I always believed, like Buscetta, Bardellino wasn't killed in Brazil there is very little hard evidence.

The mystery about Antonio Bardellino deepens, a bunker of the former Casalesi boss found in Formia

This discovery would lead to new hypotheses on the mysterious disappearance of Bardellino, officially assassinated in Brazil in 1988 by Mario Iovine. In short, the boss of the Camorra in Caserta may not have died in those circumstances as has always been believed.

https://internapoli.it/sinfittisce-...rmia-un-bunker-dellex-boss-dei-casalesi/

Ambushed Gustavo Bardellino, the operation is triggered
Formia - Since dawn this morning a series of searches have been underway in relation to the ambush of Gustavo Bardellino which took place in February 2022

The editorial staff

07/26/2023 12:43
Since dawn this morning a series of searches have been underway in relation to the ambush of Gustavo Bardellino which took place in February 2022. The carabinieri operation follows a long investigative activity. The attack took place inside a car dealership on the southern outskirts of Formia.

Following the numerous police and carabinieri searches in Formia, Minturno and Gaeta as part of the attempted murder of Gustavo Bardellino, which took place on February 15, 2022 in a Formia car showroom, a man from Formia was arrested. In his home, a semi-automatic pistol with no serial number was found with relative ammunition cal. 7.65, reported by a local woman, held responsible for detention for the purpose of drug dealing for having been found in possession of 18 grams of marijuana, a precision scale and packaging material, hidden inside her dwelling.

Formia, the nephew of the founder of the Clan dei Casalesi blurts out against the city councilor: "We Bardellino are decent people"

It went unnoticed at least in the great latitudes of local information but, last year July 9, Angelo Bardellino , son of Ernesto Bardellino and nephew of the founder of the Clan dei Casalesi, Antonio Bardellino, felt the need to frontally attack the former mayor and current municipal councilor Paola Villa (Another City and Five Star Movement).


They said about Antonio Bardellino

«After a summit he left a building surrounded by eight bodyguards and fled aboard an armored 127 . These are honors that shouldn't be given to just anyone."

( Luigi Gay, Public Prosecutor in the 1983 trial against the Nuova Famiglia , regarding the failure to arrest the boss in Castellammare di Stabia )

«Antonio Bardellino, I can say it with the conviction of not being misunderstood, was one of the few if not the only "gentleman" boss in Italy , he didn't like carnage, he was the last old-fashioned godfather»

( Vincenzo Scolastico, Attorney of the Republic at the Court of Genoa and before Savona )

«Relations with the Casalesi were very close, we were two souls in one body and we placed, right in Bardellino, a boundless admiration, recognizing him an undoubted position of supremacy in front of all of us»

( Carmine Alfieri )

«Until 1981 the relationship between Carmine Alfieri and Lorenzo Nuvoletta was one of close alliance, together with Antonio Bardellino, whom I consider one of the most representative figures of the Campania Camorra, a man of great courage and respectful of the rules»

( Pasquale Galasso , Alfieri 's right arm )

«It was understood that I would have to take advice, for any important decisions, either from the Nuvolettas or from Antonio Bardellino»

( Umberto Ammaturo )

«On that occasion Bardellino told me: "The time has come: we are going to commit suicide above the Nuvoletta house"»

( Pasquale Galasso )

"Doctor, don't mortify Bardellino, I couldn't give him advice, I would only have expressed an opinion, I couldn't tell him anything at all, I took off my hat in front of him, he was a great Campanian"

( Carmine Alfieri )

«Is it already obvious that Bardellino is dead? I don't know, but I don't think he's dead."

( Tomasso Buscetta )

We do know Mario Iovine was assassinated in a phone booth in Portugal in '91, the boss Nunzio De Falco, 72, died last year, I missed that. He was responsible for the murder of Iovine.

https://www.ilcrivello.it/morto-il-...andante-dellomicidio-di-don-peppe-diana/

Good stuff haha

THE SUMMER MYSTERY "Bardellino is alive, I met him in New York"
July 29, 2023 - 1:28 pm

A 70-year-old from Formia declared it to the men of the mobile team.
SAN CIPRIANO DI AVERSA (Tina Palomba) “ Antonio Bardellino is still alive and came to Italy in 2010 and 2014 on the occasion of the marriage of his son with his first wife which took place in San Cipriano. I personally met him at the New York airport ”. This is what Giuseppe Favoccia, 70 years old from Formia, declares to the men of the mobile team of Latina. An episode which, together with other traces relating to the figure of the historic clan leader, are transcribed in the documentation of the DDA of Naples on this latest investigation into the Bardellino family which resulted in various searches between the provinces of Caserta and Latina. The public prosecutor of the DDA of Naples Vincenzo

Ranieri writes: " It appears quite evident that the possible existence of the same in life, or a different era of death, could represent an element of certain relevance in relation to the relations between the Bardellino family and the Casalesi clan, in the light of all the elements of doubt needs to be carefully scrutinized ”. In fact, it will be the recent searches and the interesting material seized, photos, mobile phones, travel tickets that will provide the starting point for cross-checking the previous investigations and recent statements such as those of Favoccia who adds: “Antonio Bardellino has commanded New York . In 2017 Antonio Bardellino lived in Paraguay or Uruguay where he had interests in some fishing companies ”.
The judicial police found that Favoccia actually made a trip to New York with his wife in 2010. Another element that emerged during the investigations concerns the letter exchanged between Fabrizio Aniello and Natalino Morlando (at the time detained in 2004) in which Aniello conveyed his greetings by Calisto Bardellino (son of Ernesto and nephew of Antonio Bardellino ) and writes " Calisto greets you, in Formia it is a mess, it is said that uncle Antonio has returned, they have spotted him on a yacht ". The prosecutor of the Dda still writes "another anomalous circumstance is represented by the application for a declaration of death of Antonio Bardellino filed in June 2017 at the court of North Naples. (therefore 30 years after the disappearance of the boss) by Salvatore Bardellino (Antonio's brother) and Filomena and Maria Bardellino (Antonio's sisters )”

Giuseppe Favoccia

https://latinatu.it/operazione-bardellino-arrestato-favoccia/

A phone call from Antonio Bardellino's brother emerges from the investigations of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate

On the phone, intercepted by the investigators of the Guardia di Finanza of Formia in 2019, one of the brothers of Antonio Bardellino, Silvio Bardellino would have greeted one of the nephews, sons of Antonio Bardellino (Gustavo De Vita), had by his second wife Rita De Vita, saying: "Say hello to dad, the construction here is completely still". And again in 2019, the Finance of Formia, intercepting Angelo Bardellino, son of the former mayor of San Cipriano d'Aversa Ernesto Bardellino, with his daughter, valued this sentence: "He's another uncle, he's in America, in Mexico, he's young and strong, someone who has made a lot of people work, a great man… I took after Uncle Antonio”.

High level people must have known he faked his death, from the beginning there were rumors pointing to that direction.

Remember Bardellino is linked to the historical Sicilian clans of Bontade and Inzerillo.

Until traces of DNA or a man who corresponds to Bardellino will found, for now to say that he is alive is useless.

I believe that he's still alive. Just like you can say that he's been killed, well there's no proof of that either.

Just a matter of time if they find Giuseppe Favoccia reliable the hunt is on.

Also Pasquale Scotti was believed dead but Bardellino should have 78 y so maybe he is dead or not.

But is he even wanted by law enforcement? I don’t remember him being on any fugitive list.

He was a fugitive in Brazil at the time of his disappearance, in later years they never had any searches anymore.

Several collaborators of justice spoke of Bardellino's death. All claimed to have known the circumstances directly from Mario Iovine or by people close to him, but to this day there is no version worthy of being trusted, but doubts were nourished also fueled by sources judged to be reliable. For example, years later, the former director of the military secret services , Cesare Pucci, in the Anti-Mafia commission , said that there was no evidence that he had been killed and that until his body had been found, he should be considered alive .

The family asked to declare him dead. So for the Italian.law he's dead so wanted list.

The application for a declaration of death of Antonio Bardellino was filed in June 2017 at the court of North Naples, 30 years after the disappearance of the boss, by Salvatore Bardellino (Antonio's brother) and his sisters Filomena and Maria Bardellino.

That's understandably a way for them to cope with his disappearance, or they know he's still alive but not saying. Either way, it's still not proof that he was killed. He could've died from old age by now, which would mean that he still faked his death.

Yes it also has some legal consequences idk, but I believe his family knows they are true 'Cosa Nostra'.

He would be 78 and still travelling through DR. South America, USA, Europe lol..

If this turns out to be true, he just might be the only known man in history to have pulled this off. People say the same thing about Tupac and Elvis Presley, but I think most agree that's bullshit.

Yep if he is still alive he deserves a Hollywood movie, he was also a partner of John Gotti in the junk business.

Casal di Principe:, the niece of Antonio Bardellino reported for drug dealing
30 July 2023

Antonietta Bardellino, 46-year-old niece of the boss of the Casalesi clan in Caserta has been reported for drug dealing. The military found 18 grams of marijuana, a precision scale and packaging material in her home. Today's edition of the morning reiterates it.

Casalesi in Caserta, niece of the boss reported for drug dealing
The military in her home in Formia, during a search, found 18 grams of marijuana, a precision scale and packaging material. So the woman ended up being reported. But that's not the only result of the searches by the Rome prosecutor's office : two days ago Giuseppe Favoccia, 73, from Formia, was arrested, found at home at the time of the blitz. In his home, an altered and semi-automatic pistol with no serial number was found with 7.65 caliber ammunition.

The man is also linked to the wounding in an ambush of Gustavo Bardellino, brother of Antonietta, an event for which the Rome and Naples prosecutors are closing the circle around the relatives of the old boss in recent days.

Even if he is still alive , i don't think we will ever find the truth of what happened. There is no way they find him now after 30+ years.

Never say never, Favoccia said “ Antonio Bardellino is still alive and came to Italy in 2010 and 2014 on the occasion of the marriage of his son with his first wife which took place in San Cipriano " and
" In 2017 Antonio Bardellino lived in Paraguay or Uruguay where he had interests in some fishing companies ”.

Why would he that make up? And they did find the bunker in the last days.

Hunt for boss Antonio Bardellino, his nephew: "Uncle is in America, he's strong"

Antonio Bardellino, Angelo Bardellino and Francesco Schiavone



From Joseph Tallino-31 July 2023

S. CIPRIANO D'AVERSA – “He is in the United States, he is in America, he is in Mexico. He is young and strong”: words by Angelo Bardellino. His words heard by the agents of the financial police eleven years ago. Words which, according to the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, referred to Antonio Bardellino, the boss of San Cipriano d'Aversa who disappeared 35 years ago in Brazil. Angelo, the mafioso's nephew (he is the son of his brother Ernesto) was talking to his daughter and, apparently, was telling her about his uncle's exploits, showing her all the admiration he had for the criminal: “A very strong man! He is someone who has made a lot of people work, a great man. […] I got it from Uncle Antonio”.

The investigations
Exaltation of the boss aside, for the Dda this is an important conversation because Angelo Bardellino referred to the boss as a person still alive (at least in 2012): “He's in America. He is in Mexico ”. Phrases that represent a further element in support of the thesis, on which the Neapolitan Antimafia is working. Which? That Antonio Bardellino was not killed, as attested, however, by the sentence of the Spartacus trial, in Brazil, in 1988, by the hand of Mario Iovine, aka Marittiello (and on the orders of the one who would soon become the clan chief, Francesco Sandokan Schiavone of Casal di Principe), but, by choosing to leave the scene, at least from the Agro Aversano area, he would have managed to save his life (by convincing Marittiello not to kill him) and that of his family (moving them to Lower Lazio).

The two photos
Among the evidence that is pushing the DDA to believe in this alternative version are two photos of men between 60 and 70 years old, which appear to be totally compatible, say the experts who analyzed them, with the photo of Antonio Bardellino. What does it mean? That if the subject of the two shots (one found during the blitz that led to the arrest of Angelo Bardellino, the other recovered from an investigative source) corresponds to the Sanciprianese and is between 60 and 70 years old (at the time of taking the photo ), the mobster could not have been killed in 1988, when he was 43 years old.

The conversation
Under the lens of the Antimafia there is also a conversation between Silvio Bardellino and his nephew Gustavo De Vita, son of Antonio Bardellino and Rosa De Vita (the woman who followed the boss to Santo Domingo). Silvio, during the conversation, tells him: "There's no work, but my health is fine." And then: “Say hello to dad”. For the investigators, these are messages that he had to send to someone to make him aware of the state of affairs in Italy. But there is also another aspect: Gustavo De Vita's father, or Antonio Bardellino, should be dead. And so, asking his nephew to say hello to his dad, who was Silvio referring to? Mystery.

The investigation
The figure of the Sanciprianese has returned to the center of attention of the DDA because an investigation is underway aimed at verifying the existence of an alleged criminal cartel which sees Bardellino's heirs as allies, i.e. the nephews Gustavo and Calisto Bardellino, and the clan of the Casalesi. According to what has been collected so far by the prosecutor Vincenzo Ranieri, the Bardellinos would have paid at least since May 2019 part of the proceeds they collected from illicit businesses active in Formia. In relation to this investigative action and the research of Antonio Bardellino, numerous searches were carried out last week at the homes of family members of the Sanciprianese and of people who could potentially have been in contact with him in the last 20 years.


https://cronachedi.it/caccia-al-boss-antonio-bardellino-il-nipote-zio-e-in-america-e-forte/

The new pact between the Bardellinos and the Casalesi clan
The thesis of the investigators: pact between the Formians and the Agro Aversano mafia represented by Corvino and Di Caterino

https://cronachedi.it/il-nuovo-patto-tra-i-bardellino-e-il-clan-dei-casalesi/

Leaving aside the Bidognetti, who moved independently of the other families of the clan, the Zagarias remain to complete the scenario. But over the last twenty years, unlike the other allied gangs, they have shown a less hostile attitude towards the Bardellinos. And this is demonstrated by the fact that Michele Zagaria, before being arrested in 2011, had favored the return to the province of Caserta of Antonio Salzillo, nephew of the boss Antonio Bardellino, with the aim of putting pressure on Nicola Schiavone (with whom the mafioso of Casapesenna was about to go to war). Sandokan's son reacted to this move by organizing an ambush that led to the death, in 2009, of Salzillo and his driver.

The two photos
Among the evidence that is pushing the DDA to believe in this alternative version are two photos of men between 60 and 70 years old, which appear to be totally compatible, say the experts who analyzed them, with the photo of Antonio Bardellino.

more and more leads..

People love these legends. A little too much. This case was investigated thoroughly, but they never found anything that suggested that he was still alive.

From the documents it would emerge that the American FBI also conducted checks on the alleged connivance, then not further confirmed, between Favoccia and the Gambino mafia family of New York.
Also in the United States, an investigation is allegedly underway regarding a villa in Formia that Bardellino's wife had purchased in the 1980s and then resold it in 1995 to an entrepreneur originally from the province of Catanzaro who later emigrated to the United States. After his death, the villa was purchased in 2000 by his brother, who in turn still lives in Massachusetts, writes 'Repubblica'.

I don't believe that he was assassinated. He might be dead from old age by now, but I don't believe he was killed in 1988.