Giuseppe Graviano is an Italian mafioso from the Brancaccio quarter in Palermo. He also was one of the men on the death squad that murdered Salvatore Contorno’s relatives. He and his three brothers became members of the Sicilian Mafia Commission for the Brancaccio-Ciaculli mandamento, substituting Giuseppe Lucchese who was in prison.
Meet Filippo Graviano, Nunzia Graviano, Benedetto Graviano
The Graviano brothers, including the eldest one Benedetto Graviano were seen as the organizers of the operation, in particular, to select the men who would carry out the bombings. Giuseppe and Filippo Graviano each received a life sentence for the bombings
Filippo and Giuseppe Graviano were arrested in Milan on 27 January 1994, and have been in prison since. They were convicted for the Mafia bombings in Florence and Rome in 1993 and ordered the killing of Pino Puglisi, receiving life sentences.
With the two brothers serving their sentences, control of the Graviano-clan passed to their sister, Nunzia Graviano, known as picciridda (the baby), reinvesting the family’s financial assets and modernizing its business.