Giovanni Motisi
{{Short description|Member of the Sicilian Mafia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Giovanni Motisi
| image = Giovanni Motisi.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|1|1}}
| birth_place = Palermo, Sicily, Italy
| nationality = Italian
| allegiance = Motisi Mafia clan / Cosa Nostra
| alias = U Pacchiuni
| known_for =
| criminal_status = Fugitive
| criminal_charge = Murder
Mafia association
| occupation = Crime boss
| predecessor = Matteo Motisi
}}
Giovanni Motisi ({{IPA|it|dʒoˈvanni moˈtiːzi}}, {{IPA|scn|mʊˈtiːsɪ|lang}}; born 1 January 1959, in Palermo) also known as {{langnf|scn|'U Pacchiuni|The Fatman}}, is a member of the Sicilian Mafia in Sicily from the Altarello neighbourhood in Palermo. He has been on the most wanted list of the Italian Ministry of the Interior since 1998,{{in lang|it}} [http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/notizie/polizia/app_notizia_18280.html Most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the Interior] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206174614/http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/notizie/polizia/app_notizia_18280.html |date=6 February 2009 }} and since the capture of Messine Denaro the most wanted person in Italy.
Criminal background
He succeeded his uncle Matteo Motisi as head of the Motisi Mafia clan and boss of the mandamento of Pagliarelli. He is considered to be one of the more powerful bosses of Palermo. He rose through the ranks as one of the killers for Totò Riina and his Corleonesi, but became close to Bernardo Provenzano when the latter took over the position of Riina as head of Cosa Nostra.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.poliziaedemocrazia.it/live/index.php?domain=archivio&action=articolo&idArticolo=81 La Mafia cerca il confronto con lo Stato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927211038/http://www.poliziaedemocrazia.it/live/index.php?domain=archivio&action=articolo&idArticolo=81 |date=27 September 2007 }}, Polizia e democrazia, September 2001{{in lang|it}} [http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2003/08/28/sei-colonnelli-del-superboss.html I sei colonnelli del superboss], La Repubblica, 28 August 2003 He has been a fugitive since 1993 and is wanted for Mafia association and murder.
He received a life sentence for the murder of the police officer Beppe Montana on 28 July 1985.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.db.messinaantiusura.it/antimafia/osservatorio/emeroteca/dati/2009-02/17/20090217gdsb.pdf Motisi, latitante da undici anni: una primula rossa nell’ombra]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Giornale di Sicilia, 17 February 2009 In March 2001, he escaped an attempt to arrest him.{{in lang|it}} [http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/03/24/sfugge-alla-cattura-il-latitante-motisi.html Sfugge alla cattura il latitante Motisi], La Repubblica, 24 March 2001 In 2002 he was replaced as the capo mandamento of the Pagliarelli neighbourhood by Antonio Rotolo when the latter left prison, because as a fugitive he did not manage the Mafia family sufficiently.
After the arrest of an older generation Mafia bosses – such as Bernardo Provenzano, Antonio Rotolo and Salvatore Lo Piccolo – in 2006 and 2007, Motisi, Pietro Tagliavia, Gianni Nicchi and Salvo Riina – the second-born son of boss of bosses Totò Riina – were considered to be the upcoming young Mafia bosses.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2009/12/09/news/i_rampolli_di_cosa_nostra_in_lotta_per_il_comando_il_rischio_e_che_si_facciano_largo_sparando-1820234/ I rampolli di Cosa Nostra in lotta per il comando], La Repubblica, 9 December 2009 However, the whereabouts of Motisi are unknown. According to some observers, Motisi is dead, but the pentito Angelo Casano denies this and maintains that Motisi is hiding in Agrigento, in the south of Sicily.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.siciliaonline.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116891&Itemid=2 Asse di ferro tra superlatitanti Raccuglia e Messina Denaro]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Sicilia on line, 19 February 2009
See also
References
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External links
- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.interno.gov.it/sites/default/files/allegati/schede_di_approfondimento_motisi_giovanni.pdf Italian Ministry of the Interior wanted poster in PDF for] Giovanni Motisi
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Category:Fugitives wanted by Italy
Category:Fugitives wanted on organised crime charges