June 27, 1958 - Salvatore Russo
As co-founder of the Russo clan, he helped build one of the Camorra's more durable provincial structures, extending the organization's reach across roughly forty municipalities in the Naples hinterland over three decades. The clan's longevity owed much to its alignment with senior Camorra figures and its diversification into legitimate business fronts — a pattern made visible when the Italian state seized assets worth 300 million euros in 2008, including real estate, supermarkets, and Swiss accounts.
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Salvatore Russo (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre ˈrusso]; born 27 June 1958 in Nola) is an Italian Camorrista and boss of the Russo clan from Nola, which he co-founded. He has been running the clan together with his brother Pasquale for over thirty years. He has been on the "most wanted list" of the Italian ministry of the Interior since 1995, for Camorra association, murder, concealment of corpse and other crimes. On 15 April 1994 an international warrant was issued against him, to be arrested for extradition.
The criminal career of the Russo brothers started in the 1970s and they had close ties to Mario Fabbrocino and Michele Zaza. Later, they were in the top of the clan of Carmine Alfieri.
In March 2008, assets worth 300 million euros belonging to the Russo clan were seized by the Italian State, including real estate, two supermarkets, luxury cars, and Swiss bank accounts. Police said the Russo clan had total control over illegal activity in about 40 towns in the Naples region.
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