Raffaele Danniello

Daniello was a member of the Brooklyn Camorra group led by Pellegrino Morano. He participated in the feud between that gang and the Sicilian Morello Mob in Manhattan.

Facing murder charges, Danniello fled New York in 1917 and trusted in his Camorra associates to support him and his family. Morano was stingy, however. Disheartened, Danniello took his story to the police. He and Tony Notaro testified against their former bosses as the Brooklyn Camorra leadership was tried and convicted in 1918.

It was through Danniello's testimony that police were able to link a series of murders to the war between the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra.

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