Emanuele Basile

Italian magistrate
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroItalian magistrate
PlacesItaly
wasMagistrate
Work fieldLaw
Gender
Male
Birth28 May 1837, Sant'Angelo di Brolo
Death25 March 1912Rome (aged 74 years)
The details

Biography

Emanuele Basile (July 2, 1949 – May 4, 1980) was a captain of the Carabinieri and a collaborator of Paolo Borsellino on anti-Mafia investigations. He was killed by Cosa Nostra in Monreale, Palermo, shot repeatedly in the back whilst he carried his four-year-old daughter, who was unhurt in the shooting. He was working with Borsellino on traffic of heroin and killings related to Mafia in Corleone at the time of his death. The investigation on his murder was headed by Borsellino.
The hit team was made up by Vincenzo Puccio, Armando Bonanno and Giuseppe Madonia of the Resuttana Mafia family, with logistical support from Giovanni Brusca.[1]

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