Giuseppe Greco
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Giuseppe "Scarpuzzedda" Greco (undated photograph)
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| Born |
4 January 1952 Ciaculli, Palermo, Sicily |
| Died | September 1985 (age 33) Ciaculli, Palermo, Sicily |
| Occupation | Mafioso |
| Criminal charge | 58 counts of murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (sentence in absentia and post mortem) |
| Criminal status | Deceased (Homicide) |
| Allegiance | Corleonesi |
Giuseppe "Pino" Greco (4 January 1952 – September 1985) was a hitman and high-ranking member of the Sicilian Mafia. A number of sources refer to him exclusively as Pino Greco, although Giuseppe was his Christian name; "Pino" is a frequent abbreviation of the name Giuseppe.
One of the most prolific killers in criminal history, he came from the Greco Mafia clan, a prominent group from Ciaculli (he was a distant relative of Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco.) His father was also a Mafioso nicknamed Scarpa (Sicilian for "shoe"), hence Giuseppe's nickname of Scarpuzzedda, or "little shoe".
He was born in 1952 in Ciaculli, an outlying town in the province of Palermo, administrative center of Sicily. At school he reportedly excelled in Latin and Greek. It is not known precisely when he joined the Mafia but by 1979 he sat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission, which was ruled by his uncle, Michele Greco, the boss of Ciaculli.
The Ciaculli cosca were closely allied with the Corleonesi, and specifically with their bosses, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, who would come to dominate the Sicilian Mafia in a violent Mafia war.
During the Second Mafia War from 1981 until 1983, orchestrated by the Corleonesi, Giuseppe Greco carried out dozens of murders, often with his favourite weapon, an AK-47. He was eventually convicted in absentia of 58 murders, most of them committed during the early 1980s, but it is believed he committed at least 80 murders in total and possibly as many as 300.
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