26 years after his arrest, Francesco Schiavone known as “Sandokan”, has begun to cooperate with the justice system. The era of silence of the boss of the Casalesi clan, who took over the reins of the Camorra cartel after the founding of the group by Antonio Bardellino, killed in Brazil, has ended.
Following the repentance of his son Nicola a few years ago, the boss – after 26 years of hard prison – has decided to cooperate with the justice system.
In the past few hours, the carabinieri went to the residence of the boss's relatives, offering them a protection program as already happened with the arrest, in 2018, of the firstborn son, Nicola Schiavone but in that case, many decided to stay in Casal di Principe.
According to what has been learned, from the maximum security department of L'Aquila, Sandokan would have sent a request for a meeting to the magistrates of the National Anti-Mafia Directorate - today led by the prosecutor Giovanni Melillo - to start the first talks for cooperation with the justice system. A surrender, almost 26 years after his arrest, arrived a few months before the release of his son Emanuele Schiavone, who should be released on parole by the end of the summer.
Among Schiavone's revelations, there could be confirmations about his rise to the top of the Casalesi clan and about the murder of Antonio Bardellino, killed in Brazil in 1988, a crime that allowed him to take command of the Camorra organization.
“If the cooperation will be respectful of the truth, some pieces of history known so far will change and will be rewritten based on what actually happened. There are people who have been waiting for the truth for 30 years and if to do justice it is necessary to turn back the clocks, let's start soon.” Thus, the members of the Legality Commission of the Journalists' Order of Campania.