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Italian Police Capture Alleged Camorra Boss Roberto Mazzarella on Amalfi Coast

The operation signals tighter pressure on the Camorra’s money pipelines.

Overview

  • Police found Mazzarella with his wife and two children in a villa in Vietri sul Mare on Saturday, and he surrendered without a fight.
  • Officers seized €20,000 in cash, three luxury watches, several phones and forged identity papers from the €1,000‑a‑night property.
  • The 48-year-old was No. 4 on the Interior Ministry’s most‑wanted list and had been on the run since January 2025.
  • Prosecutors accuse him of ordering multiple contract killings, including a 2000 shooting in a Naples butcher shop as a revenge attack.
  • Authorities identify him as head of the influential Mazzarella clan within the Naples-based Camorra, long tied to counterfeiting and money laundering.