The U.S. Navy has worked with the Camorra since World War II

Evidence

I first started trying to make sense of the presence of major U.S. facilities and the roughly ten thousand troops, civilians, and family members in this mafia heartland after an otherwise uneventful interview with an American official in Naples. After I turned off my audio recorder, the official (who has asked not to be named, for obvious reasons) told me the Navy has had a problem of getting “into bed” with the wrong people. And they’ve been doing it, he said, ever since the Allies arrived in Naples during World War II. Rather than work with ex-Fascist officials, the Navy found people who could get things done—the Camorra. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 323

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing the documentary record of this official’s claim of longstanding Navy-Camorra dealings.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 323
• XREF: connects to: U.S. military and taxpayer dollars directly supported the Camorra’s economy; U.S. military relationships helped the Camorra surpass the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in power. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 339; The US Navy rented housing from Camorra money-laundering fronts — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 361 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The US Navy rented housing from Camorra money-laundering fronts #expands (0.80) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 361
• NATO rent payments flowed into Camorra mafia coffers in Naples #expands (0.80)
• U.S. military and taxpayer dollars directly supported the Camorra’s economy #corroborates (0.70)
• U.S. military relationships helped the Camorra surpass the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in power. #expands (0.70) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 339
• US taxpayers paid Camorra clans for housing at inflated rates #expands (0.70)