Tommaso Buscetta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sicilian Mafia boss to become government informant
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Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
About Tommaso Buscetta
- Tommaso Buscetta (Italian pronunciation: [tom'ma?zo bu?'?etta]; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was an Italian mobster, a member of the Sicilian Mafia, who became one of the first of its members to turn informant (pentito) after Leonardo Vitale, and explain the inner workings of the organisation. Buscetta participated in criminal activity in Italy, the United States and Brazil before being extradited to Italy, where he provided important testimony at the Maxi Trial, the largest anti-Mafia trial in history.
- After the murder of the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Buscetta gave further testimony to the Antimafia Commission linking Italian politicians to the Mafia.
- Buscetta entered the Witness Protection Program in the United States, where he remained until his death in 2000.
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