Motisi Mafia clan
Founded | 1936 |
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Founding location | Pagliarelli, Palermo, Sicily |
Years active | 1936–present |
Territory | Palermo |
Allies | Corleonesi Mafia clan (defunct) |
Rivals | Inzerillo Mafia clan Bontade Mafia family (defunct) |
The Motisi Mafia clan (Italian: [moˈtiːzi], Sicilian: [mʊˈtiːsɪ]) is a historical Sicilian Mafia clan from the Pagliarelli area in Palermo. The Motisi clan is one of the oldest Mafia clans still active in Palermo, and a Motisi was mentioned in 1937 as the Mafia boss of Pagliarelli by Melchiorre Allegra, a mafioso physician who became an informant when he was arrested.[1] Prior to that, Motisi had also been mentioned in the Sangiorgi report.
Historical leaderships
- Lorenzo Motisi sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission for the Pagliarelli mandamento (Palermo).[2]
- Ignazio Motisi sat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission at the end of the 1970s for the Pagliarelli mandamento (Palermo).[2]
- Matteo Motisi (Palermo, April 16, 1918 – September 5, 2003) became a member of the Corleonesi and received life sentences for the murders of anti-mafia judges Rocco Chinnici, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino as well as for 22 murders of members of the Bontade and Inzerillo clans during the Second Mafia Warin 1981-83.
- Giovanni Motisi (Palermo, January 1, 1959) succeeded his uncle Matteo Motisi as boss of the Pagliarelli family. He is a fugitive since 1993 and is considered to be one of the more powerful bosses of Palermo. He is considered to be close to Bernardo Provenzano.[3] Motisi is on the "Most wanted list" of the Italian ministry of the Interior since 1998.
References
- ^ Twentyfive pages of Allegra’s testimony were published in 1962 in the newspaper L'Ora by Mauro De Mauro. See: (in Italian) Testimony of Melchiorre Allegra Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, ExLEGI website
- ^ ISBN 1-85702-024-3
- ^ (in Italian) La Mafia cerca il confronto con lo Stato, Polizia e democrazia, September 2001
External links
- (in Italian) Most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the Interior Giovanni Motisi