Paolo Di Lauro
| Paolo "Ciruzzo 'o milionario" Di Lauro | |
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| Born |
23 August 1953 Naples, Campania |
| Criminal charge | drug trafficking; Mafia association |
| Criminal penalty | 30 years |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned since 2005 |
| Spouse(s) | Luisa D'Avanzo (sister of boss Enrico D'Avanzo) |
| Children | Eleven sons |
Paolo Di Lauro (born August 23, 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.
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 legendary Camorra bosses Aniello La Monica. He was present at a famous summit meeting of mafiosi in the early 1980s, when his boss parlayed 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.
He was arrested for the first time in 1982, during a Camorra summit in the Neapolitan neighbourhood of Forcella, with other members of the Giuliano clan. At the time, Di Lauro was affiliated with the so-called "Nuova Fratellanza" (New Brotherhood), a gang included in the "Nuova Famiglia" (New Family) which fought against the "Nuova Camorra Organizzata" (New Organized Camorra) of Raffaele Cutolo o prufessore ("the professor"). In 1990s the Di Lauro clan was involved in a struggle with the Ruocco Clan from Mugnano. In 2000s Paolo Di Lauro was wanted in connection with the distribution of cocaine and other drugs, imported from South America into Italy and especially in the Neapolitan neighbourhoods of Scampìa and Secondigliano.
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