Giuseppe Calò

Giuseppe "Pippo" Calò (born 30 September 1931) is an Italian mobster and member of the Sicilian Mafia in Porta Nuova. He was referred to as the cassiere di Cosa Nostra ("cashier of Cosa Nostra") because he was heavily involved in the financial side of organized crime, primarily money laundering. He was arrested in 1985 and sentenced to 23 years' imprisonment as part of the 1986/87 Maxi Trial. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989 for organising the 1984 Train 904 bombing and was given several further life sentences between 1995 and 2002. He was also charged with ordering the murder of Banco Ambrosiano chairman Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's banker" by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See, in 1982 but was acquitted in 2007 due to "insufficient evidence" in a surprise verdict.

Boss of the Porta Nuova Mafia family

Born and raised in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, he was inducted into the Mafia family of Porta Nuova at the age of 23 after carrying out a murder to avenge his father.

Around 1962–1963, Giuseppe Calò became the head of the Porta Nuova Mafia family. He took over the leadership from Gaetano Filippone, an elder and respected figure in Cosa Nostra, who had held significant influence within the organization for many years. Calò was reportedly a distant relative of Filippone.

At the beginning of the 1970s, Calò moved to Rome. Under the guise of an antiques dealer and under the false identity of Mario Agliarolo he invested in real estate and laundered large proceeds of crime for many Mafia families. He was able to establish close links with common criminals of the Banda della Magliana, neo-fascist groups and members of the Italian intelligence agencies.