Giuseppe Nirta (born 1940)

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place_of_birth = San Luca
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Giuseppe Nirta (San Luca, October 19, 1940) is a boss of the 'Ndrangheta from San Luca in Calabria. He is the current head of the Nirta clan.

The Nirta clan is allied with the Strangio clan in a vendetta against the Pelle-Vottari-Romeo families known as the so-called San Luca feud. The bloody feud between the clans began in February 1991 during a carnival celebration in San Luca when anger over an egg-throwing incident boiled over and culminated in the killing of two members of the Strangio-Nirta clan and the wounding of two others. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/italianamericansunite/message/5449 San Luca clan chief caught] , ANSA, May 23, 2008]

The feud re-exploded after a seven-year lull at Christmas 2006 when gunmen ambushed the Nirta’s son Giovanni Luca Nirta. He escaped unharmed but his wife Maria Strangio – a cousin of Giovanni Strangio – was killed. Giuseppe Nirta is accused of murdering Bruno Pizzata, a member of the Pelle-Vottari clan, on January 4, 2007. [http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_maggio_23/ndrangheta_preso_boss_af1f2de0-28bc-11dd-97ea-00144f02aabc.shtml 'Ndrangheta, arrestato Giuseppe Nirta] , Corriere della Sera, May 23, 2008]

The vendetta attracted international attention on August 15, 2007, when six men belonging to the Pelle-Romeo clan were shot dead in their cars in front of a pizzeria near Duisburg train station in western Germany.

Nirta was one of Italy's 100 most wanted criminals and arrested on May 23, 2008. He was hiding in a bunker in San Luca.

References

External links

* [http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=489112&lng=1&option=1 The Italian police arrests Giuseppe Nirta, one of Italy's most-wanted mafia fugitives] , Euro News, May 24, 2008 (video)

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