Gaetano Badalamenti 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 of the so-called Pizza Connection, a US$ 1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984.

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  • Gaetano Badalamenti 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 of the so-called Pizza Connection, a US$ 1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984. Tano Badalamenti always remained an old-style mafioso, faithful to the rule of omertà. He never admitted to belong to Cosa Nostra, but he never denied it either. At one point he said during interrogations by the FBI: "If I did answer I would damage myself in Italy. " Despite his 45-year sentence in the US he never became a pentito. Badalamenti commanded respect. He is described as "the kind of person who, when you look at him, you know is in charge of something."
  • Gaetano Badalamenti war ein sizilianischer Mafioso. Zeitweise war er der mächtigste Mann in der Cosa Nostra.
  • Gaetano Badalamenti mafioso italien de la famille palermitaine de Cinisi. Membre de la pizza connection.
  • "Don Tano" Badalamenti fu il capomafia della sua città natale, Cinisi in Sicilia, e capeggiò la cupola mafiosa nel 1970. Nel 1987 fu condannato negli Stati Uniti a 45 anni di reclusione in una prigione federale per essere stato uno dei leader della allora chiamata Pizza connection, un anello di narcotraffico del valore di 1,65 miliardi di dollari che, dal 1975 al 1984, aveva utilizzato pizzerie come punto di spaccio. Tano Badalamenti rimase sempre un mafioso vecchio stile, fedele alla regola dell'omertà. Non ha mai ammesso di far parte di Cosa Nostra, ma non lo ha mai nemmeno negato. Durante un interrogatorio dell'FBI dichiarò: «Se rispondessi, danneggerei me stesso in Italia». Durante la sua condanna di 45 anni negli USA non diventò mai un pentito. Al suo nome sono legate la morte di Peppino Impastato e parte delle rivelazioni rese dal primo pentito di mafia Tommaso Buscetta al giudice Giovanni Falcone.
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  • Gaetano Badalamenti 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 of the so-called Pizza Connection, a US$ 1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984.
  • Gaetano Badalamenti war ein sizilianischer Mafioso. Zeitweise war er der mächtigste Mann in der Cosa Nostra.
  • Gaetano Badalamenti mafioso italien de la famille palermitaine de Cinisi. Membre de la pizza connection.
  • "Don Tano" Badalamenti fu il capomafia della sua città natale, Cinisi in Sicilia, e capeggiò la cupola mafiosa nel 1970. Nel 1987 fu condannato negli Stati Uniti a 45 anni di reclusione in una prigione federale per essere stato uno dei leader della allora chiamata Pizza connection, un anello di narcotraffico del valore di 1,65 miliardi di dollari che, dal 1975 al 1984, aveva utilizzato pizzerie come punto di spaccio.
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