Maria Licciardi, 71, was found guilty by the court of Naples of being part of a mafia-type criminal association, specialized in extortion and violence.
nicknamed “La Piccoletta” (the little one) for its diminutive stature, She was arrested in August 2021 at the Rome airport when she was about to take a plane to Spain.
The woman was the sister of the late Gennaro Licciardi, founder of the family clan that operates in the Scampia and Secondigliano neighborhoods of Naples.
The criminal inspired the character of Scianel in the television series “Gomorrah”, an adaptation of the homonymous book by the Italian writer Roberto Saviano about the Neapolitan mafia.
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Sentenced in 2001 to 10 years in prison, after his release in December 2009, he once again assumed management of the clan’s operations, according to the local press.
Licciardi extended the activities of the criminal organization to the exploitation of prostitution, an option that the Italian mafias rejected and introduced, with the help of the Albanian mafia, girls from that country, including numerous minors.
According to police sources, andHe was considered a practical person, with exceptional intelligence, but just as ruthless as her male colleagues.
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