- Alfieri clan
The Alfieri clan was an Neapolitan
Camorra clan operating on the north-east ofNaples , with its sphere of influence in the municipalities ofSaviano andNola .History
The association between the two Alfieri brothers, Salvatore and Carmine was formed after their father's murder in
Tore Notaio in1952 . They swore to avenge his death and three years later, in1956 , Salvatore Alfieri killed their father's murderer at the social circle of Saviano. Salvatore later lost his life after falling victim to an ambush at a restaurant inPompeii .The loss of his brother and father pushed Carmine into becoming the head of the clan and to gain a position of dominance in the area of Nola. He was an important founding member of the
Nuova Famiglia alliance (NF) that was formed to contrast the growing power ofRaffaele Cutolo 'sNuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO) in the early eighties. The internal infighting between the Casalesi andNuvoletta clan s eventually culminated in the massacre atTorre Annunziata onAugust 26 ,1984 , when at least 14 people onboard a bus and two cars entered the circle of fishermen and opened fire, killing 7 persons belonging to theGionta clan and wounding 7 others.After the defeat of the NCO, the clan became extremely powerful at an increasing pace that continued into the late eighties. In the mid-eighties, the Alfieri clan expanded its hegemony in the
province of Naples in different directions towardsPomigliano d'Arco ,Agro Nocerino Sarcese along the coastline betweenCastellamere di Stabia and Torre Annunziata and into the Vesuvius area in the municipalities ofSomma Vesuviana ,Sant'Anastasia andVolla .He also made new alliances with the
Galasso clan fromPoggiomarino ,Anastasio clan fromSant'Anastasia ,Moccia clan fromAfragola ,Vangone-Limelli clan from Torre Annunziata and other emerging personalities such asFernando Cesarano andLuigi Muollo from Castellamere di Stabia,Biagio Cava from Fifteen,Ciro D'Auria fromSant'Antonio Abate andAngelo Lisciano fromBoscoreale .In
1993 , after his power was undermined by the testimony of his former allyPasquale Galasso , Carmine Alfieri himself became apentito and went on to make devastating revelations against various Camorra clans and figures as well as various local politicians. In2002 and2004 , his son and brother, Antonio and Francesco were murdered due to his collaboration with the authorities. [it icon [http://www.repubblica.it/2004/l/sezioni/cronaca/napoli2/napoli2/napoli2.html Repubblica_it-cronaca Napoli, due omicidi in poche ore ucciso il fratello del boss Alfieri] ]References
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