Editing Camorra (section)

===Netherlands===

According to [[Francesco Forgione (politician)|Francesco Forgione]], the former president of the [[Antimafia Commission]], the Camorra is very active in gambling houses and money laundering in the Netherlands. The Camorra also uses the country to counterfeit clothes, and the clans most involved in this illegal activity are the [[Licciardi clan]], the [[Di Lauro clan]] and the Sarno clan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/longform/mafia-and-organized-crime-in-europe/map/netherlands/|title=Netherlands|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320204505/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/longform/mafia-and-organized-crime-in-europe/map/netherlands/|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Augusto La Torre]], the former leader of the La Torre clan is suspected of having hid hundreds of millions of euros in Dutch banks, as the La Torre clan was very active in the country in the 1990s transporting large cocaine shipments from South America to [[Naples]] via the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/augusto-la-torre-kon-zijn-maffia-dna-niet-langer-verbergen~abb1f24e/|title=Augusto La Torre kon zijn maffia-dna niet langer verbergen|website=Algemeen Dagblad|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128040225/https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/augusto-la-torre-kon-zijn-maffia-dna-niet-langer-verbergen~abb1f24e/|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, [[Raffaele Imperiale]] bought a coffee shop called Rockland Coffee in Amsterdam, where he sold soft drugs and was involved in large scale cocaine trafficking with the Dutch drug trader Rick van de Bunt. Imperiale worked in Amsterdam until 2008. In 2016, two stolen [[Van Gogh]] paintings from the [[Van Gogh Museum]] in Amsterdam in 2002 were recovered in a villa near [[Naples]], connected to Raffaele Imperiale, accused of being one of the Camorra's prolific drug barons. Imperiale was sentenced to 18 years ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' for drug offenses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/stolen-van-gogh-masterpieces-found-in-mafias-lair-returning-home-after-mobsters-conviction|title=Stolen Van Gogh masterpieces found in Mafia's lair returning home after mobster's conviction |work=National Post|date=20 January 2017|last1=Humphreys |first1=Adrian }}</ref> After fleeing the Netherlands to [[Dubai]], he had been seen in the [[Burj Al Arab]] hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/maffiabaas-en-van-gogh-koper-werkte-jarenlang-in-amsterdam~aadd2c7a/|title=Maffiabaas en Van Gogh-koper werkte jarenlang in Amsterdam|website=Algemeen Dagblad|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091805/https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/maffiabaas-en-van-gogh-koper-werkte-jarenlang-in-amsterdam~aadd2c7a/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 November 2019, the [[Direzione Investigativa Antimafia|DIA]] with the support of the Dutch police arrested Alfredo Marfella, a drug trafficker working for Camorra clans, in [[The Hague]]. Marfella is believed to have played a coordinating role in the drug trade from the Netherlands to Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crimesite.nl/italiaanse-camorra-verdachte-aangehouden-in-nederland/|title=Italiaanse Camorra-verdachte aangehouden in Nederland|last= |date=27 November 2019|website=Crimesite|language=nl|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127182242/https://www.crimesite.nl/italiaanse-camorra-verdachte-aangehouden-in-nederland/|archive-date=27 November 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://napoli.fanpage.it/camorra-arrestato-narcos-latitante-dal-2016-faceva-lo-chef-in-olanda/|title=Camorra, arrestato narcos latitante dal 2016: faceva lo chef in Olanda|website=Napoli Fanpage|language=it|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127182244/https://napoli.fanpage.it/camorra-arrestato-narcos-latitante-dal-2016-faceva-lo-chef-in-olanda/|archive-date=27 November 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December  2019, the Dutch police arrested in [[The Hague]], Dario Pasutto, a businessman suspected of smuggling thousands of kilos of cocaine and tens of thousands of kilos of hashish from the Netherlands to Italy. According to the Dutch press, the suspect is a well-known flamboyant entrepreneur, and for many years a Camorra affiliate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crimesite.nl/camorra-verdachte-den-haag-is-flamboyante-ondernemer/|title=Camorra-verdachte Den Haag is flamboyante ondernemer|last= |date=19 December 2019|website=Crimesite|language=nl|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220144539/https://www.crimesite.nl/camorra-verdachte-den-haag-is-flamboyante-ondernemer/|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/weer-maffia-arrestatie-in-den-haag-flamboyante-haagse-ondernemer-aangehouden-br~afa6e02d/?referrer=https://www.google.com/|title=Wéér maffia-arrestatie in Den Haag: flamboyante Haagse ondernemer aangehouden|website=AD.nl|language=nl}}</ref> The arrest of Pasutto is related to the arrests made by the Italian police in Naples in the same week against a group of drug traffickers that were smuggling cocaine from Colombia to the city of Naples with the help of Camorra clans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://internapoli.it/colpo-ai-narcos-napoletani-i-nomi-dei-12-arrestati-ce-il-figlio-di-patrizio-vastarella/|title=Colpo ai Narcos napoletani, i nomi dei 12 arrestati: c'è il figlio di Patrizio Vastarella|date=18 December 2019|website=InterNapoli.it|language=it-IT|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220164401/https://internapoli.it/colpo-ai-narcos-napoletani-i-nomi-dei-12-arrestati-ce-il-figlio-di-patrizio-vastarella/|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>