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THE WEEKWORLD, Page 20Silence Is Not Golden
Mafia turncoats are responsible for the latest bust of bosses
It was the biggest roundup since 1984 and signaled an important
new strategy after decades of fruitless efforts to outfight the
Mafia conventionally. Using evidence supplied by the crime
syndicate's own members, Italian police arrested 90 suspected
members of the Sicilian Mob. Three members of Italy's
Parliament and several small-town mayors were among those
nabbed.
The first and most famous Mafia turncoat, Tommaso
Buscetta, was brought back to Italy from the U.S.,where he has
lived since his testimony in the 1986-87 "maxi-trial" helped
convict 338 mafiosi. Buscetta told the national Anti-Mafia
Commission what many Italians have long suspected: that the Cosa
Nostra controls many of the country's politicians. He claimed
that the current campaign of arrests had decimated the Mafia and
persuaded many to break the code of silence known as omerta.
National police chief Vincenzo Parisi promised that squealers
will get a new home -- outside Italy.