Camorra: boss Raffaele Cutolo has died

(ANSA) - NAPLES, FEBRUARY 17 - The boss of the Camorra RaffaeleCutolo, after a long illness, died in the health department of the Parma prison.

The founder and head of the NuovaCamorra Organized was 79 years old and was the oldest inmate at 41bis.

    In the last period Cutolo had been several times transferred from prison to the hospital ward.

    In rejecting the latest application for postponement of the sentence, made by the defense of the boss for health conditions, the Court of Surveillance of Bologna had emphasized, in June 2020, how his conditions were compatible with the detention. But above all how, despite his age, Cutolo was still a symbol. "It can be assumed that the presence of RaffaeleCutolo could strengthen the criminal groups that still refer to the NCO, groups with respect to which Cutolo has fully maintained the charisma", wrote the judges. And suddenly they continued: "Despite his age and the persistent detention he represents a 'symbol' for all those criminal groups" who continue to refer to his name. (HANDLE).