Maxi Trial
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The Maxi Trial was a criminal trial against the Sicilian Mafia that took place in Palermo, Sicily. The trial lasted from 10 February 1986 to 30 January 1992, and was held in a bunker-style courthouse
A hearing of the Maxi Trial
Tommaso Buscetta
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Tommaso Buscetta, also known as "Don Masino" or "The Boss of Two Worlds", was a high-ranking Italian mobster and a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He became one of the first of its members to turn infor
Maxi Trial
…crimes relating to Mafia activities, based primarily on the testimonies given by former Mafia bosses turned informants, known as pentiti, in particular Tommaso Buscetta and Salvatore Contorno. Most were convicted, 338 people, sentenced to a total of 2,665 years, not including life sentences handed to 19 bosses; the…
Tommaso Buscetta in an undated photograph, c. 1950s