Nuova Camorra Organizzata

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The Nuova Camorra Organizzata (in English: New Organized Camorra) was an Italian Camorra criminal organization founded in the late 1970s by a Neapolitan Camorrista, Raffaele Cutolo, in the region of Campania. It was also known by the initials NCO. The organization was established with the purpose of reforming the traditional Camorra, which had long controlled cigarette smuggling and extortion schemes in Neapolitan markets. To this end, Cutolo created a structured and hierarchical organization, in stark contrast to the Camorra in that period, which was traditionally composed of independent and autonomous clans. The members of the NCO were often referred to by rival Camorristi and Italian law enforcement as "Cutoliani". According to the Italian Justice Department, by 1981 the NCO had become the strongest Camorra clan and one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the nation, providing a living for at least 200,000 people in the Neapolitan area alone. It was distinctly hostile to the...

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