Angelo Antonino Pipitone (born August 30, 1943 in

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) is a member of the Sicilian

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from

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. Pipitone is the boss of the cosca of Carini and was arrested on September 25, 2014 together with his wife Franca Pellerito, his daughter Epifania and her husband Benedetto Pipitone, his cousin Francesco Marco Pipitone as well as Angela Conigliaro, who according to the investigators is loyal to the Pipitone family.

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Colpo alla famiglia mafiosa di Carini, blitz all’alba con 6 arresti
Giornale di Sicilia, September 25, 2014
Colpo alla cosca di Carini: ecco chi sono i coinvolti Le rivelazioni di Gaspare Pulizzi
Giornale di Sicilia, September 25, 2014
Decapitato il clan Pipitone a Carini, sei arresti e sequestro da 8 milioni
La Repubblica, September 25, 2014
Palermo, arrestato il boss Angelo Pipitone
Si24news, September 25, 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipitone, Angelo Antonino 1943 births Living people Gangsters from the Province of Palermo Sicilian Mafiosi