Gaetano Fidanzati

Gaetano Fidanzati
Mugshot of Fidanzati
Born(1935-09-06)6 September 1935
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died5 October 2013(2013-10-05) (aged 78)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forMafia boss and drug trafficker
AllegianceResuttana Mafia family / Sicilian Mafia

Gaetano Fidanzati (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno fidanˈtsaːti]; 6 September 1935 – 5 October 2013)[1] was a Sicilian Mafia boss of the Resuttana mandamento in Palermo and heavily involved in drug trafficking. He was among the first Mafia bosses to establish a presence in Northern Italy, in particular Milan, and was the protagonist of the alliances between the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, the American Cosa Nostra, the Neapolitan Camorra and the Colombian drug cartels.[2]

Gaetano Fidanzati was on the Italian Ministry of the Interior's most wanted list from 2008 until his arrest on 5 December 2009.[3]

  1. ^ "È morto il boss Gaetano Fidanzati". Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  2. ^ "FIDANZATI, NUOVO RE DELLA MAFIA - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 3 April 1988. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Mafia, presi due superlatitanti, La Repubblica, December 5, 2009