Bruno Contrada
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- Bruno Contrada (born September 2, 1931 in Naples, Italy) is the former police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE who was arrested based on revelations of former Sicilian Mafiosi turned pentiti, Gaspare Mutolo and Giuseppe Marchese.
- He joined the Italian police in 1958 and, in 1973, was appointed head of the judiciary police in Palermo.
- In 1986, he was promoted to the Operational Division of the SISDE headquarters in Rome.
- According to reports, Borsellino was deeply disturbed by the meeting, and was assassinated two days later in Palermo.
- Another prominent anti-Mafia judge, Giovanni Falcone—who had been killed two months earlier—had also stated that he did not trust Contrada.
Bruno Contrada (born September 2, 1931 in Naples, Italy) is the former police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE who was arrested based on revelations of former Sicilian Mafiosi turned pentiti, Gaspare Mutolo and Giuseppe Marchese.
Biography
Bruno Contrada was born in Naples. He joined the Italian police in 1958 and, in 1973, was appointed head of the judiciary police in Palermo.
In 1982, he transferred to SISDE, where he was responsible for the agency's operations in Sicily and Sardinia. In 1986, he was promoted to the Operational Division of the SISDE headquarters in Rome. In 1992, under the direction of then-Interior Minister Nicola Mancino, Contrada and the head of the Italian police, Arturo Parisi, held a secret meeting with anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino. According to reports, Borsellino was deeply disturbed by the meeting, and was assassinated two days later in Palermo. Contrada later claimed to have been a friend of Borsellino, but the judge's family strongly denied this. Another prominent anti-Mafia judge, Giovanni Falcone—who had been killed two months earlier—had also stated that he did not trust Contrada.
Contrada was arrested on 24 December 1992. He was accused of having informed the Mafia about upcoming police operations and obstructing the early capture of fugitive Corleonesi boss Totò Riina.
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