She was the first woman to be convicted of mafia association. Anna Mazza, the feared “black widow of the Camorra” died this morning after a short illness.
She was 80 years old and was hospitalized in the Villa dei Fiori clinic in Acerra. She had suffered a stroke on September 19th.
She was the widow of Gennaro Moccia, the godfather of Afragola who was killed in the Seventies.
The history of the Camorra tells that it was she who avenged her husband's death by arming the hand of her son Antonio, who was thirteen at the time, by having Antonio Giugliano killed in the courtyard of Castel Capuano, the former seat of the Court of Naples. The woman was arrested as the instigator of the criminal act, but acquitted during the preliminary investigation.
In April 1976, Gennaro Moccia was murdered in an ambush by killers from the rival Magliulo and Giugliano clans. From that moment on, the criminal story of Anna Mazza began. At the age of 39, she inherited from her husband the command of one of the most powerful groups in the whole of Campania, hegemonic in the municipalities to the north-east of Naples, in particular Afragola, Arzano, Caivano, Casoria and surrounding areas.
Article published on 25 September 2017 - 11:35
