Overview
- Mazzarella, detained early Saturday in Vietri sul Mare, was found at a villa rented under a false name with his wife and two children.
- Investigators traced him after a year of monitoring his social accounts and payments made with relatives’ cards.
- The raid, led by Naples Carabinieri and coordinated by anti-mafia prosecutors, drew support from the Cacciatori di Calabria, Api units and a Salerno Coast Guard boat.
- Prosecutors accuse him of ordering the 2000 killing of Antonio Maione during a Camorra feud in Naples and say he also took part in the ambush.
- He had been a fugitive since January 28, 2025 under a European arrest warrant and a top-tier target for the Interior Ministry, and his capture cuts the most-wanted list to three.