Giuseppe Lucchese

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Giuseppe Lucchese
Mugshot of Giuseppe Lucchese.
Born	(1959-09-02)September 2, 1959 Palermo, Sicily
Occupation	Mafioso
Criminal charge	30 counts of murder
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Criminal status	Imprisoned since 1990

Giuseppe Lucchese (born September 2, 1959) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia from the Brancaccio neighbourhood in Palermo. He was one of the favourite hitmen of the Corleonesi, headed by Totò Riina, during the Second Mafia War in 1981-83.

Lucchese and Vincenzo Puccio murdered their boss Giuseppe "Pino" Greco in 1985. Puccio replaced Greco and Lucchese became his substitute. After the killing of Puccio on May 11, 1989, Lucchese became the capo-mandamento of the Ciaculli-Brancaccio mafia families.^[1]

Lucchese is suspected of being one of the accomplices in the murders of the mafiosi Stefano Bontade and Salvatore Inzerillo. He was arrested on April 1, 1990, and imprisoned for multiple murder. He received a life sentence for the murder of Carabinieri General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa^[2]^[3] and the communist politician Pio La Torre^[4] both in 1982.

References

↑ (Italian) Ordinanza di custodia cautelare in carcere, Tribunale di Caltanissetta, Ufficio del giudice per le indagini preliminari, April 11, 1994
↑ (Italian) La lotta contro la mafia, website of the Carabinieri
↑ (Italian) Delitto Dalla Chiesa, Cassazione conferma ergastoli per boss Ganci e Lucchese, La Sicilia, May 12, 2006
↑ (Italian) Omicidio La Torre, condannati "cupola" e sicari, La Sicilia, April 28, 2007

Stille, Alexander (1995). Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic. New York: Vintage. ISBN 0-09-959491-9.

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Chain of Command	Sicilian Mafia Commission (Cupola) Family (Cosca) Boss (Capofamiglia) Underboss (Sotto capo) Consigliere (Advisor) Capodecina (Caporegime) Soldato (Soldier) Associate

Codes and Terms	Made man Mandamento Omertà Vendetta Pizzo Pizzino

Sicilian Mafia clans	Corleonesi Mafia clan Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan Greco Mafia clan Motisi Mafia clan Inzerillo Mafia clan

Members (Category)	List of Sicilian mafiosi List of Sicilian mafiosi by city

Meetings	Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957

Wars	First Mafia War (1961-1963) Second Mafia War (1981-1983)

Massacres	Portella della Ginestra massacre (1947) Ciaculli massacre (1963) Viale Lazio massacre (1969) Train 904 bombing (1984) Pizzolungo bombing (1985) Capaci massacre (1992) Via D'Amelio massacre (1992) Via dei Georgofili massacre (1993)

Antimafia (Category)	Italian Antimafia Commission (members) Addiopizzo Pentito List of victims of the Sicilian Mafia

Trials	1960s Sicilian Mafia trials Maxi Trial (1980s) The Pizza Connection Trial (1985-1986)

See also: American Mafia Template List of Mafia crime families Organized crime in Italy

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Name	Lucchese, Giuseppe
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Date of birth	September 2, 1959
Place of birth	Palermo, Sicily
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