1. Vincenzo Casillo was one of the earliest members of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, since its formation in 1970.
10 Facts About Vincenzo Casillo
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Vincenzo Casillo once confessed to murdering the bankrupt financier to Enrico Madonna, Cutolo's lawyer.
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Vincenzo Casillo played an active role in negotiating the release of the Christian Democrat politician Ciro Cirillo, who had been kidnapped on April 27,1981 by the Red Brigades.
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Vincenzo Casillo managed to do so, in spite of being a wanted man at the time.
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On January 29,1983, Vincenzo Casillo was murdered by a bomb planted under the pedal of his car, next to the SISMI Forte Boccea in Rome.
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Not long after his death, his partner, the dancer Giovanna Matarazzo, declared to judge Carlo Alemi that Vincenzo Casillo's death was linked to the murder of Roberto Calvi.
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The fact that a secret service card that could be used by Vincenzo Casillo was found in his burnt-out car lends some credibility to the scenario that his death might have been linked to the Cirillo kidnapping.
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Vincenzo Casillo's death was one of the many factors that brought about the downfall of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata.
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The assassination of Vincenzo Casillo was followed by the murders of several Nuova Camorra Organizzata members by the Nuova Famiglia.
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Mario Cuomo, who lost his legs in the explosion that killed Vincenzo Casillo, was eventually murdered in October 1990.