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Drug trafficking crackdown: the Russo clan also planted drugs in the Triano district and Torre Annunziata.
Naples – A sprawling network, capable of moving nimbly between the Nola area, Lombardy, and foreign supply channels in Spain, with a single goal: to flood the streets with cocaine and hashish dealing to fill the coffers of organized crime. This is the scenario outlined in the pre-trial detention order...
Judicial Chronicle
Camorra and international drug trafficking: Russo clan defeated with 23 precautionary measures
The State Police have dealt a severe blow to organized crime in the Nola area. At the request of the Naples District Attorney, officers executed a precautionary detention order against 23 individuals. The individuals subject to the order, issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge at the request of...
Naples News
Vote-buying in Nola: 10 people on trial for vote-buying
Naples – An auction of consciences among the ballot boxes, with prices ranging from €60 to €150 per vote. And, for those seeking support, a veritable "criminal career" plan: €2,000 for every hundred "recruits," €1,000 bonuses upon election victory, promises of a job...
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Nola, lawyer who fabricated favorable sentences for clients pleads guilty to four years for fraud and forgery.
Nola – A veritable "theater of deception" staged inside a law firm. There's no other way to describe the incredible legal case that led to the four-year prison sentence for Mario Cusano, a lawyer from the Nola court, accused of systematically derelict duties.
Naples News
Gold buyers targeted by the Guardia di Finanza: €600 seized.
A major seizure of a gold-buying company operating in the Nola area. Officers from the Naples Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza executed two precautionary seizure orders, including for equivalent assets, issued by the investigating judge of the Nola Court at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office, for...
Naples News
Ancient Greek: A student from Nola triumphs, beating competitors from across Europe.
A student from Campania has won the 13th edition of the Agon Politikos, the prestigious international Ancient Greek competition. Gennaro Marco Tarallo, a fourth-year student at the Carducci Classical High School in Nola, took first place in the translation competition, also being the only male representative on the podium. In second place...
Naples News
On Domenico Caliendo's thirtieth birthday, solidarity continues: events, fundraisers, and a mural to commemorate him.
Naples - One month after the passing of Domenico Caliendo, the two-year-old boy who died on February 21st at Naples' Monaldi Hospital following complications from a failed heart transplant, grief gives way to a growing collective outcry. On the thirtieth day, family members...
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Woman knocks over 16th-century statue of San Paolino in Nola Cathedral
Moments of fear and dismay this morning at the Cathedral of Nola, where a woman committed an incomprehensible act that threatened the city's artistic heritage. In a sudden act, the woman, having entered the cathedral, headed toward the altar and dropped the...
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Nola, a blow to the stolen spare parts supply chain: two men reported for receiving stolen goods.
Yesterday (March 13, 2026), officers from the Nola Police Station conducted a targeted raid on a local transportation company's warehouse. The operation was part of operations designed to combat the increasingly widespread organized theft of automotive components.
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A final farewell to Domenico: in Nola, a hug between his mother and the director of the Monaldi Hospital.
Nola – Nola Cathedral today became the beating heart of a grief that has shaken the entire nation. Among the naves of the Cathedral, where the chapel of rest has been set up for little Domenico—the seven-year-old boy who died after a difficult transplant...
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Farewell to little Domenico, a packed cathedral: thousands in tears for "Our Warrior"
When the white coffin passed through the Duomo's doors, the cathedral was already packed. Thousands of people awaited the arrival of little Domenico, two years and four months old, who died on February 21st after a heart transplant. The procedure was marred by an error in transporting the organ, which resulted in it being frozen. Outside...
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Nola, a final farewell to little Domenico: crowds gather at the Duomo for the funeral.
NOLA – A mournful silence accompanied the entry of the small white coffin into the Cathedral of Nola. Immediately after the coffin's arrival, a long line of people formed, heading toward the altar to pay their last respects to Domenico and to embrace his mother, Patrizia...
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Madness in Nola: Man stabs son-in-law with scissors after argument, 58-year-old arrested
Nola – A trivial domestic argument escalated into near-tragedy last night in Nola. A 58-year-old man, already known to law enforcement, was arrested by the State Police on charges of attempted murder against his son-in-law. Blood in the hospital corridor: the alarm was raised.
Naples News
"In 24 hours my world fell apart": Domenico's father's grief
Naples - There's a date Antonio Caliendo can't get out of his head: the evening between December 22nd and 23rd, 2025. Domenico enters the hospital, at Monaldi, and the family begins a breathless race. But those hours bring with them another wound, even more...
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Domenico's heart was removed before the new organ arrived: clash over the timing
Naples - Fourteen minutes weigh heavily on the investigation into the death of Domenico, two years and four months old, who died after a heart transplant performed on December 23rd at Monaldi Hospital. According to the extracorporeal circulation (ECC) record, the so-called "no-way back point"—the moment when the...
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Nola's farewell to Domenico: "You were supposed to grow up, not just news."
Nola– The silence of Via Circumvallazione is broken only by the rustling of flowers placed before a makeshift altar. Nola awoke like this, suspended between disbelief and breathless grief, to gather around Domenico's family. The boy, just two years and four months old,...
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Domenico, the family's lawyer requests the hypothesis of eventual intent and voluntary homicide.
Naples - The family of little Domenico Caliendo, represented by lawyer Francesco Petruzzi, is requesting that, following the investigation, the charge of voluntary manslaughter be filed. "From an examination of the medical records, there are all the grounds for establishing possible intent," the lawyer stated, thus ruling out the possibility of manslaughter. The possibility...
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Monaldi, a lesson from his mother Patrizia: "No money for us, donate to AIDO. I'm still hoping for a miracle."
Naples – There are depths of pain where it's almost impossible not to lose your bearings, yet it's precisely there that an extraordinary generosity of spirit sometimes emerges. This is the case of Patrizia Mercolino, mother of little Domenico, the child admitted to the Monaldi Hospital in Naples who is struggling...
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Nola, 300 people brave the rain at the vigil for little Domenico.
Nola– The incessant rain wasn't enough to dampen hope, nor to stop the solidarity of an entire city. This evening, Nola gathered in a heartfelt embrace around the family of little Domenico, the two-year-old boy admitted to the Monaldi Hospital in Naples after receiving...
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A torchlight procession in Nola for little Domenico: the community and family ask for hope and clarity.
A candlelight vigil will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19th, at 6:30 PM in Piazza Duomo in Nola in solidarity with little Domenico, the two-year-old boy who underwent a heart transplant in Naples that later proved to be damaged. The initiative will depart from the city's Cathedral, where Domenico's family lives.
