Tommaso Buscetta Was The First Sicilian Mobster To Break The Code Of Silence — And Lived To Tell The Tale
After losing two of his sons, a son-in-law, a brother, and a nephew to the Mafia, Tommaso Buscetta became the first Sicilian mobster to break the Cosa Nostra’s deadly serious code of silence known asomertà. You may have never heard of Tommaso Buscetta , but nigh 400 members of the Mafia for sure wish they never had . He was the first Sicilian mobster to breakomertà — the Mafia code of quiet — and consequently help in the convictions of hundreds of Mafiosi ....