165:, who was one of the national leaders of the Doroteo faction of the DC, responsible for appointments and public works contracts, and someone who knew a great deal about all the behind-the-scenes deals of local Neapolitan politics. As the regional councillor for urban planning, he was in charge of the reconstruction after the 1980 earthquake. Cirillo was therefore seen as a natural target for the Neapolitan column of the BR led by
224:. When Moro was abducted by the BR in 1978, the DC-led government immediately took a hardline position: the "state must not bend" on terrorist demands. They refused to negotiate with the BR, while local DC members in Campania made every effort and even negotiated with criminals to release Cirillo, a relatively minor politician in comparison with Moro. Cirillo died on 30 July 2017, at the age of 96.
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In return, Cutolo allegedly asked for a slackening of police operations against the
Camorra, for control over the tendering of building contracts in Campania (a lucrative venture since the devastating earthquake in November 1980) and for a reduction of his own sentence, as well as new psychiatric
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After two and a half months, the BR threatened to execute
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Cirillo was released after 89 days on 25 July 1981, against the payment of a ransom of one and a half billion lire, thanks to the decisive intervention of
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benefits for the unemployed. None of the political demands of the BR were met and in the end they accepted that a ransom was enough to release
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370:"Un silenzio lungo 40 anni. Il caso Cirillo e i segreti di quella trattativa tra Stato, camorra e Br"
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test to show that he is not responsible for his actions. Both these last concessions were granted.
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449:"Lo stato e la trattativa con i terroristi Perché per Cirillo sì e per Moro no?"
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apartment building. At the time, Cirillo directed reconstruction efforts in
502:"È morto Ciro Cirillo, l'ex Dc sequestrato e liberato dalle Brigate Rosse"
259:"Around the World; Italian Terrorists Kidnap Politician and Kill 2 Guards"
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Excellent
Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic
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on 23 November 1980. He was released after a controversial deal with the
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Italian Republic. From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi
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476:"Quando la DC decise di trattare con le BR per liberare Ciro Cirillo"
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396:"Caso Cirillo, ex 007: 'La Dc trattò con la camorra, non con le Br'"
529:"Chi trattò con la camorra per salvare Cirillo? Forse nessuno"
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Consoli, Andrea Di; Scotti, Vincenzo (18 January 2019).
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Camorra and Organized Crime
763:, in Stephen Gundle and Simon Parker (eds) (1996),
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48:Cirillo, photographed during his kidnapping by the
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761:The resistible rise of the new Neapolitan Camorra
571:The resistible rise of the new Neapolitan Camorra
204:, and members of the secret services, such as
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609:Terrorists Threaten To Kill Hostage In Italy
784:, London/New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers,
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680:(in Italian). 24 July 2019. Archived from
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918:Terrorist incidents in Italy in the 1980s
797:The Italian Labyrinth: Italy in the 1980s
586:(in Italian). Rifondazione-cinecitta.org.
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913:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1981
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597:Red Brigades Threaten Captive’s Life
291:D'Avanzo, Giuseppe (12 April 2001).
599:, The New York Times, July 10, 1981
239:List of solved missing person cases
27:1981 kidnapping by the Red Brigates
151:kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
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729:Castigli, Milena (30 July 2017).
143:earthquake in the Irpinia region
908:Organized crime events in Italy
888:History of the Camorra in Italy
799:, London: Secker & Warburg.
584:"I misteri dell'affare Cirillo"
447:Demarco, Marco (30 July 2017).
345:"Cirillo, la Camorra, le BR..."
125:(BR) kidnapped the 60-year-old
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527:Comi, Paolo (1 August 2017).
759:Allum, Percy; Allum, Felia,
868:April 1981 events in Europe
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795:Haycraft, John (1985).
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858:20th century in Naples
767:, New York: Routledge
121:On 27 April 1981, the
853:1981 murders in Italy
661:The Italian Labyrinth
893:Kidnappings in Italy
843:1981 crimes in Italy
809:, New York: Vintage
611:, UPI, July 16, 1981
873:Communist terrorism
778:Behan, Tom (2002),
569:Allum & Allum,
453:Corriere della Sera
234:List of kidnappings
648:See Naples and Die
635:Excellent Cadavers
622:See Naples and Die
555:See Naples and Die
263:The New York Times
141:devastated by the
127:Christian Democrat
863:April 1981 events
803:Stille, Alexander
265:. 28 April 1981.
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827:Categories
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637:, p. 77-78
323:Il Mattino
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190:Camorra
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