Gaspare Spatuzza

Gaspare Spatuzza
Spatuzza at his arrest on 2 July 1997
Born (1964-04-08) 8 April 1964 (age 60)
Palermo, Italy
Other namesThe Bald (u tignusu)
OccupationMafia boss
Criminal statusImprisoned since 1997
Conviction(s)Mafia association, multiple murder
Criminal chargeMafia association, multiple murder
PenaltyLife imprisonment

Gaspare Spatuzza (born 8 April 1964) is a Sicilian mafioso from the Brancaccio quarter in Palermo. He was an assassin for the brothers Filippo and Giuseppe Graviano who headed the Mafia family of Brancaccio. After the arrest of the Gravianos in January 1994, he apparently succeeded them as the regent of the Mafia family.[1] He was arrested in 1997 and started to cooperate with the judicial authorities in 2008. In his testimony, he stated that media tycoon and then prime minister Silvio Berlusconi made a deal with the Sicilian Mafia in 1993 that put the country in the hands of Cosa Nostra.[2]

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