by motorfab » Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:23 am
OmarSantista wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:08 pm
So motorfab do you know where the Zaza clan is today after Ciro Mazarella's passing in 2018? Did he rule from france or did he return to Campania after Michele Zaza passed.
I can't give you a precise answer for the first part of your question, because my interest in the mafia in general stopped around the mid-80s (possibly 90s for things like Montreal or Australia).
But, as far as I know, it was mainly Michele Zaza who ran his operations from France, mainly in Nice.
I don't think Ciro Mazzarella closely followed what was happening in France, but his brother Vincenzo "'o Pazzo" was arrested there twice, once in Nice in 1999 and once at Disneyland Paris in 2004.
In France, Vincenzo Mazzarella was involved in drugs and construction infiltration. Ironically, he and others were involved in building the Disneyworld hotels before being arrested there years later...
Neapolitans are quite active on the French Riviera, mainly for drugs and casino interests.
In the 70s/80s the Italians (Cosa Nostra/Camorra) and the Corso-Marseillais were very involved in the infiltration of the Casino of the Riviera, in particular with Jean-Dominique Fratoni, the owner of the Casino Ruhl in Nice.
Nice is one of the biggest refuges for mafiosi on the run: Zaza, Mazzarella, Mario Iovine, Francesco Schiavone, Antonio Lo Russo, Giuseppe "Scarpuzzedda" Greco, Antonino Calderone .... For those I remember
This doesn't exactly answer your original question (sorry) but I guess not much has changed since then.
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So motorfab do you know where the Zaza clan is today after Ciro Mazarella's passing in 2018? Did he rule from france or did he return to Campania after Michele Zaza passed.
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I can't give you a precise answer for the first part of your question, because my interest in the mafia in general stopped around the mid-80s (possibly 90s for things like Montreal or Australia).
But, as far as I know, it was mainly Michele Zaza who ran his operations from France, mainly in Nice.
I don't think Ciro Mazzarella closely followed what was happening in France, but his brother Vincenzo "'o Pazzo" was arrested there twice, once in Nice in 1999 and once at Disneyland Paris in 2004.
In France, Vincenzo Mazzarella was involved in drugs and construction infiltration. Ironically, he and others were involved in building the Disneyworld hotels before being arrested there years later...
Neapolitans are quite active on the French Riviera, mainly for drugs and casino interests.
In the 70s/80s the Italians (Cosa Nostra/Camorra) and the Corso-Marseillais were very involved in the infiltration of the Casino of the Riviera, in particular with Jean-Dominique Fratoni, the owner of the Casino Ruhl in Nice.
Nice is one of the biggest refuges for mafiosi on the run: Zaza, Mazzarella, Mario Iovine, Francesco Schiavone, Antonio Lo Russo, Giuseppe "Scarpuzzedda" Greco, Antonino Calderone .... For those I remember
This doesn't exactly answer your original question (sorry) but I guess not much has changed since then.