[1] Paolo Di Lauro, head of the Camorra clan that runs the northern suburbs, was in charge of a tightly managed drug empire that imported cocaine and heroin and distributed it through an army of dealers.
On October 28, 2004, Raffaele Amato ordered the murders of Fulvio Montanino and Claudio Salierno, men who were fiercely loyal to Cosimo Di Lauro.
[5][failed verification] On November 21, 2004, 21-year-old Gelsomina Verde was abducted and brutally tortured, probably in an effort to get her to disclose the whereabouts of her former boyfriend, Gennaro Notturno, a Scissionisti clan member.
[1] The governor of the Campania region (of which Naples is the capital) Antonio Bassolino said: "This challenge must be met and the state must pay attention."
[1][6] His brother Cosimo Di Lauro was arrested on January 21, 2005, and the head of one of the rival organization, Raffaele Amato on February 26, 2005.
[5][8] On September 16, 2005, police arrested Paolo Di Lauro in a modest apartment in Secondigliano, on the city's poor northern outskirts.