Since August 1992, he has been a pentito (a criminal turned state witnesses), collaborating with the Italian justice.

This led to revelations from other pentiti allowing an insight into the Camorra from the insider's point of view.

Belonging to a well-endowed family – he studied medicine – he entered criminality when he killed two Camorristi who were trying to kidnap his brother (or asking him the pizzo).

[4] While testifying about the links between the Camorra and DC, Galasso said that following the election of the town council of Poggiomarino, he was asked to intervene with a local councillor to persuade him with all the weight of his "Camorra fame" to ally himself with Antonio Gava who had promised him the position of mayor.

When Buscetta decided to cooperate with the authorities, he had been living abroad for several years, away from the nerve centres of power.

Galasso had been in the eye of the storm until his arrest, and had arguably played a more important role within the Camorra than Buscetta had within the Mafia.