Editing Camorra (section)

===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>