Editing Gerlando Alberti (section)

==Attempt on life==
Alberti was considered to be part of a moderate wing at the start of the 1981-83 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mafia_War Second Mafia War], allied with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Badalamenti Gaetano Badalamenti] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Bontade Stefano Bontade], against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corleonesi Corleonesi] led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tot%C3%B2_Riina Totò Riina]. He barely survived an attempt on his life while incarcerated in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ucciardone&action=edit&redlink=1 Ucciardone] prison on February 9, 1983. He received two sentences, one for the heroin lab in Trabia and one life sentence for the killing of a hotel owner who had tipped off the police about the lab.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-lodato47_2-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-lodato47-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-15 [15]]</sup>

Due to his conviction and his links with the men on the losing side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mafia_War Second Mafia War], Alberti’s role in Cosa Nostra shrunk. On June 20, 2006, the aging Alberti was arrested again when authorities issued 52 arrest warrants against the top echelon of Cosa Nostra in the city of Palermo (Operation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanach_de_Gotha Gotha]).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-piz_16-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-piz-16 [16]]</sup> Despite his life sentence he had obtained house arrest due to poor health. On January 21, 2008, the Palermo Court absolved Alberti in relation the Gotha investigation,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep210108_17-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-rep210108-17 [17]]</sup> but he received an 8 years and 5 months sentence in appeal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-adn_18-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-adn-18 [18]]</sup>

He was arrested again on December 16, 2008, when the Carabinieri arrested 94 Mafiosi in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Perseo&action=edit&redlink=1 Operation Perseo]. He was among the men that wanted to re-establish the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia_Commission Sicilian Mafia Commission] that had not been functioning since the arrest of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tot%C3%B2_Riina Totò Riina] in 1993.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep_19-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-rep-19 [19]]</sup> In October 2010, he was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sic_20-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-sic-20 [20]]</sup> Due to his age and cancer he was put under house arrest. He died on February 1, 2012, in his house in the Porta Nuova district of Palermo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-adn010212_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlando_Alberti#cite_note-adn010212-1 [1]]</sup>
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