Camorra Mafia Arrests In Naples, Italy, Include 16 Judges And $1.3 Billion In Seized Assests

In a huge anti-mafia bust, 16 judges have been arrested near Naples, Italy, according to the BBC, for allegedly being in cahoots with Italy's notorious Camorra crime syndicate. Corriere della Sera reports that assets seized as part of the raid are worth more than $1.3 billion including financial assets, stock holdings, bank accounts, land, real estate and vehicles.

Police allege that the judges accepted bribes to rule in favor of the Camorra in financial cases, the Australian Broadcasting Company reports, and one judge is said to have worked as an accountant for the crime family.

AGI notes that 47 people have been arrested in all, with 22 in jail, 25 under house arrest and an additional 13 people banned from living in the province of Naples. Thus far police have not released names of people implicated in the raid.

The Camorra family gained infamy for its extortion and drug trafficking exploits, the BBC writes, but police investigations have shed light on the reach of its criminal activity in real estate, hotel management and the food industry. According to a BBC documentary from 2011, the Neapolitan crime family is responsible for more than 3,000 deaths over the last three decades, operating as a pseudo-government that controls illicit drugs, business, politics and the garbage disposal industry.

Comments

[GCL 1]

08:45 AM on 03/22/2012

Didn't even know Naples had a mafia till I watched Gomorrah.

Those Camorra guys are hard core - as tough, if not tougher than the Sicilian mob.

[jgomez1975]

01:02 AM on 03/21/2012

3000 deaths in three decades is a walk in the park by mexican cartels standards

[BR549guy]

11:21 PM on 03/20/2012

So, when will the arrests start taking place for those criminals in our legislature and the White House?

[BobLobblaw]

11:24 PM on 03/21/2012

Actually very soon. I'm serious. Something very big is on the near horizon.

[special38x2]

06:55 PM on 03/20/2012

Congrats Italy!

[Gary Strawley]

06:44 PM on 03/20/2012

Now we must stand up to the MAFIA THAT IS OUR CONGRESS!!!

[anonymous67]

06:29 PM on 03/20/2012

America needs to hire these Italian prosecutors to clean house within the US government. Its now been over three years since Wall Street's orgy of fraud and perjury -- and not a single financial executive has criminally prosecuted.

Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives passed legislation this week to further legalize Wall Street's fraud in the securities market -- even though most are still struggling to recover from their last crime spree.

America, our government is CORRUPT. We must get money, corporations and lobbyists out of our democracy -- and return government to the people.

[timesrtough]

05:45 PM on 03/20/2012

Do you think it is possible the police were watching or tracking or monitoring these guys to see if they were involved in any illegal activity? You know like gathering evidence and building a case against them? That would be so wrong if the police had any kind of surveillance in place.

[corte33]

05:05 PM on 03/20/2012

This would never happen in America. The MAFIA contributes to political campaigns.

[Gary Strawley]

06:49 PM on 03/20/2012

The mafia is our congress!!

[special38x2]

06:56 PM on 03/20/2012

LOL, under the guise of Not-for-Profit organizations of course...

[longnow]

04:08 PM on 03/20/2012

GOOD! 50% of Italy's debt comes due in 2 yrs...

I'm glad there will be a government to reschedule,
and/or default. Israel & Republican nominees for the
US presidency are beating the drums AGAIN for war with Iran
which just happens to conveniently raise the price of oil
for the purpose of getting a neocon Republican back in power.
Republicans sure do love feeding off that Dept. of Defense
"infinite" budget where they can spend billions &hide it
behind the fog of war...in this case...3 wars not including
the budget for the war on terror which makes 4.

[Bartmadness]

01:53 PM on 03/20/2012

The people in this city are now bound to feel some aftershocks when this is all said and done. I hope they don't regret this.

[TwoZeroOZ]

02:28 PM on 03/20/2012

...what?

[norkas]

01:27 PM on 03/20/2012

Judges in America who are found guilty of corruption should have to serve life in prison.

The reason is the effect they have on others life's often ruining them and their famlies for life!

[T Trump]

01:16 PM on 03/20/2012

Police allege that the judges accepted bribes to rule in favor of the Camorra in financial cases.
I HAVE A QUESTION, what's the difference between this and what America's elected political leaders are doing everyday? They are bribed everyday to vote the way anyone funding their next election wants them to, aren't they?

[TwoZeroOZ]

02:29 PM on 03/20/2012

The line between bribe and gift is definitely a fuzzy one

[MarilynBB]

03:09 PM on 03/20/2012

A true gift doesn't have expectations attached.

[chessienut]

02:42 PM on 03/20/2012

The difference between the mafia and the US government is you can usually trust the mafia not to screw you unless you screw with them.

[uninterestedbystander]

12:51 PM on 03/20/2012

Goldman Sachs Mafia Arrests on Wall Street, Include 1,600 Politicians And $1.3 Trillion In Seized Asserts

Fixed it for ya.....

[ethelmertzrules]

01:23 PM on 03/20/2012

I was just wondering what the US's cut was...

[gravityhunter]

12:49 PM on 03/20/2012

A mexican cartel would have turned the city into a war zone........

[Clay Brogdon]

03:14 PM on 03/20/2012

that is an interesting point, makes one think..