Editing Raffaele Nostrini (crime boss) (section)

== Career under Carmine Nostrini ==
On 14 March 1872, Carmine placed Raffaele in charge of collections from the family's clubs.<ref name="carmine-career" /> Raffaele replaced irregular visits with fixed weekly payment days. He assigned collectors to specific streets and made them record payments in handwritten ledgers. Numbered receipts carried the names of legitimate businesses so that the payments appeared to be ordinary commercial expenses.

Raffaele also reviewed unpaid gambling debts. He decided when a payment could be delayed. His reports to Carmine stated the total income received. Businesses that refused to pay were visited by guards under [[Luigi Nostrini]]. As the system grew, warehouse clerks maintained the collection records. Bookkeepers checked their totals against the money delivered to Raffaele.

Raffaele coordinated this work with his brothers. [[Vincenzo Nostrini]] managed gambling payments near the port. Luigi directed the guards. [[Michele Nostrini]] maintained the debt records, which allowed Raffaele to review unpaid balances. [[Pasquale Nostrini]] managed payments from private rooms.

From 1878 to 1884, Raffaele helped fight the [[Società della Lanterna]], a Genoese criminal organization trying to seize the Naples port. After Carmine rejected [[Lorenzo Bruzzo]]'s proposal to divide port income, Raffaele identified merchants who had accepted Lanterna credit. Collection records then led him to the officials and warehouse owners supporting the rival group.

The [[Nostrini–Lanterna conflict]] involved attacks on collectors and the destruction of cargo. Both organizations abducted and killed members accused of informing. After a failed attempt on Carmine in 1881, Raffaele selected the Lanterna businesses targeted in the Nostrini retaliation. Records obtained from a shipping clerk later exposed the rival payment network. The Nostrini destroyed the Lanterna's Naples leadership in 1884 and absorbed part of its cartage and warehouse network.

By the late 1880s, Raffaele directed daily operations. Carmine continued to settle disputes and approve appointments.