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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.
May 1, 2004 · Badalamenti was finally convicted of the crime in 2002 and sentenced to life in prison. Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed prison official as saying he died of a heart attack at a US federal...
Aug 6, 2001 · Boss Badalamenti is a frequent listener. Ultimately Peppino gains his mother’s support. That’s significant, since “Mafia women” have nurtured organized crime’s stranglehold on the island.
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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...
Apr 5, 2019 · On April 8, Badalamenti and Alfano ventured out onto the streets of Madrid and were quickly taken into custody. His son was arrested soon after. The next day, the FBI conducted a carefully...
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"...
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May 3, 2004 · Gaetano Badalamenti, the Sicilian crime boss who was convicted in an epic Mafia trial in the 1980's of being the ringleader of a sophisticated operation that smuggled heroin and cocaine into...
