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Michele Greco (Italian: [miˈkɛːle ˈɡrɛːko]; 12 May 1924 – 13 February 2008) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia and a convicted murderer. Greco died in prison while serving multiple life sentences. His nickname was Il Papa ("The Pope") due to his ability to mediate between different Mafia families.
Michele Greco ( Palermo, 12 maggio 1924 – Roma, 13 febbraio 2008) è stato un mafioso italiano legato a Cosa nostra . Era soprannominato ' u Papa (il Papa) per la sua abilità a mediare tra le varie famiglie mafiose [1] . È stato il capo dei capi di Cosa nostra dal 1978 al 1986 quando è stato arrestato. [2] Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Gioventù.
Jul 25, 2021 · At the end of the 1970s, the mafia super boss Michele Greco, nicknamed “the Pope”, and head of the Cupola, the Cosa Nostra’s governing body, fixed his ambition on Pizzo Sella, a splendid cape...
Oct 26, 2019 · The view from the rooftop of a villa in Sicily previously owned by the former mafia boss, Michele Greco, and bought in 2010 by entrepreneur, Gianluca Calì. Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The...
Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco was the first ‘secretary’ of the Sicilian Mafia Commission, while Michele Greco, also known as The Pope, was one of his successors. [1] According to the pentito Antonio Calderone "the Grecos effectively exercised power in the whole of Sicily."
Michele Greco, capo della Commissione, depone al Maxiprocesso del 1986
A previously unknown memoir written by boss Michele Greco in 1994 is also presented in this study for the first time. Keywords: Sicilian mafia – Michele Greco – Leonardo Vitale – memoirs – identity – trauma. *Rossella Merlino is an Associate Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Exeter. Email: r.merlino@exeter.ac.uk.
