Gaspare Spatuzza | |
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Born | Palermo, Italy | 8 April 1964
Other names | The Bald (u tignusu) |
Occupation | Mafia boss |
Criminal status | Imprisoned since 1997 |
Conviction(s) | Mafia association, multiple murder |
Criminal charge | Mafia association, multiple murder |
Penalty | Life 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]