Italy Wanted mafia boss captured in Naples wall hideout
A boss of the Camorra mafia who has been wanted for years has been arrested in a walled hideout in Naples. Ciro Andolfi, who is on the Italian Interior Ministry's list of the 100 most dangerous criminals, was wanted on a warrant, according to officials. The officers arrested him in an apartment in the Barra district of Naples.
24.12.2025, 10:09
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The 49-year-old had been on the run since 2022. According to the investigators, he is still serving a prison sentence of eight years and a good three months for, among other things, belonging to a mafia organization, extortion using mafia methods and corruption.
With Madonna and a birdcage
A video released by the Carabinieri shows the officers entering the building containing the wanted man's apartment in the dark. A hole can then be seen in the wall of a room. The hiding place was cleverly built into the wall: The entrance was concealed by a radiator, which the officers removed.
Behind it - as the video shows - was a corridor. According to the images, the Camorra boss also had a small birdcage and a Madonna figurine in his hiding place.
Camorra gangs mainly operate in Naples and Campania. The Camorra consists of autonomous clans - unlike the top-run Cosa Nostra.
