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Don Tano Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 1987, he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years in federal prison for being one of the leaders in the " Pizza Connection ", a $1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984.
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Gaetano "Don Tano" Badalamenti (14 September 1923–29 April 2004) was the Mafia boss of Cinisi from 1963 to 1978, succeeding Cesare Manzella and preceding Antonino Badalamenti. He was the mastermind behind the "Pizza Connection" heroin network as well as the head of the Commission. He was imprisoned in the United States for narcotics trafficking in ...
Badalamenti was born on 14 September 1923 to an Italian family in Cinisi, Sicily. The son of dairy farmers, he attended school for only four years before going to work on the fields at age 10 and being drafted into the Army in 1941; he deserted during the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and afterwards returned to his hometown to get involved in crimina...
May 1, 2004 · Born in the village of Cinisi near Palermo in 1923, Gaetano Badalamenti became a key figure in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in the 1970s. Known as "Don Tano", he was part of the so-called 'triumvirate' that ran the Sicilian Mafia. US prosecutors once labelled him the "boss of bosses" for his leading role.
Apr 5, 2019 · His name was Gaetano Badalamenti, and he was the former top boss of the Sicilian Mafia. ... Little did Badalamenti know that Spanish authorities, acting on information from the FBI, were watching ...
May 1, 2004 · Born in the village of Cinisi near Palermo in 1923, Badalamenti became a key figure in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in the 1970s. Known as "Don Tano," he was part of the so-called "triumvirate" that ...
Don Tano Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 1987, he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years in federal prison for being one of the leaders in the " Pizza Connection ", a $1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984.
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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. In 1987, he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years in federal prison for being one of the leaders in ...
