Raffaele Cutolo
Raffaele Cutolo | |
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Cutolo behind bars in 1986 | |
| Born | 4 November 1941 Ottaviano, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 17 February 2021 (aged 79) Parma, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | 'o Professore ("the professor") |
| Occupation | Founder of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Relatives | Rosetta Cutolo (sister) |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
Raffaele Cutolo (Italian: [raffaˈɛːle ˈkuːtolo]; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss and leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including 'o Vangelo ("the gospel"), 'o Princepe ("the prince"), 'o Professore ("the professor") and 'o Monaco ("the monk"). Apart from 18 months on the run, Cutolo lived entirely in maximum-security prisons or psychiatric prisons after 1963. At the time of his death he was serving multiple life sentences for murder.