[citation needed] In 1982, Luigi Vollaro was arrested after spending three years on the run and was charged with the murder of Giuseppe Mutillo in 1980.

Another son, Antonio who had dissociated from the family business early on, was wrongly detained years for a murder committed by his brother Ciro.

Ciro admitted to the murder after becoming a pentito (collaborator with Italian Justice) and with his confessions, dealt a massive blow to the clan's activities.

The investigation leading to the arrests showed that nearly the entire town of Portici paid extortion money (the pizzo) to the clan, from the shops in the center to ambulant street sellers.

[3] The continuing arrests of the Vollaro clan's members is likely to break the balance of local organized crime.