Sicilian mafioso and Corleonesi boss Luciano Leggio tried for his role in a mafia war, sparked by the murder of former boss Michele Navarra on Leggio's orders. Leggio is acquitted, probably due to witness intimidation.
February 5 – Thomas Zummo, a lieutenant in the DiGregorio faction of the Bonanno crime family, is killed.[1] He is the last victim of the "Bananas War" of the 1960s.