Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Tommaso Buscetta across 5 places, from 1928 to 2000.
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Tommaso Buscetta (13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000), also known as "Don Masino" or "The Boss of Two Worlds", was a high-ranking Italian mobster and a member of the Sicilian Mafia.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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13 July 1928exact date
Palermoattested“Tommaso Buscetta was born on 13 July 1928, in Palermo, Sicily, the youngest of 17 children; his father was a glazier.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
1949 to 1956period
Brazilattested“In 1949, he moved to Argentina and then to Brazil, where he opened a glassworks store, but in 1956, he returned to Palermo where he joined Angelo La Barbera and Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco together with mafiosi Antonino Sorci, Pietro…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
1949 to 1956period
Argentinaattested“In 1949, he moved to Argentina and then to Brazil, where he opened a glassworks store, but in 1956, he returned to Palermo where he joined Angelo La Barbera and Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco together with mafiosi Antonino Sorci, Pietro…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
3 November 1972exact date
Palermoattested“Buscetta moved to Brazil, having undergone plastic surgery and vocal cord surgery, he set up a drug trafficking network, but on 3 November 1972, was arrested by the Brazilian military government, and subsequently extradited to Italy exac…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
3 November 1972exact date
Brazilattested“Buscetta moved to Brazil, having undergone plastic surgery and vocal cord surgery, he set up a drug trafficking network, but on 3 November 1972, was arrested by the Brazilian military government, and subsequently extradited to Italy exac…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
3 November 1972exact date
Italyattested“Buscetta moved to Brazil, having undergone plastic surgery and vocal cord surgery, he set up a drug trafficking network, but on 3 November 1972, was arrested by the Brazilian military government, and subsequently extradited to Italy exac…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
2 April 2000exact date
Floridaattested“I forgive you because I know what it means to be in Cosa Nostra." Buscetta died of cancer on 2 April 2000, aged 71, having lived out most of his life in hiding with his third wife and family in Florida, United States, under false names.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
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1949 to 1956period
Palermomentioned“In 1949, he moved to Argentina and then to Brazil, where he opened a glassworks store, but in 1956, he returned to Palermo where he joined Angelo La Barbera and Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco together with mafiosi Antonino Sorci, Pietro…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
1968year
Ciacullimentioned“In 1968, Buscetta was convicted in absentia by an Italian court of two murders related to the Ciaculli massacre.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
25 August 1970exact date
Brooklynmentioned“On 25 August 1970, Buscetta was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, but was released on 4 December 1970.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
February 1980month
Brazilmentioned“In February 1980, he was granted "half-freedom", immediately fleeing back to Brazil to escape the brewing Second Mafia War instigated by Salvatore Riina.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
23 October 1983exact date
São Paulomentioned“Buscetta was arrested again in São Paulo, Brazil on 23 October 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
28 June 1984exact date
Italymentioned“He was extradited to Italy on 28 June 1984, where he attempted suicide by ingestion of barbiturates; when that failed, he decided that he was utterly disillusioned with the Mafia.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
December 1984month
United Statesmentioned“In December 1984, he was extradited to the United States where he received a new identity from the government and American citizenship and was placed in the Witness Protection Program in exchange for new revelations against the American…”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
1985year
New Yorkmentioned“He testified in the Pizza Connection Trial, which took place in 1985 in New York and saw defendants Gaetano Badalamenti and other Sicilian-American mafiosi accused of drug trafficking.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
1986year
Palermomentioned“He also testified in 1986 at the largest trial against the Mafia in history, the Maxi Trial in Palermo, arising from the statements made to Falcone.”source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Buscetta
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