Cesare Pagano

Cesare Pagano
Mug shot of Cesare Pagano
Born (1969-10-22) October 22, 1969 (age 55)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
Other namesCesarino
AllegianceDi Lauro clan (until 2002), Amato-Pagano clan / Camorra

Cesare Pagano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare paˈɡaːno, ˈtʃɛː-]; born October 22, 1969) is an Italian Camorrista. Until his arrest in July 2010,[1] he had been on the "most wanted list" of the Italian ministry of the Interior since March 2009, for Camorra association, international drug trafficking and other crimes.[2]

Pagano is one of the leaders of Scissionisti di Secondigliano with his brother-in-law Raffaele Amato. The Amato-Pagano clan started a war, known as the Scampia feud, with the Di Lauro clan to take over the control of main drug-dealing turf in the Naples area that resulted in the deaths of around 70 people between 2004 and 2005.[1][3]

Arrest

On July 8, 2010, Pagano and two other men – including his fugitive nephew Carmine Pagano – were arrested in a beach villa in Licola near the town of Pozzuoli, on the northern shoreline of the sprawling southern Italian city of Naples. They put up no resistance after police surrounded a house where they were hiding and fired warning shots.[1]

He is now serving a life sentence.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Camorra, preso Cesare Pagano, era il capoclan degli scissionisti". La Stampa (in Italian). July 8, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Direzione centrale della Polizia Criminale - Programma Speciale di Ricerca - Pagano Cesare Archived November 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Camorra kingpin caught[permanent dead link‍], ANSA, July 8, 2010
  4. ^ "Delitti Amoruso e Dell'Oioio: carcere a vita per Cesare Pagano - InterNapoli.it". Internapoli.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved September 16, 2017.