Zaza had to pay Cutolo US$400,000 for the right to carry on operating in contraband cigarettes. He allegedly paid more than 4 billion lire (US$3 million) to the NCO in the first months after the criminal tax was imposed. To oppose Cutolo and his NCO, Zaza formed a 'honourable brotherhood' ("Onorata fratellanza") in 1978, in an attempt to get the Mafia-aligned Camorra gangs united, although initially without much success. A year later, in 1979, the "Nuova Famiglia" was formed to contrast Cutolo's NCO, consisting of Zaza, the Nuvoletta's and Antonio Bardellino from Casal Di Principe (the Casalesi clan). From 1980 to 1983 a bloody war raged in and around Naples, which left several hundred dead and severely weakened the NCO.