilla)
28 december 1999 Flavio Lo Mele (33) was shot to death. He had attended a year earlier the funeral of Mario Francavilla who had been killed 22 januari 1998.


Operation “double edge”
Police ended operation “double edge” 24 june 2002 with 31 indictments against people from Foggia. Cesare Antoniello (42) “Cesarone”; Savino Ariostini (33) “Ninuccio”; Antonio Bernardo (55) “Pernacchia”; Antonio Catalano (40); Paolo Ciccorelli (53); Claudio D'Angelo (40); Franco D'Angelo (44); Federico Trisciuoglio (49) “Polpetta” or “U Zuppe”; his wife Eugenia Raimondi (46); their son Giuseppe (25) and Rossana (28); Agostino De Gregorio (31) fuiance of Rossana Trisciuoglio; Roberto Sinesi (40); his wife Anna Dei (37); his sister Giovanna Sinesi (53); Felice Di Rese (33) “Capacchione”; Claudio Di Donna (49); Raffaele Tolonese (43) “Rafanille”; his wife Marina Ferrandino (40); Antonello Francavilla (25); his brother Emiliano Francavilla (23); his nephew Giuseppe Francavilla (24); Angelo Gallucci (41) “Pilota” or “Cicillott”; Matteo Gramazio (53); Ciro Imperio (35) “Pisciata”: Vito Lanza (49) “U' Lepre”; Michele Mansueto (48); Luigi Mazzola (34) “Pascalone”; Vincenzo Melfitano (54) “Cicill”; Giovanni Micucci (41) “Barabba” or “Trenta chili” from San Severo; Stefano Mucciarone (31) “Magnaccett”; Claudio Nacchiero (46); Antonio Vincenzo Pellegrino (50) “Capantica” or “Nanette”; Rodolphe Pinto (40) from San Salvo; Salvatore Prencipe (38) “Piede veloce”; his wife Anna Maria Regola (33) ; Aldo Ragone (49); Teseo Ranucci (46); Franco Spiritoso (43) “Capone”; Vincenzo Vallario (57); Giuseppe Zucchini (48) “Pezzarill”.
!!!They were accused of 14 murders and two attempted murders in 1998 and 1999 when there broke out a war between the groups Trisciuoglio-Prencipe-Mansueto on one side while on the other side was the family Pellegrino


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
Franco Vitagliani killed 10 july 2002 Giovanni Bruno who he suspects of the murder of his brother Paolo Vitagliano in june 1998.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
Franco Vitagliani killed 25 july 2002 Pasquale Novelli of the Trisciuoglio- Prencipe clan.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
Franco Vitagliani killed 30 august 2002 Luigi La Daga a friend of the Strisciuoglio- Prencipe clan.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
Franco Vitagliani killed 22 october 2002 Teodorico Casorio because he is a friend of the Trisciuoglio clan.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
Franco Vitagliani killed 5 november 2002 Armando Laccetti.


Sinesi- Francavilla topkiller Franco Vitagliani “a Sciuccarella” (born 1964)
31 march 2003 escaped Franco Vitagliani from an ambush but was 23 may 2003 arrested in operation “Araba fenice”


Sinesi associate Michele Quinto killed
19 april 2003 was in Foggia Michele Quinto killed, he was seen as an associate of Sinesi. Pentito Antonio Del Nobile said the killers were Franco Vitagliani, Franco Russo and Silvano Bruno and Patrizio Villani

Foggia murdercase Francesco De Luca
the same day, 19 april 2003, was criminal Francesco De Luca killed and Luigi Perdono wounded, they were part of a rivalling clan of Sinesi.


Foggia murdercase Francesco Selicato
15 May 2003 was in Foggia the criminal Francesco Selicato killed. Police said it was the war between Roberto Sinesi and the Trisciuglio family.


Foggia murdercase Angelo Cardone (36)
19 May 2003 was in Foggia Angelo Cardone (36) shot and killed. He was suspected of being a killer of Marcello Catalano and Viscillo in 1999.


operation “Araba Fenice”against Sinesi- Francavilla clan
23 may 2003 police arrested in operation Araba Fenice 17 people and still sought 4. Francavilla family ally Roberto Sinesi’s son Francesco Sinesi (18) was arrested with Edmondo Gelormini (30), Loredana Febbranetti (33), Ciro Francavilla (29) and Emiliano Francavilla (24), Michele Gelormini (27), Patrizio Villani (25 from Foggia), Luigi Biscotti (27), Giuseppe Francavilla (35) and Antonello Francavilla (26), Alessandro Moffa (23) and Pasquale Moffa (21), Roberto Sinesi (31), Ciro Caione (23), Alfonso Delli Carri (24), Roberto Di Sibbio (19) and Franco Vitagliani (39). They were accused of the murder of Francesco De Luca, the murder try at Luigi Perdonò in Foggia 19 april 2003, the murder try at Angelo Gallucci on 10 may 2003, the try at Gianfranco Bruno and Rodolfo Bruno while wounded was Giulio Garofalo on 1 april 2003 and they had wanted to kill Donato Angelo Pinto but were then arrested.


Foggia Leonarda Francavilla arrested
28 may 2003 was Leonarda Francavilla (34) arrested. She was the sister of the already arrested Ciro and Pino Francavilla. Police want to know if she ordered after the murder of Quinto the murder of De Luca as retaliation.


Francavilla clan
Murder of Marcello Consales (35) was killed 23 july 2003 in the area ruled by Roberto Sinesi (at the moment for 15 years imprisoned) and he was a member of the Sinesi- Francavilla clan


Francavilla clan
Murder of leonardo Soccio (23) who was shot and killed 13 august 2003, he was a member of the Sinesi- Francavilla clan


Foggia murdercase Giuseppe Francavilla
30 august 2003 was in Foggia then Giuseppe Francavilla (31) killed. He was a nephew of Emiliano and Antonello Francavilla.


Libero Matteo Prencipe killed
18 september 2003 was Libero Matteo Prencipe (59) killed.


Sinesi- Francavilla clan
13 october 2003 was Bruno Silvano (44) of the Sinesi- Francavilla clan killed by Claudio Russo (42) of the Trisciuoglio- Prencipe- Mansueto clan..


Sinesi- Francavilla clan members arrested
17 march 2004 police arrest the Sinesi- Francavilla clan members: Pino Gaudiano (33), Mario Lanza (23), Pietro Marino (48), Guglielmo Spezzati (32), Giuseppe Venuti (21), Antonio del Nobile (34), Riccardo Mennuti (22), Luigi Castriota (56), Giuseppe Spiritoso “Papanonno”(48) and his son Lorenzo Spiritoso (23).


Foggia murdercase Leonardo Biagini
25 October 2004 was politician Leonardo Biagini (38 and his brother was Ferdinando Biagini) killed and the boss Antonio Catalano (42 and the brother of the killed Marcello Catalano) wounded. by Claudio Russo


Operation « double Edge II »against « Societa « bosses Giovanna Sinesi, Anna Dei, Franco Spiritoso
11 may 2005 were sentenced in operation “Double Edge II”: Antonio Bernardo (3 years), Felice Direse (4 years), Michele Mansueto (3 years), Vincenzo Melfitano (3 years), Antonio Vincenzo Pellegrino (3 years), Salvatore Prencipe (3 years), Franco Spiritoso (3 years) e Federico Strisciuoglio (4 years). Spoken free was the boss Roberto Sinesi and also spoken free were : Matteo Gramazio, Claudio Nacchiero, Aldo Ragone and Teseo Ranucci. Luigi Mazzola got 2 years. .


5 may 2007 escaped the boss Antonio Pellegrino from an attack by Francesco Sinesi (son of Roberto Sinesi) and Alessandro Aprile.


18 june 2007 was the boss Franco Spiritoso « Capone »killed.


16 july 2007 they tried to kill Pasquale Moretti (son of the boss Rocco Moretti)


12 august 2007 was Alessandro Aprile attacked.


23 september 2007 they tried to kill Claudio Russo.


13 september 2008 was Giorgio Romano (51) shot and killed, he had ties with the before murdered boss Salvatore Padovano.


In september 2008 they tried to kill Angelo Bruno (23) who was hit but survived.

Some hours later in september 2008 was the boss Antonio Bernardo (61) killed.


the boss Lilino Mansueto
7 january 2009 was Pasquale Vallario (40) killed, he was close with the boss Lilino Mansueto and police arrest his killer Roberto Di Sibbio (25) of the Sinesi- Francavilla clan

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Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
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Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between Ciaravella and Tarantino families




Manfredonia (Foggia province) family Romito
Francesco Romito “Ciccillo il Mattinatese” had as sons Mario Luciano Romito and Manfredonia boss Francesco “Franco” Romito (41 when killed 21 april 2009 with his chauffeur Giuseppe Trotta) and Franco Romito’s son Michele Romito (23 when killed 28 june 2010). Francesco “Franco” Romito is a partner of Pasquale Libergolis.


Monte Sant Angelo (Puglia province) family Libergolis
Brothers Francesco “Ciccillo”Libergolis (born 8 february 1943 and 67 when killed 26 october 2009 and his son is Matteo Libergolis who was killed 2 march 1992), Giuseppe Libergolis (killed in 1980) and Pasquale Libergolis (killed 16 june 1995).

Pasquale Libergolis brother in laws Matteo and Antonio Miucci who were killed respectively 14 january 1993 and 14 august 1993

Michele Libergolis “Calcarulacchio” and his brother Giuseppe Libergolis (At the end of 1989 killed)


Boss Giuseppe Pacilli
Boss Giuseppe Pacilli supports Libergolis family


Monte Sant Angelo families Alfieri- Primosa- Basta
brothers Peppino Alfieri and Pietro Alfieri (both killed 1 March 1989) and their sister Antonia Alfieri married Raffaele Primosa (paralyzed after 1979 attack) and they had as sons Nicolino Primosa (22 when killed 16 september 1992) and Michele Primosa (wounded august 1992) and daughter Rosa Primosa


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) family Ciaravella
Brothers Marco and Matteo Ciavarrella their father Antonio Ciaravella was killed


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) family Tarantino
Brothers Giuseppe Tarantino (life sentence and his son Michele Tarantino was 23 when killed 30 march 2001), Leonardo Tarantino (born in 1960 and 27 when killed 22 August 1987), Sebastiano Tarantino (born in 1961 and 31 when killed 22 December 1992), Giovanni Tarantino (34 when killed 25 march 2002), Carmine Tarantino (33 when killed 5 december 2002) , Luigi Tarantino (39 when killed 3 September 2003), Antonio tarantino (41 when killed 1 november 2003) and Pietro Tarantino. Pentita Rosa di Fiore was first married to Pietro Tarantino and had with him 3 children, when he went to prison for drugs she became the wife of his enemy matteo Ciaravella and had also a child with him.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
Their feud starts 30 december 1978 when Alfieri- Primosa man Lorenzo Ricucci was killed. In 1979 was Raffaele Primosa attacked by Francesco “Ciccillo”Libergolis and became paralyzed. In august 1980 were Raffaele Primosa and Francesco “Ciccillo”Libergolis in a firefight with each other. In sepember 1980 Raffael Primosa attacked Michele Libergolis “Calcarulacchio”. Giuseppe Libergolis was killed in 1980 and is a brother of Francesco “Ciccillo” Libergolis and Pasquale Libergolis


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between Ciaravella and Tarantino families
In this city there was a vendetta between the families Ciaravella and Tarantino and it starts 28 march 1981 when Matteo Ciaravella (57) and his wife Incoronata Gualano (55) and their children Nicola Ciaravella (17), Giuseppe Ciaravella (16) and Caterina Ciaravella (5) were killed after which the killers made the bodies disappear, according to rumours they had been fed to pigs. Giuseppe Tarantino (21) was that year jailed , serving life for the murders.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
In 1982 were Libero Vergura, Luciano Stipulante and Giuseppe Quitadamo kidnapped and killed by the Alfieri – Primosa clan. In may 1985 was Alfieri primosa man Angelo di Bari killed.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between Ciaravella and Tarantino families
22 August 1987 was Leonardo Tarantino (27 and born in 1960) killed.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
In January 1989 survives Pasquale Libergolis an attack. 3 weeks later was Luciano Stipulante killed. 10 days later there was an attack at Pasquale Libergolis and his son matteo Libergolis who escapes.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
1 March 1989 Pasquale Libergolis had his enemies the brothers Peppino Alfieri and Pietro Alfieri killed, this happened about a month after an unsuccesfull attempt at the life of Pasquale Libergolis. At the end of 1989 was Giuseppe Libergolis killed (he is the brother of Michele Libergolis “Calcarulacchio”). 5 October 1990 in Foggia the brothers Vittorio (16) and Francesco Carbonelli (19) get killed near their car, their brother Raffaele Carbonelli (23) escapes. In November 1990 was Antonio Del Nobile killed.

Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
2 march 1992 was Matteo Libergolis ( a nephew) shot and killed by Michele Alfieri (15). In july 1992 was Pasquale Libergolis wounded. Soon was Alfieri- primosa man Matteo Scirpoli killed. Then there was an attack at Raffaele Primosa’s son Michele primosa and an attack against bartolomeo La Torre. 18 August 1992 escapes Antonio Miucci from an ambush when he sits in his car. Francesco “Ciccillo”Libergolis is his brother in law. He had recognized his attackers from the Alfieri Primosa clan.


Pasquale Libergolis arrested
Pasquale Libergolis was arrested in august 1992 on the accusation that he had ordered the murders of the brothers Alfieri: he got a sentence of 25 years but was spoken free in 1995 by the High Court in Bari.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
16 september 1992 was in Nova Milanese (Milan) killed Nicolino Primosa (22), son of Antonia Alfieri and Raffaele Primosa, reputed to be the head of the clan Alfieri- Primosa now according to police. For the murder of Nicolino Primosa were 26 october 1992 six supporters of the Libergolis clan arrested, they were later all acquitted.

As revenge were Libergolis men Raffaele Palena and Raffaele Carbonelli (23) killed.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between Ciaravella and Tarantino families
22 December 1992 was Sebastiano Tarantino (31 and born in 1961) shot and killed when he did a holdup, also his brother Giovanni Tarantino was wounded.


Pasquale Libergolis brother in law Matteo Miucci killed
14 January 1993 was Matteo Miucci, the brother in law of Pasquale Libergolis, shot and killed by 2 killers wearing carnaval masks. His brother Antonio Miucci went to the police and told them about the earlier attack on himself. Six men were arrested of the Alfieri Primosa clan and all were acquitted by lack of evidence.


Libergolis partner Francesco Romito orders murders of Terracciano and Anastasio
16 February 1993 were camoristi Antello Anastasio (35) and Raffaele Terracciano killed at the orders of Francesco Romito the partner of Libergolis family.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
In 1993 shot Matteo Libergolis and matteo Rinaldi at each other


Libergolis man Antonio Miucci killed
Antonio Miucci was shot and killed on the public square in Monte Sant Angelo on 14 august 1993 by a man wearing a carnaval mask.


Monte Sant Angelo murdercase Pasquale Libergolis
After Pasquale Libergolis was acquitted in 1995 of the double murdercase of the brothers Alfieri. 16 june 1995 were pasquale Libergolis and matteo Ciuffreda killed and Armando Libergolis wounded. Shooters were Francesco Prencipe and Michele Primosa

Alfieri- Primoso- Libergolis
In Foggia are the Alfieri (Antonia Alfieri)- Primosa clans at war with Francesco LiBergolis. 19 August 1996?? was in this killed Raffaele Fischetti. and shooters were Matteo Lombardi and Pasquale Ricucci


In 1997 was Michele Brigida killed


In 1998 they try to kill Armando Libergolis


Libergolis
31 august 1998 was Biagio Silvestri (34) killed and spoke free was Ciccillo Libergolis and his nephew Armando Libergolis got a life sentence


13 october 1999 were Vincenzo Fania (66) and his son Angelo Fania (30) killed and for this got Gennaro Giovanditto a life sentence


Alfieri- primosa
In may 2000 was near Monte Sant Angelo the man Pasquale Silvestri (52) killed, it is part of the Alfieri Primosa feud with Libergolis.


27 november 2000 was Francesco Vodola (32) killed. Of the murder was accused Raffaele Tolonese


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
30 march 2001 was Michele Tarantino (23 and born in 1978 and the son of to life sentenced Giuseppe Tarantino) killed.


Monte feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
13 april 2001 were in Sannicandro Garganico (Foggia) Giuseppe Quitadamo (40 and his father and brother were already killed), Francesco Prencipe (33) and Daniele De Nittis (25) killed, the first 2 belonged to the Alfieri- Primosa clan and Armando Libergolis got a life sentence. According to police the triple murdercase is part of the feud between the families Libergolis and Alfieri-Primosa from Monte Sant Angelo. Since the start of the feud there have been 33 murders and 2 disappearances. The Alfieri-Primosa clan is led by Antonia Alfieri after the murders of her 2 brothers and her son and they are at war with Francesco Libergolis.


26 july 2001 was fish trader Giovanni Impagnatiello (35) killed because he refused to be extorted


Manfredonia murdercase Lorenzo Ferrandino
In march 2000 was Lorenzo Ferrandino (23) shot dead. His brother is Matteo Ferrandino. 29 october 2000 was Mangini man Matteo Ferrandino shot and killed. His brother is Lorenzo Ferrandino.


Monte Sant Angelo feud between Libergolis and Alfieri- Primosa
2 september 2001 was in Manfredonia in a bar Matteo Mangini (20) killed, he was a friend of the brothers Ferrandino who had been killed in 2000, for his murder got Franco Libergolis and Matteo Libergolis a life sentence while spoken free was Armando Libergolis


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
25 march 2002 was Giovanni Tarantino (34 and born in 1968) killed.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
22 april 2002 was Giovanni Tarantino’s friend Nicandro Antonio Siciliano (45) killed.


Tomaiuolo family
Luigi Tomaiuolo was shot and killed 5 may 2002. Luigi Tomaiuolo his nephew Giuseppe Tomaiuolo “Peppu u banchir”(31) was arrested 15 october 2004


Manfredonia murdercase Matteo Quitadamo
2 August 2002 was Matteo Quitadamo shot and killed, police later arrested his wife Carmela Fiore (41) who had ordered the murder and police also arrest Giuseppe Pacilli (32) and Armando Libergolis (29).

6 january 2009 was Gianluigi Quitadamo (31) shot and killed


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
28 November 2002 was Antonio Ciavarella killed, he is the brother of Matteo who disappeared with his family.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
5 december 2002 was Carmine Tarantino (33 and born in 1969) killed , brother of killed Giovanni Tarantino. For this murder got Matteo Ciavarrella and Gennaro Giovanditto a life sentence.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
16 march 2003 was Daniele Scanzano (40) killed he was close with the Tarantino family.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
25 april 2003 was Luigi Bisceglia (36 and hiself a suspect in the 1994 murder of Giovanni Ricucci whose body was found in may 2000) killed of which was accused Matteo Ciaravella


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
4 may 2003 was Antonio Daniele Graziano (a friend of the killed Daniele Scanzano) killed.


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
11 june 2003 were Giuseppe Limosani (71) and his son Franco Limosani (28) killed they were supporters of the Ciavarella family


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
16 july 2003 were Michele Mangiacotti and Maria Rinaldi killed of which was accused Matteo Ciaravella


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
3 september 2003 was Antonino Vocino killed what seems to have to do with the feud between the families Tarantino and Ciavarella. Life sentence got carmine Grimaldi

Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
The same day 3 september 2003 was also Luigi Tarantino (38 and born in 1964) killed.


Libergolis
25 september 2003 was Michele Santoro (56) killed he was a trustee of Libergolis and had already escped from attacks in October 2000 and august 2002


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
Antonio Tarantino (41) was killed 1 november 2003 with 3 shots outside a bar in Sannicandro Garganico. Of the 8 Tarantino brothers Antonio was the 6th to be killed and his brother Giuseppe Tarantino is still jailed and the other brother still alive is Pietro Tarantino. Police later arrest then for Antonio’s murder the brothers Matteo (24) and Marco Ciavarella (22) with Pietro Centonze (24) and Antonio Pizzarelli (27). The brothers were the sons of the killed Antonio Ciavarella and nephews of the disappeared Matteo and his family.


Francesco Libergolis “Ciccillo”arrested
20 may 2005 was Francesco Libergolis “Ciccillo”arrested, he was sought since 23 june 2004 in a police operation of 123 men affiliated with the clans mafiosi Romito-Li Bergolis and Ciavarella-Tarantino


Sannicandro Garganico (Puglia) feud between families Ciaravella and Tarantino
12 september 2007 was Tarantino clan member Michele Di Monte killed.


Manfredonia boss Franco Romito killed
21 april 2009 were Manfredonia boss Franco Romito (43) and his chauffeur Giuseppe Trotta (64) killed and his son Michele Romito (23) was killed 28 june 2010


25 may 2009 was Romito man Andrea Barbarino (28) killed. Romito man Andrea Barbarino escaped 2 october 2000 with Michele Santoro from an attack


In june 2009 a bomb attack at Ivan and Mario Luciano Romito who survive


26 october 2009 was the boss Francesco “Ciccillo” Libergolis (67 and photo at the net) killed. (his son Matteo Libergolis was killed in march 1992 by Michele Alfieri who revenged this way the murder of his father)


boss Michele Alfieri killed
13 janaury 2010 was the boss Michele Alfieri shot and killed


Libergolis family
27 June 2010 was Leonardo clemente killed he is a nephew of the Libergolis family


16 july 2010 was Raffaele Pirro (73) shot and killed.

[puparo]

REST




Veglie
Boss Francesco Santolla and son Romualdo Santolla (18 when killed in may 1996)


Veglie boss Francesco Santolla’s son Romualdo Santolla killed
Im may 1996 was in Veglie Romualdo Santolla (18) killed by Luigi Vergine to hurt his father Francesco Santolla the boss of Veglie. He was killed by Luigi Vergine from Squinzano, Giuseppe Ricciardi from Squinzano (himself killed in 1999). This was later told by Campi Salentina boss Dario Toma who became a pentito.


Santolla family and Operation Tulipano
Operation Tulipano was aimed at a drugline from Albania into western europe. 28 November 1997 police arrested 24 persons. Boss of the drugline was Francesco Santolla capoclan from Veglie. Arrested were Massimiliano Arnesano from Veglie who got 4 years and 10 months; Alessio Belloni from Lecce who got 5 years and 4 months; Salvatore Capoccia from Veglie who got 8 years; Luigi Desiderio from Copertino who got 4 years and 10 months; Antonio Filieri from Veglie who got 5 years and 8 months; Francesco Muia from Veglie who got 9 years and 6 months; Mauro Pepe from Lecce who got 4 years and 10 months; Andrea Pizzuto from Arnesano who got 4 years and 10 months; Orazio Pizzuto from Arnesano who got 9 years and 6 months; Salvatore Saponaro from Carmiano who got 5 years and 9 months; Marcello Spedicato from Arnesano who got 5 years and 9 months, Arben Teneqexhiu an albanian who had lived for years in Monteroni and got 3 years and 6 months. Spoken free were Mauro Pepe and Francesco Campa from Veglie. Still sought was Francesco Santolla. Cannabis from Albania was send to Italy after which it had been send to Holland, where it was paid with coca pasta which then was refined in 2 cokelabs in Albania. Also they got coca pasta from the curdish PKK.



Andria based families Pastore and Pistillo
Andria’s old boss Agostino Pastore and the upcoming Pistillo- pesce families

Barletta based Pesce – Pistillo family
Brothers Antonio and Francesco Pistillo. Boss Michele Pistillo and his brother Benito Pistillo (killed 12 october 1999). Pistillo clan member Giuseppe Pesce.

Barletta
19 october 1989 was in Barletta prison killed the camorista Vito Antonio Capuana, he was a godson of camorista Pasquale Barra. 14 october 1990 was in Barletta killed Antonio Seccia.

Barletta based Pastore- Campanale – Pistillo family
Raffaele Pignataro disappeared December 1992 and his son is Antonio Pignataro who works for boss Michele Pistillo. 12 october 1999 was Benito Pistillo (married with Maria Capogna) killed, he is the son of Filomena Di Tacchio. 29 december 1999 were Leonardo Granata and Giacinto Capogna killed, they worked for the later killed boss Agostino Pastore, in January 2000 was as suspect of the murders arrested Michele Pistillo (brother of the killed Benito Pistillo. Boss Agostino Pastore was shot and killed 27 september 2000 (was with the Pistillo- Pesce clan). his underboss is Giuseppe Posto.

War started when Giuseppe Zingaro disappeared and 13 october 2000 were also his mother Teresa Lopetuso “La papa nera”(46) and his brother Pietro Zingaro (26) killed?? And wounded was their brother Antonio Zingaro (27).

12 october 2000 were killed Teresa Lopetuso and her son Pietro Zingaro who were suspected of the murder of Agostino Pastore while Lopetuso’s other son Antonio Zingaro escaped. 2 march 2011 police confiscated properties from the brothers Emanuele Lapenna (39 and son in law of Riccardo Campanale of the Pastore clan) and Giuseppe Lapenna (38). 28 december 2001 was Michele Pistillo killed. ?? Boss Michele Pistillo ordered Antonio Pignataro (his father Raffaele Pignataro disappeared December 1992) to murder Pastore member Giuseppe Fortunato (51) who was wounded 20 october 2005.

Barletta based
Barletta based Damiano Cannito- Ruggiero Lattanzio clan



Fasano clan Giuseppe D’Onofrio- Sabatelli
Fasano boss Giacomo Sabatelli (his son Leonardo “Leo”Sabatelli and their nephew Giovanni Sabatelli) and brother Vito Sabatelli

Fasano boss Giacomo Sabatelli had contacts with the sicilian mafia and was killed by them. Pietro Vernengo had been hiding in Fasano. Giovanni Sabatelli whose bar “Skipper”was confiscated.


gruppi Colagrande/Colella, collegato al clan Parisi (Polignano);
gruppo Lacatena (Fasano);
clan Maisto/Casucci (Bari nord);
clan Schino/Zaccaria/Marzulli (Bari);
Enrico Rispoli (Bari nord, Trani);

gruppi Giovanni Rosato, Pietro Susca, Buongiorno, Grassi, Cofano, Carsomo

clan De Pace (Brindisi, Lecce).

Michele Giammaria (43) and his underboss Vincenzo Scardicchio (49)



In the Murgia area, there were accomplished several operations that weakened the group headed by Andria boss Eligio Asseliti (born 5 april 1958 and operating in the Alta Murgia area) and the group headed by Franco CHIMENTI – BACCELLIERI (operating in Sannicandro di Bari) respectively.

Eligio Asseliti was arrested 5 may 2001 with Antonio Buttiglione

Andria boss Eligio Asseliti (45) was arrested 23 february 2004 with Luigi rosa (35). His brother is Salvatore Asseliti

Francesco lalario, Natale lalario, Giovanni lalario “il bello”


San Severo
Severino Palumbo


Lucera based family Tedesco
Boss Antonio Tedesco is married with Giuseppina Ferrante and his brother is Nicola tedesco.

Lucera (Foggia) murdercase Nicola Tedesco
24 september 2003 was Nicola Tedesco, brother of the presumed boss Antonio Tedesco killed.


Foggia based family Basta


Police operations « Iscaro », Saburo and « Free Valley »


SCU
Cigarette smuggling is one of the "historic" occupations of the Italian Mafia group Sacra Corona Unita. The route of the cigarettes began in Montenegro, passed through Romania, (where the cigarettes were hidden under trucks), and then it went on to Italy; from there the cigarettes went shipped to several Western nations.


Rizziconi holdup gone bad
18 november 1997 gasstation owner Vincenzo Surace (59) shoots to death the robbers Vincenzo Maio (32) and Michele Papsidero (22) in Rizziconi.


Ottaviano Mura
Ottaviano Mura had been convicted in Italy of using uncovered checks and fraud and of having ties with Sacra Corona Unita. (Now he is a pentito).


Foggia murdercase Palumbo and Labella
21 Decembre 1999 in Foggia Alfonso Palumbo (32),and Nicola Labella (30) were shot to death from a car in their car and Stefano Mucciarone (31) got wounded.


Carovigno boss Bruno Rillo and Brindisi double murdercase agents De Falco and Sottile
On the night of Feb. 23, 2000, revenue agents with Italy's Guardia di Finanza drove along a highway near the Adriatic port of Brindisi. They were hunting tobacco smugglers. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a Range Rover with reinforced front bumpers and its headlights off swung across the highway and deliberately crashed into the agents' tiny Fiat Punto. Alberto De Falco, 33, and Antonio Sottile, 29, were killed. Two others sitting in the back seat were seriously injured. Driving in the Range Rover, which was crammed full of contraband Marlboro and Merit cigarettes, were Giuseppe Contestabile and Adolfo Bungaro, two soldiers of local crime boss Bruno Rillo. Rillo, who was not in the Range Rover, was arrested and convicted of smuggling. Contestabile and Bungaro were convicted of smuggling and faced murder charges. For the murder of the 2 agents was also convicted Damiano Coffa.


Prencipe and Murdercase Giovanni Impagnatiello
Giovanni Prencipe and Ivan La Fratta were accused of the murder of Giovanni Impagnatiello (31) from Manfredonia on 27 july 2001.


Brindisi Mafioso Vito Fioretti “Tappa Tappa”


Matteo Albano was accused of ordering the murder of Francesco Cognetti “Feluccio”


11 june 1995 were Giacomo Ruta, Stefano clemente and Domenico Frappampina killed.

16 janaury 2000 they tried to kill Giovanni Bottalico (27).

Nicola de Feo (26) was killed 10 july 2000.

Double murder Miolla and Tanzi killed by Raffaele Costanzo

Francesco Attolico was killed

30 july 2003 disappeared Giuseppe leccese

8 april 1996 were killed Cosimo Truppi and Nicola Santacroce

29 october 2007 they try to kill Cristian Pisanello the son in law of Giuseppe Barba.



In Bari was Montenegrin harbour city Bar police boss Vaso Baosic arrested with Djuro Crnojevic (21). Vaso Baosic was accused that he had helped the fugitive Italian bosses: the brothers Tommaso and Raffaele laraspata (pentiti), Giuseppe Cellamare and Sante Vantaggiato to hide in Montenegro.


«Cruise»
Claudio Modeo, Giuseppe Cesario e Cosimo Di Pierro,
L'operazione «Cruise», risalente al 18 luglio del 2001, ha sgominato il clan di Claudio Modeo, il più piccolo dei fratelli della nota famiglia, già condannato all'ergastolo nell'ambito del processo «Ellesponto» Secondo gli investigatori, i traffici illeciti avevano avuto una certa recrudescenza nel periodo tra la fine del '99 e l'autunno 2000, in cui i tre boss erano detenuti a Taranto. Ma l'intervento deciso di Claudio Modeo, che minacciava rappresaglie, avrebbe ristabilito le gerarchie. Calogero Bonsignore e Gaetano Diodato agivano da portaordini e mantenevano i contatti con i referenti napoletani e brindisini. L'avv. Salvatore Maggio ieri ha parlato in difesa di Armando Antonante, Cataldo Sambito, Anna Cellamare e Cataldo Tortella.


The Lucera area, the BARBETTI group, of gypsy origin.
Angelo Salvatore Barbetta (87) and son Rocco Barbetta. Michele Barbetta


San Severo
the Società foggiana and the TESTA-CAMPANARO clan.
San Severo (Foggia) boss Severino Palumbo and his son in law Giuseppe Grassano (43). Palumbo’s ally Matteo Notarangelo

22 may 2004 was the boss Agostino Campanaro (39) killed. 8 january 2008 was Severino Testa (47) arrested in Rumania, he was accused of ordering the murder of Agostino Campanaro.


Vieste area
the COLANCELO and the NOTARANGELO clans still fight against each other.

28 november 2010 were the bodies found of the killed brothers Giovanni Piscopo and Martino Piscopo. Police suspect the Notarangelo clan


Galatina (Bari) based clan Fornelli- Coluccia
brothers Luigi Otello Coluccia, Michele Coluccia, Antonio Coluccia and Carmine Coluccia

Coluccia
The supply of various foodstuff has been awarded to the company D& B. Mario Notaro’s sister Maria Rosa Notaro (wife of Luigi Sparapane)


clan Fornelli
brothers Matteo and Antonio Fornelli run the firms « Master game Srl »and « Revolution Game »which run videopoker machines


Latiano (Brindisi)
Francesco Di Coste (29) was 9 april 2004 killed, he had been involved in police operation Mediana
Operation “MEDIANA” led to the arrest of 164 individuals allegedly involved in smuggling activities;


family Tangredi

Camillo Lorio (got 10 years), 32enne di Lecce, latitante dallo scorso 8 giugno, è stato arrestato il 27 novembre. Lorio "Rino ha creduto di essere caduto in un agguato mafioso organizzato dal gruppo Vincenti-Presta. Le accuse sono state notificate dall'ordinanza denominata "Arpia2", emessa l'8 giugno

Operation Arpia 2 sentences
Lifesentences got : Antonio Giannone "Tonio Pezzetto" (28 from Trepuzzi); Giancarlo Mazzei "Gioacchino" (31 from Surbo) ; Adriano Palazzo "Adriano Culozza” (32 from Trepuzzi); Antonio Cosimo Palazzo "Tonio Culozza" (42 from Campi Salentina); Antonio Tafuro "Cacamele" (29 from Surbo); Paolo Tommasi "Paolo Urrà” (25 from Campi); Emanuele Versienti (29 from Campi). Sandro Maci (40 from Campi) got 40 years. pentito Dario Toma got 18 years; pentito Nicola Luperto got 12 years; pentito Franco Vincenti got 3 years. Simone Cerfeda (29 from Lecce) got 10 years ; Gianfranco Levante (24 from Squinzano); Camillo Lorio "Rino" (32 from Lecce); Angelo Pancrazio Maci (33 from Campi); Antonio Scalinci (37 from Campi); Fabio Schiavone "Fabietto" (24 from Campi); Cesare Vetrugno "Caino" (29 from Campi). Oronzo Cagnazzo (28 from Surbo); Maxime Negro "Puntina" (31 from Surbo); Massimo Nisi (38 from Lecce); Maurizio Marzo (29 from Surbo), Antonio Pellegrino (28 from Squinzano), Patrizio pellegrino (31 from Campi), Antonio Savoia, Pasquale Corleto, Luigi Corvaglia, Giancarlo Dei Lazzaretti, Pantaleo Cannoletta, Donata Perrone, Alessandra Viterbo, Luigi Rella, Cosimo Rampino, Vittorio Aymone, Michele Palazzo, Francesca Conte, Gaetano Pecorella, Elvia Beltmonte, Paolo Spalluto, Salvatore Leone, Massimo Bellini, Gian Vito Lillo and Luigia Cretì, Oliviero Bruno "Alfredo Vincenti" (46 from Surbo); Angela Caputo (26 from Lecce); Filippo Cerfeda (34 from Lecce); Massimiliano Bello; Mario Martella (24 from Surbo); Giuseppe Martena (24 from Campi); Vincenzo Presta (38 from Surbo); Ilde Saponaro (36 from Lecce); Massimo Taurino (32 from Campi); Giuseppe Vincenti (34 from Surbo).

Barletta (Bari province) area the clan CANNITO-LATTANZIO.
Francesco Cannito (42), Ruggiero Lattanzio (44) and Cosimo Damiano Cannito (49)

25 february 2011 were in operation “Download”nine arrested of the Cannito- Lattanzio clan: Francesco Albanese (born 1973), Ruggiero Dicorato (born 1964), Roberto Fascilla (born 1979), Nicola Filannino (born 1974), Antonio Filograsso (born 1955), Michele Matteucci (born 1968), Filippo Tato (born 1978), Antonio Damore (born 1972), Ruggiero Di Salvo (born 1967). They were accused of the murders of the bosses Luigi Sciascia (a member of their own Lattanzio clan who was killed 20 april 1996) and Luigi Corvasce (in march 2003 was killed Gino Corvasce “Karate”) and the murder of the entrepreneur Ruggero Tresca


« Caseificio of Galatina »was run by Rosa Giannotta Chiara (wife of Pietro Longo, the vice president og Galatina football club which was founded by Luciano Coluccia who is a board member.

Tra i latitanti più pericolosi arrestati appartenenti a sodalizi pugliese vanno segnalati: Angelo Gravina, Adriano Perrelli, Donato Laraspata, e Maurizio Coffa (inseriti nell’"Opuscolo dei 500"), Domenico Strisciuolo, Giuseppe Muolo .

Gianluigi Pau e Pierluigi Congiu i due pastori fermati dai carabinieri con l'accusa di concorso in rapina vengono proprio da Villagrande Strisaili, che hanno lasciato pochi mesi fa quando Gianluigi Pau ha accettato la proposta dello zio materno, morto assassinato, di accudire una masseria a Surbo. Va anche detto che i due, che non hanno precedenti specifici, sono lontani parenti dei fratelli Balloi, che vivono da tempo nella zona: uno di loro, Antonio Balloi, nel 1995 venne condannato a 28 anni di reclusione per il rapimento dell'imprenditore Marzio Perrini dopo esser stato coinvolto nel sequestro di Esteranne Ricca. Giuseppe Quarta, uno dei sopravvissuti, ha detto di aver ascoltato alcune frasi in lingua non italiana.

Killers: Luigi Corvasce, Francesco Civita, Giuseppe Fiori, Ruggero Lattanzio, Angelo Antonio Doronzo, Savino Filannino, Gaetano Iodice, Angelo Lombardi, Michele Pavone, Giuseppe Eligiato, Salvatore Liso “Malagnac”, Giovanni Raggi, Antonio Passaquindici, Vito Valerio and Nicola Moramarco

Bari
Lulzim “Luli”Berisha was arrested in Bari province because he was sought since august 1994 in Hameln (Hannover district, Germany) for drugsmuggling. In Bari he was also sought since 1998. Lulzim “Luli”Berisha fights a war with Qamil Shabani and his allies the Hasani clan (powerfull in Podjevo- Pristina area) for the drugroutes to Bari.


In Bari got the Abbaticchio and Bianchi families their heroin delivered by the Albanian boss Qamil Shabani and his allies the Hasani clan. 15 march 2001 was his man the Albanian Alfred Daja (35) arrested in Bari, he had contacts with Sokul Kociu the head of police in Tirana. In the later police operation they confiscated the “Monster Pub”in Rimini and arrested the manager the Albanian Cesar Kasasi. Police found 100 kgs of heroin that arrived in a TIR truck in Bari district where the boss is Emanuele Zonno. Also arrested were Alfred Keya Mettel (37 and born in Durazzo) who lives in Monaco. Also arrested were Pajo Kujtim (33) and the brothers Pietro and Gaetano Pontrelli, Ilir Sukaj and Cani Plarent and Alfred Katro (35). Treasurer for the gang was the woman Sanije Sphresa (32) the wife of the Albanian Alfred Daja

(Luciano Buono, di 43, Antonio Martiradonna, di 30 anni); Ardian Kazazi, di 36, riforniva la riviera romagnola, e Gezim Salillari, di 35, si occupava del mercato campano rifornendo personaggi come i napoletani Ciro Ricciardi, di 46, e Luigi Sansò, di 40.

KOCIU apparteneva ad un gruppo criminale albanese collegato ai cartelli colombiani, come ampiamente provato dal progetto JOURNEY, assieme a BERBALLA Ben Arben e DURDA Fredrick, emersi nel segmento JOURNEY/Italia curato dal R.O.S. L’HASANI e`, inoltre, in rapporto con il gruppo criminale di BAJRAMI Metush, sodalizio criminale macedone, dedito al narcotraffico tra Turchia e Bulgaria. Un nipote del BAJANI, con ampi precedenti specifici, e` stato recentemente localizzato in Trentino Alto Adige. Per ultimo, cellule del gruppo HASANI sono state identificate e disarticolate anche in Gran Bretagna (operation IMMOGEN

[broggman]

Facinating work puparo, much appreciated!.





Broggman.

[puparo]

Thanks Broggman

always nice whem someone compliments you for a piece of writing

otherwise you ask yourself where you are doing it for

greetings from a sunny holland

[broggman]

Cheers Pup, i think its time you became a author, as this is the most informative piece of writing i have seen on scu clans!.


broggman