Scissionisti di Secondigliano

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Scissionisti di Secondigliano
Founded2004
Founded by Raffaele Amato
Founding location Secondigliano
Years active2004-present
TerritoryItaly:
Secondigliano, Scampia, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca Mugnano
Spain:
Costa del Sol, Barcelona and Galicia
Criminal activities Murder, extortion, drug trafficking, smuggling, money laundering
Allies Lo Russo clan (defunct)
Russo clan (from the QS)
Bizzarro clan
Lepre clan
Ruocco clan
'Ndrangheta
Rivals Di Lauro clan
Vanella Grassi (girati)
Former allies:
Abbinante clan
Pariante clan
Notturno clan
Marino clan

The Scissionisti di Secondigliano or Amato-Pagano clan is a Camorra clan from the Secondigliano district of Naples, headed by Raffaele Amato and Cesare Pagano. They are also known as "Spagnoli" (Spaniards) because of their strong presence in Spain, particularly in Costa del Sol and Barcelona.

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After the end of the war against the Di Lauro clan, the group fell apart, starting a violent internal war. In the present day the Scissionisti di Secondigliano are known as the Amato-Pagano clan. Currently, the organization is one of the most important in the entire Camorra in terms of international drug trafficking. [1]

History

Raffaele Amato split from the Di Lauro clan and tried to assert the Scissionisti's control over drugs and prostitution rackets in the areas, that included Secondigliano and Scampia. Amato aligned himself with several Sistema leaders, as the Camorra is known in Naples, which included Gennaro Marino and Arcangelo Abete. The war, known as the Scampia feud (Italian "faida di Scampìa"), resulted in over 100 murders in 2004 and 2005. The feud caused widespread public revulsion against the Camorra and led to a major crackdown by the authorities. [2] [3]

Secondigliano was historically controlled by the Di Lauro clan whereas Scampia, Casavatore, Chiaiano, Marianella, Piscinola, Giugliano and Melito is under the control of the Scissionisti.

Raffaele Imperiale, one of the most important drug traffickers of Naples, and an important affiliate of the Amato-Pagano clan, was involved in large scale cocaine trafficking from the Netherlands. In the 1990s he was a member of the Di Lauro clan, but changed sides becoming an affiliate of the Scissionisti first and of the Amato-Pagano later. [4] Imperiale worked in Amsterdam until 2008. In 2016, two stolen Van Gogh paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002 were recovered in a villa near Naples, owned by him. Imperiale was sentenced to 18 years in absentia for drug offenses. [5] [6]

Leaders

Historical allies

In addition to the faction commanded by the Amato-Pagano, other clans were most often included in the "Scissionisti di Secondigliano", such as:

After the end of the feud against the Di Lauro clan, more precisely in 2012, most of the former groups that formed the "Scissionisti di Secondigliano" started an internal war, one example was the so-called "Second Scampia feud", a war waged between the Amato-Pagano clan against the Abete, Abbinante and Notturno clans. [19] [20]

Current status

According to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia, despite the arrests of important members of the organization, the Amato-Pagano clan continues to maintain the monopoly of drug trafficking and military control of the territory through extortion, having a leading role in the criminal activities in the north region of the city of Naples. [21]

The Amato-Pagano clan had also their own faction, specialised in trafficking drugs via Eastern Europe. The group was led by Sabev Tsvetan, a Bulgarian citizen. In 2020, Tsvetan decided to break omertà and become a pentito (collaborate with prosecutors). According to the investigations, his cooperation would be another blow to the organization. [22]

See also

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