July 19, 1954 - Maurizio Abbatino
As one of the founding figures of the Banda della Magliana, he helped shape what became Rome's most powerful criminal organization of the late twentieth century, one whose reach extended into politics, terrorism, and the Vatican Bank scandal. The group operated with unusual sophistication for a street-level outfit, forging alliances with the Sicilian Mafia, the Camorra, and elements of the Italian far right. His eventual decision to cooperate with prosecutors after his 1992 arrest made him a significant source for investigators untangling the organization's long history of violence and institutional corruption.
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Maurizio Abbatino (Italian pronunciation: [mauˈrittsjo abbaˈtiːno]; born 19 July 1954) is a former Italian criminal, one of the original bosses of the Banda della Magliana, an Italian criminal organization based in the city of Rome, particularly active throughout the late 1970s until the early 1990s. He became a pentito, a collaborator with justice after his arrest in 1992.
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