It is believed that Bardellino was the initiator of the Casalesi clan in the area of Casal di Principe and San Cipriano d'Aversa , especially due to the transformation he implemented within the clan . The rituals of affiliation remained as well as the rate of murders , but the leap in quality was the continued infiltration of the legitimate economy with the proceeds of illicit drug trafficking . This was favoured by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake and the subsequent reconstruction , which prompted the families to create a consortium for their companies that performed the work of earth-moving and construction . Another factor was the great entrepreneurial ability of Bardellino himself . He owned an fish flour import-export business together with other clans , which in fact covered up a Brazilian cocaine smuggling operation . Besides trafficking cocaine , he was involved in the heroin trade with Lorenzo Nuvoletta and Ciro Mazzarella , supplying the Sicilian Mafia
1980 Irpinia earthquake
1980 Irpinia earthquake
Antonio Bardellino