Mafia Women - Maria Licciardi, Giusy Vitale, Pupetta Maresca, Rosetta Cutolo, Erminia Giuliano (Paperback)

Chapters: Maria Licciardi, Giusy Vitale, Pupetta Maresca, Rosetta Cutolo, Erminia Giuliano. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Maria Licciardi (born in Secondigliano, March 24, 1951) is a powerful Camorrista and former head of the Licciardi clan, based in the Secondigliano quarters in the north of Naples. She was the undisputed Capo di Tutti Capi (boss of all bosses) of the Camorra in the city of Naples from 1993 until her arrest in 2001. Licciardi was referred to as "La Madrina" (The Godmother) by fellow Camorristi and earned the nickname "La Piccolina" (The Little Girl) early on in her criminal career, due to her dimunitive height. Among Camorra women she is known respectfully as "La principessa" (The princess), due to her good standing. Licciardi was born and raised in the Neapolitan suburb of Secondigliano, a traditional stronghold of the Licciardi clan, where a local parish priest once reportedly said that the "people have the culture of the Camorra in their bones." Her entire family belonged to the Camorra. Her father was a well known guappo or local boss. One of her brothers, Gennaro Licciardi aka "'a Scigna" (The Monkey) was a very powerful Guappo, who later became the head of the clan and a founding member of the Alleanza di Secondigliano (The Secondigliano Alliance), a coalition of powerful Camorra clans which controls drug trafficking and the extortion rackets in many suburbs of Naples. Gennaro died from blood poisoning while in the Voghera prison on August 3, 1994. Her husband, Antonio Teghemie was also a Camorrista. Licciardi rose to power and took over as head of the clan, after her two brothers, Pietro and Vincenzo, and her husband were arrested. She was the first female Camorrista to become the boss of the Licciardi clan, and tak...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1934414