Giuseppe Lucchese

Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Giuseppe Lucchese
date_of_birth = September 2, 1959
place_of_birth = Palermo, Sicily
charge = 30 counts of murder
penalty = Life imprisonment
status = Imprisoned since 1990
occupation = Mafiosi

Giuseppe Lucchese (born September 2, 1959) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia from the Brancaccio neighbourhood in Palermo. He was on 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.it [http://www.capitanoultimo.it/d/antimafiadoc3.htm Ordinanza di custodia cautelare in carcere] , Tribunale di Caltanissetta, Ufficio del giudice per le indagini preliminari, April 11, 1994]

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 [it [http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Ieri/Storia/Vista%20da/Fascicolo%2022/02_fascicolo%2022.htm La lotta contro la mafia] , website of the Carabinieri] [it [http://www.lasicilia.it/articoli.nsf/(LaSiciliait)/41F4088D2FAFE111C125716C00344B22 Delitto Dalla Chiesa, Cassazione conferma ergastoli per boss Ganci e Lucchese] , La Sicilia, May 12, 2006] and the communist politician Pio La Torre [it [http://www.lasicilia.it/articoli.nsf/(LaSiciliait)/F17A5EAE0E45BB7DC12572CB004FB0F1 Omicidio La Torre, condannati "cupola" e sicari] , La Sicilia, April 28, 2007] both in 1982.

References

*cite book|authorlink=Alexander Stille|last=Stille|first= Alexander|year=1995|title=Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic|location=New York|publisher=Vintage |id=ISBN 0-09-959491-9