10 Things You Didn't Know About the Camorra
Louis Ferrante: TV host, best-selling author, lecturer, former gangster. In preparation for Cosa Nostra News correspondent Charley DeLucca 's upcoming review of the debut episode of Lou Ferrante 's new television series, Inside the Gangsters' Code , which focused on the Camorra , we thought we'd provide you with some insight into this particular group that makes up Italy's three Mafias (well, four maybe ). 1: The Camorra is one of Italy’s oldest criminal organizations, dating back at least to the 18th century. (Ed. Note. The original Camorra was the oldest, but the group dissipated and reformed following WWII.) 2: The name Camorra comes probably comes from a combination of “capo” (boss) and “morra” (an old Neapolitan street gambling game). Control of gambling houses may have been the gang’s first business.