Maurizio Di Gati

Maurizio Di Gati (; born July 10, 1966, in Racalmuto) is a Sicilian mafioso and was considered to be the boss of the Agrigento province before his arrest in November 2006.

Background Di Gati was born in Racalmuto, in the province of Agrigento, the hometown of the famous Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia. He became a barber. However, when in 1991 his elder brother Diego Di Gati was killed in a vendetta with a rival mafia-like group, the Stidda, he decided to become a 'man of honour' to avenge his brother. According to reports, his affiliating godfather ("padrino d’affiliazione") was Francesco La Rocca, who was then the head of the Caltagirone mafia family.

He was supposed to be made capoprovincia at a meeting of Mafia families from Agrigento on July 14, 2002, in Santa Margherita di Belice. Di Gati was sponsored by Antonino Giuffrè, while Bernardo Provenzano preferred Giuseppe Falsone from Campobello di Licata.