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Iovine also turned in one of his lawyers. Judges in Naples accepted bribes to acquit a Camorra boss  of murders he had confessed to carrying out, according to the boss in question, who is now an informant. "There was a whole system set up in the court in Naples. Three times the clan paid to ensure an acquittal," Antonio Iovine , the informant, told anti-mafia judges this past week in testimony, adding that each murder acquittal cost around $340,000.

Camorrista drawing  from 1905. The  Camorra  and tattoos go together like 1920s Chicago and the Tommy gun. But members of the gang also dress and even accessorize to trumpet their affiliations. In the 1980s, bosses in the Mazzarella clan, a Camorrist faction in Naples, wore rings in the shape of a lion's head. Today, the distinctive accessories are even more diverse — even in prisons. Mafia informer Nicola Cangiano, a former member of the Casalesi gang (the one that "O'Ninno,"   Antonio Iovine , belonged to), told anti-mafia prosecutors how the dress code imposed by the clan is strict even behind bars. "You can tell the men in the Sagaria clan apart from the others by what they wear," he said. "They all wear Samsonite shoes, designer clothes and even cashmere socks. They still get their salaries from the gang — even on the inside." The Schiavone group has its own rules when it comes to clothing. "They all wear Hogan ...

The grinning man with nothing to be happy about:  Antonio Iovine, ex-Camorra boss, killed so many he can't even recall how many. According to the  Telegraph , former Camorra boss  Antonio Iovine , known as O'Ninno (The Baby), killed so many people in the past 30 years he can't even offer a figure. Imprisoned since his arrest, Iovine began offering videoconferenced testimony this past Saturday from his prison cell to a court in Caserta . “I have committed so many murders, I don’t remember them all,” the 49-year-old former boss said during four hours of testimony. Iovine had been a wanted fugitive for 14 years before being captured in 2010 while living in a hideout in Casal di Principe outside Naples. His recent decision to turn informer, or “pentito,” as they are called in Italian (repentants), was said to be rocking the very foundation of Italy’s political establishment. O'Ninno has been making claims of widespread collusion between the Mafia and politi...

Smiles Everyone, Smiles! The Casalesi Camorra boss The following story regarding the capture of the first Casalesi Camorra boss to flip includes a wealth of details about the man who folded under the pressure of solitary confinement. The information to which O'Ninno, or "Baby Face," as he is known, is privy can “make the Italian political and business worlds tremble,” world-famous journalist Roberto Saviano told The Daily Beast, which obtained a copy of the mob boss's court testimony. O'Ninno, known widely as a bookkeeper for the Naple-based Mafia outfit, was also a quite prolific killer. “I started killing in the '80s,” he said, and his "hit lists" included police officers, bodyguards, opposition clan members, and "people in discotheques, on lonely roads and in broad daylight." He also took his wife and daughter with him as far away as Brazil and Portugal to participate in killings, "while they enjoyed what amounted to f...