Cesare Pagano (; born October 22, 1969) is an Italian
Camorrista. Until his arrest in July 2010,
he had been on the "
most wanted list
A most wanted list is a list of criminals and alleged criminals who are believed to be fugitive, at large and are identified as a law enforcement agency's highest priority for capture. The list can alert the public to be watchful, and generates ...
" of the Italian ministry of the Interior since March 2009, for
association, international drug trafficking and other crimes.
Pagano is one of the leaders of
Scissionisti di Secondigliano
The Scissionisti di Secondigliano or Amato-Pagano clan is a Camorra clan from the Secondigliano district of Naples, headed by Raffaele Amato and Cesare Pagano. They are also known as ''"Spagnoli"'' (Spaniards) because of their strong presence i ...
with his brother-in-law
Raffaele Amato
Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Scissionisti di Secondigliano, Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, in ...
. 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.
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ANSA, July 8, 2010
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
Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula.
History
Antiquity
Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia ...
, 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.
He is now serving a life sentence.
References
1969 births
Living people
Di Lauro clan
Scissionisti di Secondigliano
Camorristi sentenced to life imprisonment
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