The Basilischi was an organized crime group based in Basilicata, a region of southern Italy, officially formed in 1994 by Giovanni Luigi Cosentino in Potenza. According to the national anti-Mafia prosecutor's office, the areas with Basilischi strongholds were those of Policoro, Montalbano Jonico, Pisticci, Scanzano Jonico, and the Val d'Agri and Vulture regions.