Ketty Gabriele (born 10 July 1981 in Naples} is a reputed Italian mafia figure. Gabriele, a femminiello and member of the Camorra, was reported as the first transgender mafia figure following an arrest by Naples police in February 2009. According to authorities, Gabriele is a small-time capo behind a drug and prostitution ring for the Scissionisti di Secondigliano.
She pushed large quantities of drugs for Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro, but since Di Lauro's arrest and the so-called Scampia feud between Camorra gangs, she did not need to answer to anyone anymore. Her elder brother, Salvatore Gabriele, is one of the Camorristi that graduated to become a boss. He wanted to extend his activities traveling the up and down Italy, supplying large- and small-scale dealers, and left her to run things at Scampia.
Gabriele fits in an old and long tradition of gay or femminiello (effeminate) culture in Naples. Generally femminielli are considered good luck, for instance in gambling.
References
- (in Italian) Arrestato il Latitante Ugo Gabriele alias Ketty… Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Cross-dressing mob suspect arrested Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, UPI, February 2009.
- Italian police arrest first known transsexual mafia mobster Archived 2020-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Telegraph, February 13, 2009.
- Transvestite Mafia man arrested in world first Archived 2021-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Metro UK, February 13, 2009.
- ^ Transgender Gang Boss Arrested Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Corriere della Sera, February 13, 2009
- (in Italian) Presa Ketty, boss «femminiello» Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Corriere della Sera, February 13, 2009
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