Antonio Macrì (Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo maˈkri]; c. 1902 – January 20, 1975), popularly known as Zzi 'Ntoni ("Unca Tony"), was a historical and charismatic boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy.
Together with Domenico Mico Tripodo, the boss of the city of Reggio Calabria and the surrounding areas, and Girolamo Mommo Piromalli, head of the most powerful 'ndrina on the Tyrrhenian coast, he formed a sort of triumvirate, whose senior position was recognized by all other family chiefs and whose advice was in most cases followed without protest.
However, several cosche of Platì, San Luca, and the Gioia Tauro plain did engage in these activities and Macrì had no means to prevent or punish these violations of the traditional mafia code.
[2] Nevertheless, Macrì also was a proponent of modernization, representing a qualitative step in expanding traditional parasitic criminal activities of extortion to a more entrepreneurial phase.
[7] Macrì was a traditional 'Ndrangheta capobastone who, together with Tripodo, opposed new developments in the organisation such as the formation of the Santa, a secret society within the 'Ndrangheta established in the early 1970s to maximize the power and invisibility of the most important bosses.