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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pizza_Connection_TrialPizza Connection Trial - Wikipedia

    Over the course of the trial, Gaetano Mazzara was murdered and Pietro Alfano was seriously wounded, [21] and on March 2, 1987, two of the 22 men pleaded guilty to lesser currency violations, [7] [5] [6] while 18 of the remaining 19 defendants were convicted of running an international drug ring. [5] [6] Vito Badalamenti was the only defendant ...

  2. allthatsinteresting.com › pizza-connectionThe Pizza Connection, The Mafia's Global Heroin Pipeline

    Aug 24, 2022 · Wiretaps from public phones in Queens led to Gaetano Badalamenti in Brazil. The Sicilian boss in exile oversaw the Pizza Connection, including shipments of cocaine. Catalano was his American operations boss.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gaetano_BadalamentiGaetano Badalamenti - Wikipedia

    Gaetano Badalamenti (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno badalaˈmenti]; 14 September 1923 – 29 April 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Don Tano Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s.

  5. www.mrlocalhistory.org › pizza-connection-new-jerseyThe Mafia’s Pizza Connection Trial - Mr. Local History Project

    Gaetano Badalamenti (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno badalaˈmenti]; was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia and what is now known as the world’s largest heroin smuggling operation that took place in pizza parlors across America but specificially centralized in New Jersey, New York, and Chicago.

  6. www.fbi.gov › history › famous-casesPizza Connection — FBI

    In early April 1984, the FBI closed in on a real-life Mafia godfather. His name was Gaetano Badalamenti, and he was the former top boss of the Sicilian Mafia. Though banished from Sicily by...

  7. www.vice.com › en › articleHow Mafia Pizzeria Drug Fronts Inspired One of the Most ...

    Jan 28, 2016 · The day before the FBI crackdown in the US, Gaetano and his son, Vito, were arrested in Madrid by Spanish police after years of intense surveillance. Catalano and Badalamenti deployed...

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  9. aboutthemafia.com › the-pizza-connection‘The Pizza Connection’ - About The Mafia

    Mar 3, 2020 · Fbi documents detailed how surveilling “real-life Mafia godfather” Gaetano Badalamenti was the ticket to their success. Formally the top boss in the Sicilian Mafia he was in exile after a hostile takeover from a rival faction in 1978.