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Tommaso Buscetta (Italian pronunciation: [tomˈmaːzo buʃˈʃetta]; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was a high ranking Italian mobster and a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He became one of the first of its members to turn informant and explain the inner workings of the organization.
Tommaso Buscetta, detto anche Il boss dei due mondi e don Masino (Palermo, 13 luglio 1928 – North Miami, 2 aprile 2000), è stato un mafioso e collaboratore di giustizia italiano.
Jan 16, 2020 · Published January 16, 2020. Updated October 19, 2023. After losing two of his sons, a son-in-law, a brother, and a nephew to the Mafia, Tommaso Buscetta became the first Sicilian mobster to break the Cosa Nostra's deadly serious code of silence known as omertà.
Apr 6, 2000 · Tommaso Buscetta, the first important Italian mob leader to break the Mafia oath of silence and whose testimony helped convict hundreds of Mafia leaders in Italy and the United States, died of...
Jun 12, 2019 · 20. Tommaso Buscetta being escorted by Italian police after his arrest in 1972, was the first high-ranking Mafia leader to testify against the mob. Giulio Broglio/Associated Press. By Charles...
Apr 6, 2000 · Tommaso Buscetta. Mafia insider turned state's evidence - and accused the former prime minister. Philip Willan. Wed 5 Apr 2000 20.33 EDT. Tommaso Buscetta, who has died aged 71, was the...
Jul 22, 2020 · Tommaso Buscetta probably had a bigger impact than any supergrass in history. The information he gave to Giovanni Falcone, a legendary prosecutor, in the 1980s set off a chain of events that...
