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Luciano Leggio (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno ˈlɛddʒo]; 6 January 1925 – 15 November 1993) was an Italian criminal and leading figure of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the head of the Corleonesi, the Mafia faction that originated in the town of Corleone.
Luciano Leggio, meglio conosciuto come Luciano Liggio dall'errore di trascrizione di un brigadiere, detto Lucianeddu (Corleone, 6 gennaio 1925 – Nuoro, 15 novembre 1993), è stato un mafioso italiano, tra i più potenti boss di Cosa Nostra e detto anche "La primula rossa di Corleone".
Nov 16, 1993 · Luciano Liggio, the Mafia boss who helped turn the Corleone clan into Sicily's fiercest crime group, died today in a Sardinian prison, officials said. He was 68. The cause was...
Feb 10, 2011 · Antonino Calderone, the under boss of the Catania Mafia clan in eastern Sicily, described Luciano Leggio to the authorities, as he was being debriefed by them in 1987, following his decision to cooperate with the law: ‘ He liked to kill. He had a way of looking at people that could frighten anyone, even us Mafiosi.
In February 1971, the Corleonesi clan's first boss, Luciano Leggio, ordered the kidnapping for extortion of Antonino Caruso, son of the industrialist Giacomo Caruso, and also that of the son of the builder Francesco Vassallo in Palermo.
Jun 1, 2024 · In the 1970s Corleone family boss Luciano Leggio began an unprecedented campaign to take control of the mafia. The resulting Second Mafia War led to hundreds of deaths and Leggio’s imprisonment, but Leggio’s successor, Salvatore (“the Beast”) Riina , brought the conflict to a successful conclusion, becoming the Mafia’s first “boss ...
Learn about the life and crimes of Luciano Leggio, a notorious Sicilian Mafioso who rose to power in the post-war era. Discover how he challenged the old guard, killed his rivals, and inspired the Corleone clan.
