The Red Brigades then operated some high-profile political kidnappings (e.g., Genoa judge Mario Sossi) and kidnapped industrialists (e.g., Vallarino Gancia) in order to obtain ransom money which (together with bank robberies) were their main source of income.
Curcia je osvobodila iz zapora oborožena skupina Rdečih brigad, ki jo je vodila njegova žena Mara Cagol, vendar je bil nekaj časa zatem ponovno aretiran.