Scampia News

Scampia: Three illegal altars removed

A new operation to restore law and order in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples, where yesterday morning law enforcement officers...
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Scampia and Miano clans: 27 drug lords to be tried immediately.

The state's action is unrelenting and is targeting the heart of the criminal organizations that manage drug flows in the northern Naples area. The Prosecutor's Office has obtained immediate trial for twenty-seven individuals believed to be involved in various capacities in drug trafficking on behalf of the Amato-Pagano clans (Scampia fringe) and...

Scampia: 18-year-old wounded by a bullet on Via Labriola

Naples – An 18-year-old man was injured last night in Naples following an incident involving a firearm. The young man presented to the emergency room around 2:10 a.m. with a wound to his right leg. According to initial information gathered by investigators,...

Scampia, Manfredi announces: "The first 163 apartments for the Vele residents will be ready this summer."

The countdown for Scampia's historic transformation marks a milestone. By the summer, the first 163 apartments for residents of Le Vele will be ready for delivery. The announcement came directly from Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi, who today inspected the heart of the construction site where...

Scampia: A 37-year-old man was arrested for selling heroin on Via Fava.

The State Police's pressure on drug dealing hubs in northern Naples continues. Yesterday morning, officers from the Scampia Police Station arrested a 37-year-old Neapolitan man with a criminal record, caught red-handed while managing a drug sale on Via Giuseppe Fava. The operation...

Nuovo Cinema 167 debuts in Scampia: a free film production course begins.

Naples – High-quality education and social empowerment intertwine in the Vele di Scampia neighborhood. Starting in May 2026, the neighborhood will host the first edition of "Nuovo Cinema 167," a completely free, intensive film production course. The initiative is the result of a strategic collaboration between Cattleya, the Municipality of...

Scampia: Man evades house arrest and is found with cocaine; 53-year-old arrested

Naples - During overnight checks, State Police arrested a 53-year-old Neapolitan man in Scampia, already known to law enforcement, on charges of escape and illegal possession of narcotics. According to the reconstruction by officers at the Scampia Police Station, the man was spotted...

Scampia, the pusher hid the drugs in the wall

State Police intervened during a surveillance operation and caught a Neapolitan man with a criminal record: €75 in drug dealing proceeds and a gram of narcotics seized. Yesterday afternoon, officers from the Scampia Police Station arrested a 21-year-old Neapolitan man with a criminal record for illegal possession of...

Scampia, cocaine under the refrigerator: pusher's checkmate

Naples – An ingenious hiding place, carefully crafted under the body of an appliance, wasn't enough to stop the State Police. Yesterday morning, a convicted felon from the Scampia neighborhood was arrested following a swift operation that dismantled a power plant...

Carabinieri checks in Scampia, six people reported in the "high-impact" raid.

Carabinieri officers conducted extraordinary checks in the Scampia neighborhood, on the northern outskirts of Naples. Officers from the local station, along with the operational unit of the Napoli Stella company, conducted a "high-impact" operation with checkpoints and checks throughout the area. During the operations, 97 people were identified and...

Farewell to Father Domenico Pizzuti, the voice of Scampia

Naples has lost one of its most authoritative and courageous figures. Father Domenico Pizzuti, a Jesuit, sociologist, and professor at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, known for his tireless work in the Scampia neighborhood, has died at the age of 96. The author of numerous essays on Southern Italy, Father Pizzuti always placed...

Scampia: A 14-year-old stabbed "for fun" in a school bathroom attack.

Naples – It wasn't a prank, nor the tragic conclusion of a game between teenagers that spiraled out of control. The circumstances tell a different story: that of a full-blown ambush, orchestrated with frightening coldness, within the walls of the "Pontano delle Arti e dei Mestieri" school...

Naples, knife attack at school in Scampia: 14-year-old student injured in bathroom by 17-year-old

Naples - Fear erupted yesterday afternoon, around 5:00 PM, inside the "Pontano delle Arti e dei Mestieri" school on Viale della Resistenza in Scampia, where a 14-year-old boy was injured in the leg by a bladed weapon. Carabinieri from the local station intervened after...

Scampia: Two minors caught with a knife at school: Reported

Naples – Tension erupted at a school on Via Arcangelo Ghisleri in Scampia, where two 15-year-old students were caught in possession of a knife inside the school. State Police intervened yesterday morning following a report to...

Scampia: Mafia boss Pietro Gemito arrested; hunt underway for those who covered up his fugitive status

Naples – For once, the concrete of Scampia wasn't an impenetrable shell. Pietro Gemito, 30, the man who for weeks played hide-and-seek with the state among the Chalet Bakù lots, saw his dream of impunity vanish yesterday afternoon. The "wall" that...

"A Single French Scrum": How Licciardi and Vanella Grassi Built Their Empire in the Berlingieri District

Naples - "Just one French brawl." It was March 29, 2023. Antonio Bruno, the boss known to everyone in the Berlingieri district of Secondigliano as Tonino Centoundici—after the street number where he built his power—was speaking with his brother-in-law Ciro Cardaropoli, nicknamed 'o lattaro. A conversation...

Camorra: Fugitive Boss Elia Cancello Captured

At dawn, investigators located and arrested fugitive boss Elia Cancello, 42, believed to be a leader of the Cancello/Cifariello clan. The man had been hiding in an apartment in the Arenaccia neighborhood. He had been missing since last September, when he escaped a pre-trial detention order issued against him for serious crimes: association...

A street in Naples named after Ilaria Alpi: memory and courage in Scampia

Scampia celebrates memory and courage. This morning, along the street parallel to Via Baku that leads to the "10º Ilaria Alpi-Carlo Levi" state comprehensive school, a street was officially named after journalist Ilaria Alpi, murdered along with cameraman Miran Hrovatin in 1994 in Somalia, while working as a correspondent for...

Scampia: Checks on illegal school transport: 7 out of 18 vehicles are found to be non-compliant.

Naples - On Monday morning, Carabinieri officers and the Scampia municipal police set up a permanent checkpoint near the main schools in the area. The stated objective was to verify the legality of vehicles used for school transportation, a service often operated by private operators...

Manfredi: "Scampia has a great story." The first 150 families will move into new homes by the end of the year.

Naples - The first 150 families could move back into their new homes in Scampia by the end of the year. Another 150 will follow in 2027. This is the timeline indicated by Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi, speaking on the sidelines of the first Neapolitan screening of the documentary "La diaspora delle Vele di Francesca" (The Diaspora of the Sails) by Francesca...

Scampia, drug dealing crackdown in "33": pusher trapped between the stairwells of buildings

Naples – Law enforcement continues to crack down on drug dealing hubs in the northern suburbs. Carabinieri officers from the Scampia station arrested Luigi Mari, a 53-year-old man already known to authorities, on charges of drug dealing and possession. The operation, the result of careful observation, allowed...