Giuseppe Graviano

Brancaccio Cosa Nostra boss convicted of mafia murders and tied to the violent bombing campaign of the early 1990s.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, appeals, allegations and police assessments are kept separate. Sentence information is case-specific and sourced.

Background

Graviano and his brother Filippo controlled the Brancaccio district of Palermo.

Network

They were convicted of ordering the murder of anti-mafia priest Giuseppe Puglisi.

Major case

Giuseppe Graviano also faced prosecution for the 1993 bomb campaign in Florence, Milan and Rome.

Legal status

He has been serving life imprisonment since the 1990s.

Graph role

His profile links Palermo, Brancaccio and the bombing strategy.

Network links

– Cosa Nostra — Brancaccio boss – Graviano clan — leader – 1993 Italian mafia bombings — convicted in related cases – Palermo — criminal base

Direct people links

– No direct person edge added without stronger sourcing.

Sources

– The Guardian. Informer puts Mafia sister behind bars (1999-07-23). https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/23/philipwillan

Connected records

How to read the network

Documented network

Cosa Nostra (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as brancaccio boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Graviano clan (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as leader, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

1993 Italian mafia bombings (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as convicted in related cases, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Palermo (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as criminal base, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Date not specified in current profile sources — 1993 Italian mafia bombings. convicted in related cases

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1963. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative field should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Informer puts Mafia sister behind bars — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes Informer puts Mafia sister behind bars. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.

Research state

This depth pass expands the page from structured evidence already present in the Master. The profile should return to audit when a new source materially changes chronology, legal status, organizational role or media connections. Add the structured fact first, then update prose so narrative and knowledge graph remain synchronized.

Media remains a separate gate. A portrait should be attached only after source page, provenance and reuse status are checked. Until then, a profile can be text-complete while still carrying an explicit media-review requirement.