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Sicilian Mafioso Salvatore Contorno begins anonymously writing letters to the police with information on the Mafia . Michele Greco's powerful position within the Sicilian Mafia is finally realized due to Contorno's revalations.

Sicilian mafioso Tommaso Buscetta is arrested after, three years previously, fleeing a Life Sentence . He is sent back to Italy .

Sicilian mafioso Benito Zito is arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a sting operation after selling 2.5 kilos of Heroin to undercover DEA Agent Stephen Hopson between June-August 1983.

July 29 - Italian anti- Mafia Magistrate , Rocco Chinnici killed in a car bomb, detonated by Pino Greco on the orders of Michele Greco .

November 9 - Australian drug traffickers Kevin Barlow And Brian Chambers arrested at the Bayan Lepas International Airport with a suit case containing 141.9 grams of Heroin .

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DEATHS

January 10 - Roy DeMeo , Gambino Crime Family member

July 29 - Rocco Chinnici , Italian anti- Mafia Magistrate