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[td]==Early life==[/td] [td]He was born in 1952 in [[Ciaculli]], an outlying town in the [[province of Palermo]], the administrative centre of [[Sicily]]. At school, he reportedly excelled in Latin and Greek.<ref>Follain, ''The last Godfathers'', p. 124</ref> It is not known precisely when he joined the Mafia but according to [[pentito]] [[Gaspare Mutolo]], he started off as a driver for [[Kalsa]] boss [[Tommaso Spadaro]], whose nephew was [[Giuseppe Lucchese]], who would go on to become Greco's best friend and accomplice in many murders. By 1979, Giuseppe Greco had increased his influence and power considerably and he sat on the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]] alongside [[Michele Greco]], who by that point began controlling the entire Ciaculli-Croceverde Giardini-Brancaccio [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]]. This was an unusual arrangement as, with the exception of the Corleone family, only one boss was normally allowed to be on the Commission for each family.[/td]
[td]He was born in 1952 in [[Ciaculli]], an outlying town in the [[province of Palermo]], the administrative centre of [[Sicily]]. At school, he reportedly excelled in Latin and Greek.<ref>Follain, ''The last Godfathers'', p. 124</ref> It is not known when he joined the Mafia but according to [[pentito]] [[Gaspare Mutolo]], he started off as a driver for [[Kalsa]] boss [[Tommaso Spadaro]], whose nephew was [[Giuseppe Lucchese]], who would go on to become Greco's best friend and accomplice in many murders. By 1979, Giuseppe Greco had increased his influence and power considerably and he sat on the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]] alongside [[Michele Greco]], who by that point began controlling the entire Ciaculli-Croceverde Giardini-Brancaccio [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]]. This was an unusual arrangement as, with the exception of the Corleone family, only one boss was normally allowed to be on the Commission for each family.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The Croceverde-Giardini cosca was closely allied with the [[Corleonesi]], and specifically with their bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]], who would come to dominate the Sicilian Mafia in a violent Mafia war.[/td]
[td]The Croceverde-Giardini cosca was closely allied with the [[Corleonesi]], and specifically with their bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]], who would come to dominate the Sicilian Mafia in a violent Mafia war.[/td]
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[td]==Early life==[/td] [td]He was born in 1952 in [[Ciaculli]], an outlying town in the [[province of Palermo]], the administrative centre of [[Sicily]]. At school, he reportedly excelled in Latin and Greek.<ref>Follain, ''The last Godfathers'', p. 124</ref> It is not known precisely when he joined the Mafia but according to [[pentito]] [[Gaspare Mutolo]], he started off as a driver for [[Kalsa]] boss [[Tommaso Spadaro]], whose nephew was [[Giuseppe Lucchese]], who would go on to become Greco's best friend and accomplice in many murders. By 1979, Giuseppe Greco had increased his influence and power considerably and he sat on the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]] alongside [[Michele Greco]], who by that point began controlling the entire Ciaculli-Croceverde Giardini-Brancaccio [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]]. This was an unusual arrangement as, with the exception of the Corleone family, only one boss was normally allowed to be on the Commission for each family.[/td]
[td]He was born in 1952 in [[Ciaculli]], an outlying town in the [[province of Palermo]], the administrative centre of [[Sicily]]. At school, he reportedly excelled in Latin and Greek.<ref>Follain, ''The last Godfathers'', p. 124</ref> It is not known when he joined the Mafia but according to [[pentito]] [[Gaspare Mutolo]], he started off as a driver for [[Kalsa]] boss [[Tommaso Spadaro]], whose nephew was [[Giuseppe Lucchese]], who would go on to become Greco's best friend and accomplice in many murders. By 1979, Giuseppe Greco had increased his influence and power considerably and he sat on the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]] alongside [[Michele Greco]], who by that point began controlling the entire Ciaculli-Croceverde Giardini-Brancaccio [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]]. This was an unusual arrangement as, with the exception of the Corleone family, only one boss was normally allowed to be on the Commission for each family.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The Croceverde-Giardini cosca was closely allied with the [[Corleonesi]], and specifically with their bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]], who would come to dominate the Sicilian Mafia in a violent Mafia war.[/td]
[td]The Croceverde-Giardini cosca was closely allied with the [[Corleonesi]], and specifically with their bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]], who would come to dominate the Sicilian Mafia in a violent Mafia war.[/td]
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