Fugitive Camorra Boss Nabbed in Amalfi Coast Villa Raid
Fugitive Camorra Boss Nabbed in Amalfi Coast Villa Raid
Italian police arrest fugitive Camorra boss Roberto Mazzarella after more than a year on the run, found with his family in a luxury Amalfi Coast villa.
An Italian mafia boss on Italy’s most-wanted list has been arrested after more than a year on the run. Roberto Mazzarella, head of the Mazzarella clan of the Camorra, was captured Friday night at a luxury €1,000-a-night villa on the Amalfi Coast, in Vietri sul Mare, where he was with his wife and two children. He did not resist during the raid. The 48-year-old had been on the interior ministry’s list of the most dangerous fugitives, with an arrest warrant dating back to 2000 for the killing of Antonio Maione in San Giovanni a Teduccio. Maione’s brother Ivan confessed to the killing of Mazzarella’s father, Salvatore, in 1995.
The raid was a coordinated operation involving the Carabinieri investigative unit, the Italian air force and the Salerno coastguard. Officers raided the luxury villa on the Amalfi Coast, finding €20,000 in cash and three luxury watches, plus mobile phones and forged identity documents.
The Mazzarella family is tied to smuggling and drug trafficking in Naples and is also involved in counterfeiting and the laundering of proceeds through Milan and northern Italy.
Officials described the arrest as a strong showing of the state’s presence in the territory, with the Naples prefect calling the operation an investigative success and emphasising the restoration of citizens’ sense of security and legality.
Lawmakers welcomed the arrest as a major blow to a criminal network that has long shadowed the region.
