Editing Camorra (section)

==Alliances with other criminal groups==

===Camorra-'Ndrangheta===

According to the media, there have always been alliances between the Camorra and the [['Ndrangheta]] members. On 26 August 1976, [[Domenico Tripodo]], a powerful 'Ndrangheta boss of the time, was stabbed to death in prison on the request of the [[De Stefano 'ndrina]], and with the help of Camorra boss [[Raffaele Cutolo]], the boss of the [[Nuova Camorra Organizzata]] (NCO) who worked with the De Stefano's in drug trafficking.<ref name=pais270876>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/ITALIA/dirigente/mafioso/apunalado/carcel/Napoles/elpepiint/19760827elpepiint_3/Tes/ Un dirigente mafioso es apuñalado en una cárcel de Nápoles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811055425/http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/ITALIA/dirigente/mafioso/apunalado/carcel/Napoles/elpepiint/19760827elpepiint_3/Tes |date=11 August 2011 }}, El País, 27 August 1976</ref>

The Tamanaco operation that ended on 22 June 2010, destroyed a drug trafficking operation managed by the La Torre clan from [[Mondragone]] and the [[Barbaro 'ndrina]] from [[Platì]]. The operation consisted in transporting the drugs from Venezuela and Colombia, through several European ports including the port of [[Amsterdam]]. At the port of [[Livorno]], 700 kilos of cocaine were seized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2010/22-giugno-2010/cocaina-sudamerica-olanda-patto-criminale-ndrangheta-camorra-1703243208674.shtml|title=Patto criminale tra 'ndrangheta e camorra Cocaina dal Sudamerica all'Europa – Corriere del Mezzogiorno|website=Corriere della Sera|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906041635/http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2010/22-giugno-2010/cocaina-sudamerica-olanda-patto-criminale-ndrangheta-camorra-1703243208674.shtml|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 11 May 2016, a criminal alliance between the [[Sinti]] criminal organization [[Casamonica clan]], members of the Camorra, and affiliates from the [['Ndrangheta]]'s of [[Polistena]], [[Taurianova]] and [[Melicucco]] was dismantled by the police. €25&nbsp;million were seized.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cn24tv.it/news/133996/roma-sequestrati-beni-per-25mln-alla-triade-di-ndrangheta-camorra-e-casamonica.html|title=Roma: sequestrati beni per 25mln alla "triade" di 'ndrangheta, camorra e Casamonica|website=CN24|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091330/http://www.cn24tv.it/news/133996/roma-sequestrati-beni-per-25mln-alla-triade-di-ndrangheta-camorra-e-casamonica.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 March 2018, 19 arrests were made in Rome of alleged members belonging to the [[Licciardi clan]] of the Camorra and members of the Filippone 'ndrina and Gallico 'ndrina accused of drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2018/03/21/italia/camorra-e-ndrangheta-arresti-a-roma-fhtf6U9A37dxOEYFn7XMVN/pagina.html|title=Camorra e 'ndrangheta, 19 arresti a Roma|website=La Stampa|date=21 March 2018|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321034951/https://www.lastampa.it/2018/03/21/italia/camorra-e-ndrangheta-arresti-a-roma-fhtf6U9A37dxOEYFn7XMVN/pagina.html|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, investigations of the Italian police reveals links between the [[Contini clan]] and the Crupi brothers, members of the powerful [[Commisso 'ndrina]]. Both organizations are reportedly cooperating in the [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] business.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stylo24.it/inchieste/camorra-ndrangheta-dentista-contini/|title=I Contini, la 'Ndrangheta e il dentista pagato con l'assegno scoperto|newspaper=stylo24.it|language=it|date=3 August 2019|access-date=4 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804050814/https://www.stylo24.it/inchieste/camorra-ndrangheta-dentista-contini/|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Camorra-Cosa Nostra===

Several Camorra clans have lasting relationships with the [[Cosa Nostra]]. Prominent elements of the Mafia such as [[Salvatore Riina]], [[Leoluca Bagarella]], [[Luciano Leggio]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]] found themselves in contact with Camorra clans such as the [[Nuvoletta clan]], members of the Camorra such as [[Michele Zaza]] and [[Antonio Bardellino]], and with other groups that formed the [[Nuova Famiglia]] confederation in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/04/24/cosi-superboss-della-mafia-scelsero-napoli.html|title=Così i superboss della mafia 'scelsero' Napoli|website=la Repubblica.it|date=24 April 2010 |access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101817/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/04/24/cosi-superboss-della-mafia-scelsero-napoli.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the past, the [[Russo clan (Nola)|Russo clan]] had links with the Mafia, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, at the time of the [[Corleonesi Mafia]] era.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/bari/notizie/cronaca/2009/1-novembre-2009/catturato-anche-pasquale-russo-era-luogotenente-mafia-siciliana-1601943404522.shtml|title=Catturato anche Pasquale Russo: era il luogotenente della mafia siciliana |newspaper= [[Corriere del Mezzogiorno]]}}
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In 2019, the [[Direzione Investigativa Antimafia]] of [[Catania]] dismantled a scheme between the Camorra's [[Mallardo clan]] and [[Casalesi clan]] and members of the powerful [[Catania Mafia clan|Catania Mafia family]], led by Vincenzo Enrico Augusto Ercolano, son of Giuseppe Ercolano (deceased, but once an important member of the Catania's mafia) and Grazia Santapaola, the sister of the historical boss [[Benedetto Santapaola]]. The [[Direzione Investigativa Antimafia|DIA]] also confiscated €10 million in the operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stylo24.it/cronaca/mafia-sequestro-vincenzo-ercolano/|title=Asse Cosa nostra-camorra, confiscato tesoro al nipote del padrino catanese|publisher=stylo24.it|date=7 August 2019|language=it|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807152623/https://www.stylo24.it/cronaca/mafia-sequestro-vincenzo-ercolano/|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strettoweb.com/2019/08/catania-confisca-vincenzo-enrico-augusto-ercolano-dettagli/880127/|title=Catania: confisca per 10 milioni nei confronti di Vincenzo Enrico Augusto Ercolano [DETTAGLI]|publisher=strettoweb.com|date=7 August 2019|language=it|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807152627/http://www.strettoweb.com/2019/08/catania-confisca-vincenzo-enrico-augusto-ercolano-dettagli/880127/|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the pentito Domenico Verde, the [[Polverino clan]] has a good relationship with the Cosa Nostra families from [[Palermo]], in particular thanks to the drug trafficking business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stylo24.it/boss-camorra-mafia-palermitana/|title=Il boss mi disse: con la mafia palermitana stiamo messi più che bene|date=23 March 2020|website=Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta|language=it-IT|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323134419/https://www.stylo24.it/boss-camorra-mafia-palermitana/|archive-date=23 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Camorra-Sacra Corona Unita===

In 1981, [[Raffaele Cutolo]], entrusted Pino Iannelli and Alessandro Fusco the task of founding an organization in [[Apulia]] to be directly controlled by the [[Nuova Camorra Organizzata]], the organization was named Nuova Camorra Pugliese, later called [[Sacra Corona Unita]]. This organization operated in various cities of Apulia during the 1980s.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.deliapolis.it/news/il-procuratore-capo-della-repubblica-di-napoli-giovanni-colangelo-nel-mirino-della-camorra-e-della-sacra-corona-unita/|title=Il procuratore capo della Repubblica di Napoli, Giovanni Colangelo nel mirino della Camorra e della Sacra Corona Unita? :: deliapress.it Bova Marina RC|website=deliapolis.it|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090712/https://www.deliapolis.it/news/il-procuratore-capo-della-repubblica-di-napoli-giovanni-colangelo-nel-mirino-della-camorra-e-della-sacra-corona-unita/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> But with the downfall of Cutolo, the organisation was no longer a subgroup of the Camorra and was under the leadership of Giuseppe Rogoli.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110112/world/mafia-boss-extradited-from-albania-to-italy.344979|title=Mafia boss extradited from Albania to Italy|website=The Times|date=12 January 2011 |location=Malta|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085842/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110112/world/mafia-boss-extradited-from-albania-to-italy.344979|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the pentito Antonio Accurso, the [[Di Lauro clan]] has several links to the [[Sacra Corona Unita]] in question with regards to drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internapoli.it/74561-la-puglia-e-roba-di-marco-di-lauro-per-il-pentito-e-o-cavallar-a-gestire-la-droga-con-la-sacra-corona-unita/|title="La Puglia è roba di Marco Di Lauro". Per il pentito è 'o cavallar a gestire la droga con la Sacra Corona Unita|date=30 August 2017|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322170922/https://internapoli.it/74561-la-puglia-e-roba-di-marco-di-lauro-per-il-pentito-e-o-cavallar-a-gestire-la-droga-con-la-sacra-corona-unita/|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Camorra-Società foggiana===

In September 2019, the Italian police dismantled an international [[Drug-trafficking|drug trafficking]] alliance between the powerful Gionta clan of the Camorra, the [[Società foggiana]], also known as the fifth-mafia, and Moroccan drug traffickers.<ref name="ilmattino.it">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cronaca/spaccio_internazionale_di_droga_accordo_tra_mafia_foggiana_e_gionta-4744882.html|title=Spaccio internazionale di droga: accordo tra mafia foggiana e Gionta: operazione a Trento|website=www.ilmattino.it|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927125017/https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cronaca/spaccio_internazionale_di_droga_accordo_tra_mafia_foggiana_e_gionta-4744882.html|archive-date=27 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The investigation started in 2016 against a [[Maghreb]] gang based in the region of [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige]]. The vast network of drug traffickers, extended from [[Morocco]], passing through [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]] and the [[Netherlands]] to finally arrive in [[Trentino]] and in [[Bolzano]]. Arriving in Italy, the drugs were sold in parks, historic centers and near schools by mainly Tunisian and Moroccan pushers. Nineteen people were arrested, four are still wanted in Italy, Spain and in the Netherlands and seventy-three are under investigation. The operation seized over 1 ton of hashish and 2&nbsp;kg of cocaine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lavocedelnordest.eu/operazionecarthago/|title=Operazione 'Carthago' della Finanza di Trento: scovati 73 trafficanti e 1 tonnellata di hashish, spacciavano vicino alle scuole – LaVocedelNordEst|language=it-IT|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920213613/http://www.lavocedelnordest.eu/operazionecarthago/|archive-date=20 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ilmattino.it"/>

===Camorra-South American drug cartels===

The links between the South American drug cartels and Camorra clans dates back to at least the 1980s, having stabilized numerous privileged drug channels from South America to Europe over the years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-04|title=Maxi sequestro di droga, la cocaina era destinata alla camorra|url=https://www.stylo24.it/camorra-droga-porto-genova/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta|language=it-IT}}</ref>

According to investigations, the Camorra member Tommaso Iacomino allegedly negotiated with the head of Peruvian and Colombian drug cartels over the cocaine trade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dialogo-americas.com/en/articles/mafia-importer-cocaine-peru-colombia-busted|title=Mafia Importer of Cocaine From Peru, Colombia Busted|website=Dialogo Americas}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Giuseppe Gallo called '' 'o pazz'' (the crazy one), boss of the Limelli-Vangone clan, is said to having contacts with Colombian drug traffickers able to reach agreements for the purchase of large quantities of cocaine, supplying various clans in the Naples area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberainformazione.org/2010/01/21/storia-di-un-clan-e-profilo-del-boss/|title=Storia di un clan e profilo del boss|date=21 January 2010|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090548/http://www.liberainformazione.org/2010/01/21/storia-di-un-clan-e-profilo-del-boss/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Salvatore Iavarone, a broker in South America representing the Tamarisco clan from [[Torre Annunziata]], was arrested in Ecuador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgazzettinovesuviano.com/2016/04/27/salvatore-iavarone-catturato-in-ecuador-e-il-broker-internazionale-della-cocaina/|title=Salvatore Iavarone catturato in Ecuador: è il broker internazionale della cocaina|publisher=.ilgazzettinovesuviano.com|date=27 April 2016|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006153352/http://www.ilgazzettinovesuviano.com/2016/04/27/salvatore-iavarone-catturato-in-ecuador-e-il-broker-internazionale-della-cocaina/|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Iavarone is believed to be the main link for the shipment of narcotics from Ecuador to Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/04/27/nota/5548140/policia-detiene-ecuador-miembro-mafia-italiana|title=Policía detiene en Ecuador a supuesto miembro de la mafia italiana|date=27 April 2016|website=El Universo|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144617/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/04/27/nota/5548140/policia-detiene-ecuador-miembro-mafia-italiana|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Other 28 members were arrested during this operation. The police also confiscated €11&nbsp;million that belonged to Iavarone in Ecuador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/la-mafia-italiana-tenia-sus-tentaculos-en-guayaquil-NJ290069|title=La mafia italiana tenía sus tentáculos en Guayaquil|publisher=expreso.ec|date=28 April 2016|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144618/https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/la-mafia-italiana-tenia-sus-tentaculos-en-guayaquil-NJ290069|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 4 July 2019, the ''[[Guardia di Finanza]]'' seized 538&nbsp;kg of cocaine, worth €200 million, destined for the Camorra in the port of [[Genoa]]. According to the reports, the drug was found in 19 bags inside a container that arrived from [[Colombia]]. On each of the loaves was a fake €500 note, a symbol known to be that of a new Colombian cartel born of the merger of several other cartels. The container was headed to Naples but was intercepted at the port of Genoa.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 July 2019|title=Genova, sequestrati 538 kg di cocaina destinati alla camorra|url=https://notizie.virgilio.it/genova-maxi-sequestro-cocaina-590463|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704175821/https://notizie.virgilio.it/genova-maxi-sequestro-cocaina-590463|archive-date=4 July 2019|access-date=4 July 2019|publisher=Notizie.virgilio.it}}</ref>

On 18 December 2019, the Italian police arrested 12 people, including members of an international drug cartel dedicated to the drug trafficking between [[Colombia]] and Italy. According to the investigations, the cocaine brought from Colombia was pure and of high quality, and when it arrived in Italy, it was sold at a "retail" price of 200 euros per gram, all the scheme was managed by Camorra members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottopagine.it/na/cronaca/203130/traffico-di-droga-internazionale-12-arresti.shtml|title=Traffico internazionale di droga, 12 arresti|date=18 December 2019|website=Ottopagine.it|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219042402/https://www.ottopagine.it/na/cronaca/203130/traffico-di-droga-internazionale-12-arresti.shtml|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napolitoday.it/cronaca/arrestato-salvatore-nurcaro-traffico-internazionale-droga.html|title=Traffico internazionale di droga, arrestato l'obiettivo dell'agguato di piazza Nazionale|website=NapoliToday|language=it|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219042404/https://www.napolitoday.it/cronaca/arrestato-salvatore-nurcaro-traffico-internazionale-droga.html|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Among those arrested in the operation was Salvatore Nurcaro, a well known member of the [[Rinaldi clan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://videoinformazioni.com/arrestato-nurcaro-e-un-narcos-il-vero-obiettivo-del-killer-che-feri-noemi/|title=Arrestato Nurcaro, è un narcos il vero obiettivo del killer che ferì Noemi|last=Petino|first=Pier Paolo|date=18 December 2019|website=Videoinformazioni|language=it-IT|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219154535/https://videoinformazioni.com/arrestato-nurcaro-e-un-narcos-il-vero-obiettivo-del-killer-che-feri-noemi/|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Camorra-Albanian mafia===

According to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia, the [[Albanian mafia]] has alliances with the Mazzarella clan and with the Scissionisti di Secondigliano, both from Naples and with the Serino clan, from [[Salerno]].<ref name="auto1"/>

Saviano spoke of the Albanian mafia as a "no longer foreign mafia" to Italy and stressed that the Albanians and Italians have a "brotherly" relationship with each other. Saviano notes that the Camorra feels great affinity with the Albanian crime families because both organizations are based on family ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Balkans/Roberto-Saviano-on-the-mafia-and-Eastern-Europe-47130|title=Roberto Saviano on the mafia and Eastern Europe|first=Osservatorio Balcani e|last=Caucaso|website=Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322154312/https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Balkans/Roberto-Saviano-on-the-mafia-and-Eastern-Europe-47130|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Camorra-Chinese Triads===

According to the expert on terrorist organizations and mafia-type organized crime Antonio De Bonis, there is a close relationship between the Triads and the Camorra, and the port of Naples is the most important landing point of the trades managed by the Chinese groups in cooperation with the Camorra. Among the illegal activities in which the two criminal organizations work together are the human trafficking and illegal immigration aimed at the sexual and labour exploitation of the Chinese compatriots into Italy, the synthetics drug trafficking and the laundering of illicit money through the purchase of real estate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Così la mafia cinese se la intende con la camorra|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/cronache/2018/04/16/news/cosi-la-mafia-cinese-se-la-intende-con-la-camorra-189623/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=www.ilfoglio.it|language=it}}</ref>

In 2017, investigators discovered a scheme between the Camorra and the Chinese gangs. They exported industrial waste from Italy to China that guaranteed million-dollar revenues for both organizations. The industrial waste left [[Prato]] in Italy and arrived in [[Hong Kong]]. Among the Camorra clans involved in this alliance were the [[Casalesi clan]], the [[Mario Fabbrocino|Fabbrocino clan]] and the Ascione clan.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 April 2017 |title=Giro dirifiuti da prato a Hong Kong, il business di Camorra e Mafia cinese |url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2017/04/26/plastica-da-prato-a-hong-kong--patto-mafia-cinese-e-camorra.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090356/https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2017/04/26/plastica-da-prato-a-hong-kong--patto-mafia-cinese-e-camorra.html |archive-date=27 March 2019 |access-date=20 March 2019 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it}}</ref>

===Camorra-Nigerian gangs===

In the beginning, Nigerian immigrants to Italy were not tolerated by the Camorra, but in the 2010s Nigerians and the Camorra began making alliances. Cooperation between the Camorra and [[Nigerian mafia]] is mainly in the areas of drug trafficking and prostitution. In particular, Camorra members have allowed the Nigerian gangs to organize the trafficking of women in their territory in exchange for a share on the earnings. The Nigerian mafia produces synthetic drugs independently and sells them with the consent of the Camorra. This alliance, however, may not be stable in the future, as the Nigerians have asked to be treated on par with other Italian mafias, for the fact that they are growing both as a military and as an economic force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/cronache/mafia-nigeriana-pericoloso-asse-con-cosa-nostra-camorra-579830.html|title=Mafia nigeriana sempre più potente, nasce l'asse con Cosa Nostra e camorra|website=Affaritaliani.it|date=2 January 2019 |access-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320192727/http://www.affaritaliani.it/cronache/mafia-nigeriana-pericoloso-asse-con-cosa-nostra-camorra-579830.html|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Camorra-Islamic State ===
According to numerous articles, the Camorra may be in alliance with the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]]. The allegations reached the media after the Italian police seized 14 tonnes of amphetamines produced in [[Syria]] by the Islamic State, on July 1, 2020. It is considered the world's largest seizure of amphetamines, with a value of over €1 billion. Camorra clans reportedly bring the drugs to Italy and take a huge cut for helping to distribute them. According to the investigations, the production of these drugs provides the terrorist group (ISIS) with vital revenue for its militant activities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Pascale|date=2020-07-01|title='World's largest seizure': Italy finds haul of ISIS-made amphetamines|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/01/world-s-largest-seizure-of-amphetamines-italy-finds-haul-of-isis-made-drugs-near-naples|access-date=2020-07-01|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Italy seizes Islamic State-made drugs worth €1 billion|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/italy-seizes-islamic-state-drugs-in-syria-5138177-Jul2020/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=TheJournal.ie|date=July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-01|title=Salerno, sequestrate 14 tonnellate di "droga dell'Isis": possibile contatto tra criminali siriani e clan di camorra|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/07/01/salerno-sequestrate-14-tonnellate-di-droga-dellisis-possibile-contatto-tra-i-terroristi-siriani-e-clan-di-camorra/5853334/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it-IT}}</ref>

===Other alliances===

In 1995, the Camorra cooperated with the [[Russian Mafia]] in a scheme in which the Camorra would bleach out US$1 bills and reprint them as $100s. These bills would then be transported to the Russian Mafia for distribution in 29 post-[[Eastern Bloc]] countries and former Soviet republics.<ref name=Liddick/> In return, the Russian Mafia paid the Camorra with property (including a Russian bank) and firearms, smuggled into Eastern Europe and Italy.<ref name=Richards>{{cite book|last=Richards|first=James R.|title=Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering|pages=7|publisher=CRC Press|year=1998|isbn=9781420048728}}</ref>

In the 2000s, the [[Ukrainian mafia]] cooperated with Camorra clans in the cigarette smuggling business. The Ukrainians would smuggle the cigarettes from [[Ukraine]] and [[Eastern Europe]] into Italy, where with the help of the Camorra it supplies the Neapolitan market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pupia.tv/2012/02/campania/contrabbando-sigarette-sgominata-alleanza-tra-mafia-ucraina-e-camorra/30650|title=Contrabbando sigarette, sgominata "alleanza" tra mafia ucraina e camorra|date=4 February 2012|website=Pupia.tv|language=it-IT|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926171851/http://www.pupia.tv/2012/02/campania/contrabbando-sigarette-sgominata-alleanza-tra-mafia-ucraina-e-camorra/30650|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/contrabbando-sigarette-mille-trucchi-traffico-sotto-occhi-camorra--AERsKlfE|title=Contrabbando di sigarette, i mille trucchi del traffico sotto gli occhi della camorra|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|date=9 May 2018|language=it|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926171853/https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/contrabbando-sigarette-mille-trucchi-traffico-sotto-occhi-camorra--AERsKlfE|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In recent years, the [[Contini clan]] is said to have cooperated in the same scheme with the Ukrainians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stylo24.it/sigarette-contrabbando-camorra-ucraina/|title=Contini, auto di lusso e guardaspalle in scooter per far colpo sugli ucrainidate=24 July 2019|website=Stylo24 - Giornale d'inchiesta|date = 24 July 2019|language=it-IT|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>

In March 2019, a massive international arms trafficking ring was dismantled by the authorities of Italy and [[Austria]] and coordinated by [[Eurojust]].
According to the investigations, the alliance between the Camorra and the Austrians lasted for seven years, until the police dismantled the scheme.
The Austrians are known to have sold more than 800 new pistols to the Camorra as well as 50 [[Kalashnikovs]] and 10 'Scorpion' sub-machine guns, worth a total of €500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190326/world/italy-austria-smash-mafia-arms-trafficking-ring-officials.705686|title=Italy, Austria smash mafia arms trafficking ring: officials|website=Times of Malta|date=26 March 2019 |access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327132900/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190326/world/italy-austria-smash-mafia-arms-trafficking-ring-officials.705686|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
According to Gerhard Jarosch, the National Member for Austria at Eurojust:{{blockquote|I dont know any cases, which are so big and where so many weapons have been sold. The new owners are also not "juvenile guarantors" but several members of the Camorra, one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heute.at/oesterreich/news/story/Camorra-Waffen-Lieferung-illegal-zwei-Kaerntner--58545942|title=Kärntner lieferten der Camorra Kalaschnikows|website=Heute.at|date=27 March 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327132902/https://www.heute.at/oesterreich/news/story/Camorra-Waffen-Lieferung-illegal-zwei-Kaerntner--58545942|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
The weapons are believed to have come originally from [[Eastern Europe]] taken to [[Carinthia]] in Austria with the objective to arrive in [[Terzigno]] near Naples.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/5602295/Kaerntner-Buechsenmacher-sollen-Waffen-an-die-Camorra-gefliefert-haben|title=Kärntner Büchsenmacher sollen Waffen an die Camorra gefliefert haben|date=26 March 2019|website=Die Presse|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327132904/https://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/5602295/Kaerntner-Buechsenmacher-sollen-Waffen-an-die-Camorra-gefliefert-haben|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 15 October 2019, father, 73, and son, 47, were convicted in the Court of [[Klagenfurt]] to serve 24 and 20 months respectively in jail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.diepresse.com/5706481/vater-und-sohn-aus-karnten-lieferten-kalaschnikows-an-italienische-camorra|title=Vater und Sohn aus Kärnten lieferten Kalaschnikows an italienische...|last=Um 10:46|first=15 October 2019|website=Die Presse|language=de|access-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015155209/https://www.diepresse.com/5706481/vater-und-sohn-aus-karnten-lieferten-kalaschnikows-an-italienische-camorra|archive-date=15 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/maenner-lieferten-waffen-an-die-mafia-haftstrafen-fuer-vater-und-sohn/400647185|title=Kärntner lieferten Waffen an die Mafia: Haftstrafen für Vater und Sohn|website=kurier.at|date=15 October 2019|language=de|access-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021151333/https://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/maenner-lieferten-waffen-an-die-mafia-haftstrafen-fuer-vater-und-sohn/400647185|archive-date=21 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[DEA]] documents sent to the Dutch police exposed what would be a super drug cartel headed by [[Raffaele Imperiale]] (Camorra's drugs and arms dealer), [[Ridouan Taghi]] (former Dutch most wanted criminal, now in jail), Daniel Kinahan (Irish drug trafficker) and Edin G. (Bosnian drug trafficker). The group was observed by the DEA having meetings in the [[Burj Al Arab]] hotel in Dubai, which is the base of the alleged cartel. The meetings took place in 2017; however, it only reached the Dutch media in October 2019. The DEA regards this as one of the world's fifty largest drug cartels, with a virtually monopoly of the Peruvian cocaine and controlled around a third of the cocaine trade in Europe. Yet, according to the DEA documents, the destination for all the drugs shipments were Dutch ports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nltimes.nl/2019/10/18/taghi-part-super-cartel-controlling-third-eu-cocaine-trafficking-report|title=Taghi part of "super cartel" controlling third of EU cocaine trafficking: report|date=18 October 2019|website=NL Times|language=en|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destentor.nl/binnenland/bundelen-cokekartels-de-krachten-in-dubai~aaec6071/|title=Bundelen cokekartels de krachten in Dubai?|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019045214/https://www.destentor.nl/binnenland/bundelen-cokekartels-de-krachten-in-dubai~aaec6071/|archive-date=19 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parool.nl/gs-be80f6f2|title=Werkt Ridouan Taghi samen met deze drugshandelaren?|last=Voskuil|first=Yelle Tieleman en Koen|date=18 October 2019|website=Het Parool|language=nl-NL|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

In 2005, it was alleged the Camorra created safe houses, forged documents, firearms, and explosives to Al-Qaeda in return for narcotics, which are brought into Italy via the Adriatic Sea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/firearms/module-7/key-issues/interconnections-between-organized-criminal-groups-and-terrorist-groups.html|title = Firearms Module 7 Key Issues: Interconnections between organized criminal groups and terrorist groups}}</ref>