Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca: "We wanted to blame the massacres on the left to help Berlusconi."

Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca has testified that Cosa Nostra intended to attribute responsibility for a series of bombings to the political left in an effort to assist Silvio Berlusconi. According to Brusca, the strategy was designed to pressure Berlusconi into providing support to the criminal organization, with the threat of further attacks if those expectations were not met.