Paolo Di Lauro
Italian crime boss (born 1953)
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Key Takeaways
- Paolo Di Lauro ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo di ˈlauro] ; born 26 August 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization.
- In 2002, he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and was captured in September 2005.
- For years, he had been the obedient underling of one of the Camorra bosses, Aniello La Monica.
- Di Lauro was among the mourners after La Monica was murdered in 1982, when the shopkeepers of Secondigliano hauled down their shutters as a sign of respect.
Paolo Di Lauro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo di ˈlauro]; born 26 August 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization. He is also known as Ciruzzo 'o milionario (Neapolitan for 'Ciruzzo the millionaire') among other aliases. In 2002, he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and was captured in September 2005.
Biography
Early years
Di Lauro hailed from the Secondigliano neighbourhood, a north-eastern suburb of Naples. For years, he had been the obedient underling of one of the Camorra bosses, Aniello La Monica. He was present at a summit meeting of mafiosi in the early 1980s, when his boss parleyed with Sicilian Mafia boss Michele Greco. Di Lauro was among the mourners after La Monica was murdered in 1982, when the shopkeepers of Secondigliano hauled down their shutters as a sign of respect. Di Lauro's grief was in no way diminished by the fact that, as several supergrasses (informers) have since claimed, he was implicated in his boss's murder.
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