Naples - All 29 defendants in the trial that arose from the raid last July that sent the new generations of the Giuliano and Mazzarella clans to prison have asked for a reduction in their sentences.
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An alliance born to control the illicit activities of the historic center of Naples. All the defendants have opted for the abbreviated trial, hoping for a reduction in the sentence in case of conviction. The preliminary hearing took place the other morning before the preliminary hearing judge (gup) Girardi.
On March 12, as Il Roma anticipates, the judge will decide on the requests for “conditional summary”; subsequently, the word will pass to the public prosecutor and the defense. The sentence is expected for the beginning of July.
THEinvestigation brought to light an unprecedented alliance between the Giuliano and Mazzarella clans and the discovery of three autonomous but federated criminal groups that had established widespread control of the territory through illicit activities such as violence, robberies, extortion, drug trafficking and even the buying and selling of jobs in the hill hospitals.
Julian clan: led by Salvatore Giuliano 'o Russo who later became a repentant and his cousins
Paranza of San Gaetano: headed by Salvatore Barile “Totoriello”, a prominent member of the Mazzarella clan.
Caldarell Groupi: headed by Vincenzo Caldarelli
The names of the 29 defendants
The defendants include: Emanuele Amoroso, Salvatore Barile, Antonio Bonavolta, Pio Vittorio Calcavecchia, Gennaro Caldarelli, Vincenzo Caldarelli, Giovanni Capuano, Stefano Capuano, Luigi Carrano, Pasquale Casaburro, Giuliano Cedola, Raffaele Cella, Domenico De Martino, Luigi Esposito, Ciro Giuliano, Cristiano Giuliano, Salvatore Giuliano “Bombolone”, Salvatore Giuliano “'o Russo” (repentant), Carmine Iafulli, Gennaro Imparato, Salvatore Marino, Angelo Massa, Giuseppe Mauro, Antonio Morra, Cesare Morra, Ciro Oliviero, Massimo Somma, Gennaro Tarascio and Alessio Vicorito.
Many of them could confirm the choice of the abbreviated procedure after having agreed on the defense strategy with their lawyers.
Article published on 26 February 2025 - 08:49
I don't know if it's right or wrong to ask for sentence reductions in cases like these, however it seems to me that alliances between clans are increasingly frequent and I don't know if justice can stop them.
It is really worrying how these organizations continue to operate in the territory, it seems that there is no effective control by the competent authorities and this makes us reflect on the safety of citizens.