The victim reportedly had some past ties to the mob world and had once been a white collar criminal close to the mozzarella clan, historically considered to be one of the most powerful groups of the Camora. But after leaving the criminal organization to collaborate with the justice system, police believed he was murdered for breaking the mafia's code of silence. Coppola was ambushed by the Kamora assassins on March 12 before they fled, reportedly leaving behind no eyewitnesses