Attilio Cubeddu (Italian pronunciation: [atˈtiːljo kuˈbɛddu], Sardinian: [kuˈβeɖːu]; born 2 March 1947) is a criminal from Sardinia who was a member of Anonima sarda, a term used for bandits engaged in various kinds of crime in the island, in particular kidnapping, from the 1960s onward.
[1] Since 1997, he has been on the "List of most wanted fugitives in Italy" of the Ministry of the Interior, since he escaped the prison of Badu 'e Carros in Nuoro, where he was detained for murder, serious injury and kidnapping.
[4] He subsequently was involved in the kidnapping in June 1997 of Giuseppe Soffiantini, a textile entrepreneur from Brescia (he was the guardian of the hostage) and the murder of the policeman Samuele Donatoni, crimes for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment and 30 years respectively in 2002.
[4] It cannot be excluded that he may be dead, perhaps killed by Giovanni Farina, an accomplice in the kidnapping of Soffiantini, for not dividing the US$5 million ransom money that was paid in February 1998.
[8] He is not considered a protagonist of the Anonima sarda, but rather a low-level accomplice, without the revolutionary instinct or separatist claims of his partner in many raids, Giovanni Farina.