Scissionisti di Secondigliano
Founded2004
Founded byRaffaele Amato
Founding locationSecondigliano
Years active2004-present
TerritoryItaly:
Secondigliano, Scampia, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca Mugnano
Spain:
Costa del Sol, Barcelona and Galicia
Criminal activitiesMurder, extortion, drug trafficking, smuggling, money laundering
AlliesLo Russo clan (defunct)
Russo clan (from the QS)
Bizzarro clan
Lepre clan
Ruocco clan
'Ndrangheta
RivalsDi 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.

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

  • 2004-2009 — Raffaele Amato — Arrested on April 17, 2009.[7]
  • 2004-2010 — Cesare Pagano — Arrested on July 8, 2010. Serving a life sentence in prison.[8]
  • 2010-2014 — Mariano Riccio — Arrested on February 4, 2014.[9]
  • 2014-2017 — Rosaria Pagano — Sister of Cesare Pagano and widow of Pietro Amato, brother of Raffaele Amato. Arrested on January 17, 2017.[10]
  • 2017–present — Emanuele Amato — Nephew of Raffaele Amato.[11]

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:

  • Abbinante clan (Marano) -
    • Boss: Raffaele Abbinante, a.k.a. "Papale e Marano", brothers Antonio and Giudo, nephew Francesco (they were originally part of the Di Lauro clan, but were caught up in a 2002 sweep that jailed boss Raffaele, a former Di Lauro lieutenant. Then they aligned with the scissionisti).[12]
  • Notturno clan (Scampia) -
    • Boss: Raffaele Notturno and Gennaro Notturno a.k.a. "‘o sarracin" (Gennaro become a pentito and Raffaele is in jail).[13][14]
  • Abete clan (Scampia) -
    • Boss: Arcangelo Abete. (Currently serving a life sentence in prison.)[15]
  • Pariante clan (Bacoli, Monte di Procida) -
    • Boss: Rosario Pariante (Pariante was a former Di Lauro lieutenant, who split with the group joining the scissionisti alliance in late 2004).[16]
  • Marino clan (Case Celesti, Secondigliano) -
    • Boss: Gennaro Marino, a.k.a. "‘o McKay". Head of the military wing of the Scissionisti.[17] Eventually, after the Scampia feud, the Marino clan went to war against the Scissionisti.[18]

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

References

  1. ↑ Tommasone, Giancarlo (2021-06-15). "Il progetto del clan Amato-Pagano: riprendersi Scampia e tutta l'area Nord". Stylo24 - Ultime Notizie su Napoli e la Campania (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  2. ↑ Redazione (2017-12-16). "Il clan dei trafficanti che fece la guerra a Ciruzzo 'o milionario". Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. ↑ Liguori, Alfonso Maria (2017-03-20). "Scissionisti di Secondigliano: i "Signori della Guerra" tra fiumi di droga, killer e ristoranti". Il Gazzettino vesuviano | IGV (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  4. ↑ Redazione (2020-04-02). ""Il boss Imperiale aveva un negozietto di droga fin dagli anni Novanta"". Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  5. ↑ Humphreys, Adrian (2017-01-20). "Stolen Van Gogh masterpieces found in Mafia's lair returning home after mobster's conviction | National Post". Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Maffiabaas en Van Gogh-koper werkte jarenlang in Amsterdam". ad.nl (in Dutch).
  7. ↑ Naples mafia leader held in Spain, BBC News, May 18, 2009
  8. ↑ "Delitti Amoruso e Dell'Oioio: carcere a vita per Cesare Pagano - InterNapoli.it". Internapoli.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Italian 'most wanted' mafia boss Mario Riccio arrested in police crackdown on Camorra crime organisation". The Independent. February 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Blitz della Polizia, arrestata Rosaria Pagano sorella del boss Cesare. In manette 17 persone". vocedinapoli.it (in Italian). January 17, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Camorra, blitz dei carabinieri a casa di Emanuele Amato, nipote del boss Raffaele: sequestrati soldi e preziosi". www.ilmattino.it (in Italian). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  12. ↑ "Napoli, manette al boss Abbinante "E' il numero due degli scissionisti" - cronaca - Repubblica.it". www.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  13. ↑ Bitonto, Stefano Di (2020-04-10). "Clan Notturno di Scampia, esclusa l'accusa di camorra per il boss Raia". InterNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  14. ↑ Redazione (2017-09-18). "Trucidato il figlio del boss Raffaele Notturno, torna l'incubo faida a Scampia". Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  15. ↑ "Tatuatore di Lavezzi ucciso, ergastolo ai due boss. E la sorella posta un video su Fb: "La camorra colpisce chi è solo"". www.ilmattino.it (in Italian). 29 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  16. ↑ "Camorra, si pente il boss Rosario Pariante". L'HuffPost (in Italian). 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  17. ↑ "Chi era il boss Gaetano Marino, ex marito di Tina Rispoli, ucciso in un agguato di camorra". Napoli Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  18. ↑ Donato, Saverio Di (2019-08-29). "La guerra tra il McKay e gli Scissionisti, la storia della seconda faida". InterNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  19. ↑ Bitonto, Stefano Di (2019-04-09). "Socio degli Amato-Pagano 'corteggiato' dal boss Abete: Raffaele Imperiale ha deciso la faida di Scampia". InterNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  20. ↑ "Napoli, arrestato Antonio Abbinante: era il nuovo boss di Scampia, reggente del clan". Napoli Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  21. ↑ Internapoli, Redazione (2019-10-25). ""Alleanza di Secondigliano e Mazzarella i clan più attenzionati", parla il Capo della Procura". InterNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  22. ↑ Internapoli, Redazione (2020-01-16). "Un nuovo pentito fa tremare gli Amato-Pagano: era il narcos del clan degli Scissionisti". InterNapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-13.

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