Giuseppe Lucchese (Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppelukˈkeːze;-eːse]; born September 2, 1958[1]), known as Lucchiseddu and Occhi di ghiaccio (Eyes of ice), is a member of the Sicilian Mafia from the Brancaccio neighborhood in Palermo. He was one of the favourite hitmen of the Corleonesi, headed by Totò Riina, during the Second Mafia War in 1981–84.
Lucchese and Vincenzo Puccio murdered their boss Giuseppe "Pino" Greco in 1985. Puccio replaced Greco and Lucchese became his substitute. Lucchese was given a life sentence in absentia as part of the Maxi Trial in 1987.[2][3] After the killing of Puccio on May 11, 1989, Lucchese became the capo mandamento of the Ciaculli-Brancaccio mafia families.[4]
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 murders. He received a life sentence for the murder of Carabinieri General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa[5][6] and the communist politician Pio La Torre[7] both in 1982. He has been accused of 50 murders.[8]
^"TRIBUNALE DI PALERMO UFFICIO ISTRUZIONE PROCESSI PENALI N. 2289/82 R.G.U.I. ORDINANZA - SENTENZA emessa nel procedimento penale CONTRO ABBATE GIOVANNI + 706 VOLUME N. 1" (PDF) (in Italian).
^"Mafia Killer Reported Slain". Reuters. 25 May 1988.
^"I GIUDICI HANNO CREDUTO A BUSCETTA" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 17 December 1987.
^(in Italian) Ordinanza di custodia cautelare in carcere Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, Tribunale di Caltanissetta, Ufficio del giudice per le indagini preliminari, April 11, 1994
^(in Italian) La lotta contro la mafia Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, website of the Carabinieri
^(in Italian) Delitto Dalla Chiesa, Cassazione conferma ergastoli per boss Ganci e Lucchese[permanent dead link], La Sicilia, May 12, 2006
^(in Italian) Omicidio La Torre, condannati "cupola" e sicari[permanent dead link], La Sicilia, April 28, 2007
^"L' HIT PARADE DEI CLAN E UN SUPER - KILLER DA 50 OMICIDI" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 March 1993.
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February 25, 2004. On May 13, 2014, Avellino was charged with sending Lucchese associates and brothers Michael and Daniel Capra, in 2010 to collect a...
Scopelliti together with the bosses Giuseppe Calò, Francesco Madonia, Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino, GiuseppeLucchese, Bernardo Brusca, Salvatore Montalto...
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families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese families, respectively. Each family had a demarcated territory and an organizationally...
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ambush by a Corleonesi hit squad led by Pino Greco "Scarpuzzedda" and GiuseppeLucchese. While in hiding from both the authorities and the Corleonesi, Contorno...
lieutenant, GiuseppeLucchese, who later became boss of the Brancaccio-Ciaculli mandamento after Puccio was killed by Marchese's nephew Giuseppe Marchese...
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