Giuseppe Lucchese

{{Short description|Member of the Sicilian Mafia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox criminal

| name = Giuseppe Lucchese

| image_name = Giuseppe Lucchese.jpg

| image_caption = Mugshot of Giuseppe Lucchese

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|9|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Palermo, Sicily

| alias = "Lucchiseddu"
"Occhi di ghiaccio" (Eyes of Ice)

| allegiance = Sicilian Mafia

| charge = Multiple murder

| conviction_penalty = Life imprisonment

| conviction_status = Imprisoned since 1990

| occupation = Mafioso

}}

Giuseppe Lucchese ({{IPA|it|dʒuˈzɛppe lukˈkeːze; -eːse|lang}}; born 2 September 1958{{Cite web|url=https://www.archivioantimafia.org/sentenze2/lima/lima_primo_grado.pdf|title=TRIBUNALE DI PALERMO UFFICIO ISTRUZIONE PROCESSI PENALI N. 2289/82 R.G.U.I. ORDINANZA - SENTENZA emessa nel procedimento penale CONTRO ABBATE GIOVANNI + 706 VOLUME N. 1|language=Italian}}), known as Lucchiseddu and Occhi di ghiaccio (Eyes of ice), is a member of the Sicilian Mafia from the Brancaccio neighbourhood in Palermo. He was one of the favourite hitmen of the Corleonesi, headed by Totò Riina, during the Second Mafia War in 1981–84.

Lucchese and Vincenzo Puccio murdered their boss Giuseppe "Pino" Greco in 1985. Puccio replaced Greco and Lucchese became his substitute. Lucchese was given a life sentence in absentia as part of the Maxi Trial in 1987.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D81438F936A15756C0A96E948260|title=Mafia Killer Reported Slain|publisher=Reuters|date=25 May 1988}}{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/12/17/giudici-hanno-creduto-buscetta.html|title=I GIUDICI HANNO CREDUTO A BUSCETTA|publisher=repubblica.it|date=17 December 1987|language=Italian}} After the killing of Puccio on 11 May 1989, Lucchese became the capo mandamento of the Ciaculli-Brancaccio mafia families.{{Cite web |last=Redazione |date=2023-09-22 |title=Le migliori piastre a vapore del 2023: una recensione approfondita |url=https://www.capitanoultimo.it/le-migliori-piastre-a-vapore-del-2023-una-recensione-approfondita-28/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=capitanoultimo.it |language=it-IT}}

Lucchese is suspected of being one of the accomplices in the murders of the mafiosi Stefano Bontade and Salvatore Inzerillo. He was arrested on 1 April 1990, and imprisoned for multiple murders. He received a life sentence for the murder of Carabinieri General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa{{in lang|it}} [http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Ieri/Storia/Vista%20da/Fascicolo%2022/02_fascicolo%2022.htm La lotta contro la mafia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014517/http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Ieri/Storia/Vista%20da/Fascicolo%2022/02_fascicolo%2022.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}, website of the Carabinieri{{in lang|it}} [http://www.lasicilia.it/articoli.nsf/(LaSiciliait)/41F4088D2FAFE111C125716C00344B22 Delitto Dalla Chiesa, Cassazione conferma ergastoli per boss Ganci e Lucchese]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, La Sicilia, 12 May 2006 and the communist politician Pio La Torre{{in lang|it}} [http://www.lasicilia.it/articoli.nsf/(LaSiciliait)/F17A5EAE0E45BB7DC12572CB004FB0F1 Omicidio La Torre, condannati "cupola" e sicari]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, La Sicilia, 28 April 2007 both in 1982. He has been accused of 50 murders.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/03/11/hit-parade-dei-clan-un-super.html|title=L' HIT PARADE DEI CLAN E UN SUPER - KILLER DA 50 OMICIDI|date=11 March 1993|publisher=repubblica.it|language=Italian}}