The Reformed Beautiful Company

The Camorra sinks: fascism


Ended with the victory of the organizational paradigm and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of belonging to the world of the Camorra, the process Cuocolo marked a clean break moment in the history of the Camorra. With the repression that followed the process and with the outbreak of the First World War, it was no longer time to talk about organized sect.

In 1915 it was formally dissolved the Reformed Beautiful Company. Event between the historical and the legendary, it is said that Gaetano Del Giudice, racketeer important not involved in the process of Viterbo, he decreed the dissolution of the sect. On 25 May 1915, the day after the outbreak of the Great War, called a meeting of the members are not held in the Rione Sanità to decree the dissolution of the organization. So it was that, during the Fascist period, she would never have heard of either of the Camorra organized crime groups, it was thought to commit a crime but without an organization behind it.

In the light of the new Italian situation, there were many bosses who chose to emigrate, but then do often return home at the end of the war. America was where the best market to flourish their business. Aria and Giuseppe Michele Barraccano moved to the United States and is enriched with the smuggling of alcohol. But New York was the preferred destination not only by the Neapolitans. By sending Cesare Mori prefect of Palermo followed by hundreds of police and soldiers, built by Mussolini to defeat the Mafia, Sicilians also many chose to emigrate. In America the business revolved mainly around the smuggling of alcohol, prostitution, gambling, and soon loomed the clash between Sicilians and Neapolitans.

On the one hand, therefore, to emigrate. On the other hand, for those who remained at home, there were two roads: siding with the regime or form an alliance with the people in the struggle against the fascist squads. Fascism, as had happened in the period close to the Unit, took advantage of some bosses, encouraging entry into the fascist squads who had a criminal record, and taking advantage of the violence with the aim above all to quell the workers' protests. But then, later, in the transition from the rise to the consolidation of the regime, to proceed to their harsh repression.

In 1927, Aversa, where he was made ​​an autonomous structure strong Camorra, about four alleged members were arrested. Important finding of the fascist period was the surrender of the Neapolitan Camorra and growth, instead of that of the province. Caserta saw grow especially around the trade of buffaloes and farmers markets associative strength.