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Mafia mobster who ran criminal organisation from cell dies in prison

Mafia mobster who ran criminal organisation from cell dies in prison Sam Hancock © Provided by The Independent One of Italy’s most prolific mafia bosses, who built a criminal empire behind bars, has died in prison at the age of 79. Raffaele Cutolo, also known as “the Professor”, was declared dead in the prison ward of Maggiore Hospital, in Parma, on Wednesday having spent the majority of his life locked up. Local Italian media reported his death as a consequence of pneumonia, which he was diagnosed with last year. The former Neapolitan Camorra chief was convicted of murder at the age of 22 in 1963 – and imprisoned for 24 years – where, ironically, he first became a member of the gang.

Raffaele Cutolo, mafia boss who ruled from prison cell, dies aged 79

Last modified on Fri 19 Feb 2021 00.33 EST Raffaele “the Professor” Cutolo, one of the most feared and powerful bosses of the Neapolitan Camorra, spent most of his adult life in jail. And it was in a prison bed on Wednesday that he was found dead, aged 79. His imprisonment didn’t deter him from ordering murders, forging criminal ties and sparking a war that left several hundred people dead in the early 1980s. Cutolo, whose life inspired films and songs, transformed his prison cell into his criminal office, from where he recruited thousands of members into the Camorra who, once freed, committed murders on his orders.

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